{"id":473,"date":"2011-12-07T20:13:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T19:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/?p=473"},"modified":"2018-06-09T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T22:14:05","slug":"roberts-r250-fading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/radio\/roberts-r250-fading\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts R250 Fading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roberts classic revival range in pastel shades suffer from fading of the leatherette case. Best seen here underneath, inside and under the badge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0635.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0635-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0635\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0635-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0635-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0635.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-475\" src=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0636-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0636\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0636-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0636.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-476\" src=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0637-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0637\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0637-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0637-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0637.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-477\" src=\"http:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0638-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0638\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0638-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0638.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not much you can do to restore the fading except strip down and respray unless you want the shabby chic look. At least the leatherette is quite strong and does not rip and tear like the newer RD50 digital and later R250 models do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberts classic revival range in pastel shades suffer from fading of the leatherette case. Best seen here underneath, inside and under the badge. &nbsp; There&#8217;s not much you can do to restore the fading except strip down and respray unless&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/radio\/roberts-r250-fading\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio","category-restoration","category-roberts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roberts R250 Fading - Radio Retro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/radio\/roberts-r250-fading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roberts R250 Fading - Radio Retro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roberts classic revival range in pastel shades suffer from fading of the leatherette case. 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