David, perfect. I also have steel tanked US Mil-Spec, thanks for the steer.
Jeremy, this may help. Spot the SMP painted hood. Left to right Coleman 252 dated 1952, Armstrong Mil-Spec dated 1977 and SMP Mil-Spec dated...
@David Shouksmith lovely example. Like the magnets! :D/
@Jean J thank you. I was lucky enough to find this one in a fairly good condition. More dust and spiders than heavy use. @X246A Evapo Rust is...
@X246A Jeremy, no before shoots unfortunately. Here is the current condition of the inner hood, still needs a bit of work doing. Was covered in...
@Bo Ryman Thank you, that is a very kind offer. At the moment the package tracking shows it is heading towards the UK, so all well.
Just off the fettle pile and being run in. Cleaned and tidied up. Biggest task was the rust removal from the inner hood, evapo rust did the job...
@MikeO Great lantern. I love that you have restored the reflector as well and kept it as part of the original lantern. Nice touch, part of the...
Very enjoyable David, thank you. I don't mean to sound cheeky, but have you any photo's of the donut and the M1B? Would love to see them.
Good effort, you must be happy with that.
Spot on, that is good.
Gentlemen, thank you for your responses. Very helpful as ever. @Norman thanks for the link, I'd have struggled to find that. Ordered one last...
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