Hi folks, here is another 300x just re-assembled after a thorough restoration as you can see from the before and after pictures, and not without its challenges. Thanks to all those who contributed their hard won knowledge, in particular Highland Dweller, Tony Press, David Shouksmith, Phaedrus 42, etc. The tank had two coats of primer and three coats of Rover Damask Red, (thanks David) helped along with some baking in an oven on a low temperature. The pitting on the hood was a blunder on my part in having dissimilar metals in the acid bath. After aggressive attempts to remove its still there so have to live with that. A new glass, wick, hood cap and seal kit were all that was required. On firing it today its still very half hearted, despite servicing the vapouriser by heating and quenching. This method was used on my Tilley guardsman after similar simptoms, and there it worked very well. So will try the coathanger wire tommorow and see what happens.
It's looking good - that's quite a transformation you've brought about there! It's also great to see you've returned it to its appearance as it left the factory rather than just polishing it to something it never was. One small point if you don't mind me saying - you've got your image code stuck in the middle of your text which is why your post looks a bit odd...
The brake cable would have been a better idea but I dont have one to hand. Another member suggested the coathanger a while back so thought I would try it. I found one that looks thin enough, even then I have to remove the plastic coating. Then maybe a soak in the acid.
Thanks Ellie, Found on 'Greed Bay' mis-advertised as 'old tily lamp' and for collection only so had to arrange courier collection. At £10 I couldn't resist. I was the only bidder!
...Another 'Dinky doo'.. ....Happy in the sun! ..not always easy to organize for collection in my experience so well done there too... :-)
I agree completely about keeping to the original appearance. On that note, I am about to finish restoring another 300x, a 1949 military one, and hopefully fire it up today. not easy to find a close match to the original army green but I think I'm close. Watch this space. And you're right about the odd post, I wasn't sure how to correct that.
Well, it's been put to rights now, so I've had to re-create what you put in the input box:- "Hi folks, here is another 300x just re-assembled after a tho{url=http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/gallery/2867/1462312334-P1050199_opt.jpg]{image]http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/gallery/2867/1462312334-P1050199_opt.jpg[/img]{/url] {image]http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/gallery/2867/1462312387-P1050203_opt.jpg[/img]{/url] {image]http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/gallery/2867/1462312421-P1050205_opt.jpg[/img]{/url] {image]http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/gallery/2867/1462312457-P1050206_opt.jpg[/img][/url}rough restoration as you can see from the before and after pictures, and not without its challenges." You'd put the cursor in the middle of the word 'thorough' when you added the image code (I've shown it in red and disabled it) for the photographs. Now computers is clever, but they ain't that clever and they just do what you tell them - mostly, anyway. So if you tell them to put the images in the middle of the word 'thorough' then that's exactly what they'll do. I find it's best to put the cursor on a new line wherever you want the site software to add the image code and that's where the photographs will appear in your text. Hope that helps...
