The Evening Star had landed.

I'm looking forward to working on this Evening Star lantern. (It's 4th in the cue behind a Coleman 159; a Tilley TL10; and a Montgomery Ward that looks fine).

Found in Melbourne, Australia.



Cheers

Tony

 

It appears to be in good nick and happy fettling!

 

A fine acquisition, Tony! I can guarantee that you will be amazed at the build quality when you get to work on it.

The generator seals in the valve with shavings from an old-fashioned bar of laundry soap.

 

Really nice find right there.

 

Nice Score Tony A rare bird ! I scored one a while back and it runs very nicely! Does yours have the early loop Generator or the Akron S style? Yours looks to be in great shape! Well done

 

@Akeepsake

Here's the vapouriser (generator):



Cheers

Tony

 

Ok it has the later Gen which I think is identical to an Akron Gen
Mine has an early Q99 style loop gen.
That style tends to block up but with a heat purge take the jet off and while attached to the fount pressure it and blow through fuel It should clear

 

With ES and Kildark lamps the s shape generator is the earliest. These original burners were imported from Akron and used the early 1920s Akron S shape gen from 1922 onwards. It was later in the 1920s the coil and then a strait generator with a knurled disc were made in England. Here are all the burner and generator types for ES. The original for all lamps is the left burner but fitted with the S generator. ::Neil::

 

Neil,

It was just the burners that were imported and not the entire lamp?

 

'Evening Star' built in 1960 was the last steam locomotive built by British Railways.
Nothing to do with this thread but it looks good.

 

Interesting Mackburner Thanks for clearing that up as I'd read the opposite somewhere
Mine Akron features and also an identical collar to a Nulite

 

I'll make sure I take a lot of photos when I fettle this beast (but that's a while away).

Cheers

Tony

 

From the start they imported the complete lamps but just the generators and burners for the lanterns. A couple of years in and they made everything. ::Neil::

 

Neil,

Thanks.

 

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Tony

 

Looking good Tony.

 

Good to see it running, Tony!

 

Nice work Tony. Referring to ES and/or Kildark generators as shown by Neil above, which one would have been fitted on the Kildark 238 and where might I find one?

 

It's working well!

 

Hello Jean, it would have been the S shaped vapouriser/generator, but all of the KD/ES vapourisers are scarce.

 

Jeff is probably right but since it is hard to date these lamps in truth it might have been any of them. However the S and U shapes are the most commonly found. ::Neil::

 

Great to see that gen was clear great job!