Myn, it came up a lot better than I ever thought it would, it took a lot of work with autosol and fine wire wool and there is tell tale signs that...
[ATTACH] I spotted this on Ebay recently and decided to give it a home, sorry but I forgot to take before pictures, it was rather grubby and salt...
Nice one colin, looks better now with the correct valve.
Showing its age well colin, good job.
That's a lovely looking lamp, nice to see you got it working properly, well done.
Nice job , ugly duckling to beautiful swan, nice to see my choice of colour used by others. Regards Ian.
I've had the same experience as George, a large box full of striped down lamps with fuel left in tanks which had leaked out soaking the box, the...
Hi , you have got a vapalux 300 from the early 1940s, the feference gallery has quite a few of these in there , it should restore well enough,...
Thanks Jeff, at least I now know the hot tank is normal
One thing I have noticed the fuel tank gets very hot during use, is this normal for the small optimus. Ian
[ATTACH] Now it's getting dark a bit earlier the opportunity has arrived to sit outside with the light and hiss of a pressure lamp while we...
That pig hoosie sounds like a wonderful magical place full of beautiful treasures, colin is a lucky man to be able to have a peek inside. Ian
Great find , there are still some good qulity unused lamps still out there.
Hi Scott Here's a picture of the paint tin I used [ATTACH] A grey primer was used as the base with several coats of the main colour, Hope this is...
That's a pretty looking creation.
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Nice one colin , bialaddins are my favourite lamps.
That shade suits the lamp very well. Ian
Just add to my last post the mantles I used on these two are butterfly no 41 which says 500 to 600 but going on past experience I know they shrink...
While walking round the boot sale last weekend I spotted a yellow Coleman clam shell case on one of the stalls so I went and checked it over and...
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