Haha. Didn't realize it was yours.. I google "PL53 steel" and the EX-100 was in the photos. Yeah i agree that the cleaned up photos look like the...
Here's a few others that are very similar to mine that has similar colored paint.. Surely this can't be just a random user painted color if i can...
You can see the generator here rusted.... not painted.. it's now bare metal after i soaked in citric acid. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And when i say it's ruined, i mean it RUINED. I liked it the way i found ti, and now it's damaged. I am sorry if it's not original, but i believed...
you keep insisting the generator is painted... do you not read what i typed?? Just nvm. I'm sorry for for even posting. Have a good day.
Well either way it's ruined & no plans to repaint it as i wanted it as found... I don't see how it wouldn't be original with all the marks and...
I should state it's not really a metallic, i should of said it's more glossy. More of a silver color, then that battleship grey.
classicpressurelamps.com/threads/tilley-pl53-steelie-colour.4540/ This look the same. Yeah I know. I was just angry about the whole thing....
Okay. Well from what I read there was the color you talk about and one like I have. If you search PL53's you will see there are ones out there the...
Exactly, that is why i was surprised... But it there not a chance different paint was used during war times?.. some were that darker gren/grey and...
Yeah i can see it almost looks like paint, but it's just pitted metal that i soaked in a citric acid bath when i first got it. The generator was...
... how would that not have been an original finish??? your saying someone other than Tilley painted it like this? Nobody said this before, if...
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Well... like my OH574 I was going f o light on this PL53 since i never did when I got it. I preheated it with but still was flaring up. So I went...
Thanks Jeff! This is one of my top pieces! This piece will be cherished for a long time! Cheers!
Thanks Tony! Idk why I waited so long! Here are some photos at night! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well finally went about firing up the OH574 I found in Canada, last July.. This was one of my first collection pieces. I only filled it up with a...
I will have to check this out even if i only do a patch. But it will be a bit before i believe i get this going.
I really appreciate the opinion on what i should do, as i haven't dealt with to many stress cracked items. I like the idea of a brass patch...
@Tony Press No it actually starts at the end of the R all the way to the last 0 in 1020. (It's hard to see due to my phone reflection.) But...
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