A bit of a rescue job on this poor thing. A Veritas “Odin” that has seen better days and was sold for spares. Lots of surface rust so into the acid bath it went and you can see how much better it looks already in the second picture. I filled the font with water, which revealed a collection of pin holes in the base. Not quite a sieve but definitely aspiring to be one. Sealed those up with superglue and a couple of weeping seams as well. The leaks made my mind up for me about wether to wax it up as it is or paint it. The paint I think will reinforce the leak repairs so that was the next job. Tried a high temperature paint, designed for brake callipers, this time. Not as good for coverage, it took a good few coats to cover the remaining paint underneath and had a tendency to run in places. It will be interesting to see how it fares in use.
Looks great and such a difference between the 1st and 2nd photos there must be something about yellow pigment or whatever it is in yellow paint.. I always found the same symptoms.. inclined to run and unless the primer was near enough the right colour then no hope of it covering be interesting to hear how the superglue stands up to it as well Regards, pb
It’s held up so far. got the idea from an American book. Thank you, I was pleased with the result. It was my first experiment with high temperature paint. It could have done with some kind of undercoat I guess. They are quite similar. I’ll try and put up a comparison shot when it stops raining.
As you say. Very similar. Same cap thread as the early ( Metal Cap ) Tempest on the left so earlier than the newer plastic capped version on the right. ( I have covered the nasty looking plastic cap with the metal top of an old spare metal cap )
Hello to all, the original model of this lantern is the American Dietz model No. 8 Air Pilot streamlined! These lanterns (Chalwyn Tempest, Veritas Odin and the EFAR-607) were manufactured by Dietz for Chalwyn. I once had an email exchange with Woody Kirkman in California about the EFAR-607. He wrote me back that Dietz helped out Chalwyn because they couldn't make that many lanterns themselves. The curious thing is that Dietz had moved these machines to Mexico to produce them there for cost reasons. Veritas, or rather Falk & Stadelmann, only ever bought in storm lanterns, sometimes with their own branding, sometimes the lanterns were completely neutral and only had a Veritas glass inside. Greetings Jörg
Thank you for that information Jörg. That certainly explains the similarities I had observed. I just wish they had not changed the filler threading and used a plastic cap on the later lanterns. It fits very badly and detracts from what is otherwise a good lantern.
Thanks @Jörg Wekenmann - very useful information. @Wayland - totally agree. My Tempest has the plastic fuel cap - and it drives me crazy trying to put it back in. I thought that it was some cheap after-market replacement or a part from a different lantern - but now I know it is original I can stop looking for a replacement
Yes, the fit is awful. I find I have to get it as square on to the filler threads as possible then press down hard until I feel a click. Then it will usually engage with the threads but it is still stiff. it’s a good job it has a large tank and doesn’t need filling that often. I recently got a junker for spares and stripped the metal top off the filler cap which I stuck over the plastic one. As you can see from the picture above it looks a lot better at least
Following up on this post and the questions about superglue as a long term sealant. I was using this lantern all weekend and the font is still holding fuel. As you can see here. It also featured in my Yuletide greetings last year.
