Thanks Nils, I used Australian Export interior/exterior enamel paint. They do make Chrome colour but I find the Silver colour gives better...
@Tony Press Thanks, I hadn’t seen that and the two tanks you showed with the gold underneath have the same green on top as my one did. Most...
This was the 1A that had gold underlying paint when I stripped off the drab olive paint. I have fettled the whole thing but still have to obtain a...
A nice lantern for any collection. The tank appears to be the same as used in the Primus 2252 Pro stove with the refillable tank.
Nice find.
Gooday @Tony Press Picked up an identical DoD one recently. Same brass bottom which makes me wonder. Fount had lots of rusted junk inside it....
Further post here of some more images showing what I beileve to be gold paint on the Aladdin 1A after I stripped off the light green Army type...
Agree with @ROBBO55 on the thread spec which is why I said ‘get threaded rod matching the Tilley part’ and then weld on a large wing nut that is...
Tough task. Perhaps get threaded rod matching the Tilley part and have large BSW wing nuts welded onto the rod ends; or get fully remade wingnuts.
Had this large shade a while and no idea what it fits. 118 mm ID 4 5/8" 445 mm OD (17.5") 95 mm tall Ivory colour on top and white underneath...
Not forgetting the Coleman 247 'Scout' too. I wonder how that model designation fits into all of this. @adelcoro has also posted (as per above...
Thanks for showing them all running. They look great.
As always @MYN , very informative and interesting.
Great idea Tony. I have been working on a similar problem as there are heaps of asbestos washers of varying sizes in Tilley irons. There are...
Amazing and painstaking work. :thumbup:
You cannot upload videos. They have to be uploaded somewhere else and a link provided in CPL. Your lamps look very nice. Congratulations.
I like the red fount table lamp especially and the two X246B's have come up very nice too. Congratulations.
Wonderful idea and endeavour, Paul.
A very old lamp and article. Thanks @Anthony for the added details.
Firstly, you have a nice blow torch there and it looks good. The 294 model was previously known as a model AKP2. Sievert renumbered quite a...
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