Hi, this is the Veritas that I got at the weekend. Haven't read many good comments about these lamps, although it looks like a reasonable lamp. The entire lamp is made from brass, and the hood and cage is chromed as well. The tank has been painted silver although the green paint and transfer is still clearly visible underneath. I haven't had much luck lighting it yet however I don't know the correct procedure with the separate pricker control and on/off valve. Any help gratefully received. Regards Matt
Ah, now if that's been painted or plated, it's not a C - without looking at the literature hereabouts, at a guess it's one of the B models. I think the model A was nickel plated tank and vitreous enamelled hood. Model C was polished and lacquered brass. Could be wrong but I think I've put lighting instructions on here, too... Edit - Model B was either all nickel plated or green painted tank and nickel upper parts.
It seems to be a bit of a mish mash of parts. The decal on the tank is the one that is on your 9955B and also on the 9955A. The 350's in the gallery all seem to have an oblong decal whereas this one has the diamond one. I think you are right that this one is the B model as one of Neil's posts says "The B version has a painted tank and a nickel plated hood" although I think he is referring to the 9955. Perhaps Neil can confirm this. Best regards Matt. P.S. I forgot to mention before that I also need a handle for it if anyone has one.
From Veritas literature they go like this. 350A Brass fount with steel base, nickel plated. Steel cage painted silver. Steel green enamel ventilator integral heat shield. 350B Painted green, 350cp; straight cylinder globe. Nickel plated hood. 350C Polished brass fount with polished brass hood. ::Neil::
Well, I haven't done much fettling to this one but I have stripped it down just to see how she works. With glass fitted (Thanks David) and a new bullfinch mantle, I decided to give it a go lighting it. I think the pictures say it all really. Oh and the meths cup isn't red hot I moved it up the vapouriser to keep some heat in the burner when I hadn't fitted a mantle and it turned that colour.
I have two of these lanterns painted cream - one has the Veritas logo etc. impressed into the tank and then sprayed over; the other is the more usual transfer/decal applied over the paint...
I started spraying this one up last weekend and as I had today off work I thought I would put it back together so that it can join me at Ashover for a little extra light. That's right, it still works. I managed to strip the silver paint off the decal using nail varnish remover and cotton buds. It took hours, so when I finished that I used paint stripper for the rest thinking I might be able to just strip the silver paint. Well that didn't happen and I ended up with just a decal. So whilst at a car boot I saw some Plastikote paint going cheap and bought a reasonable looking green. Here are some pics with the decal stripped and then in one coat of top paint.
Well done there Matt and a brilliant job of the paint work. And i am over immpressed with your work on saving the decal,your tecnique is that of a art restorer. i will have to get some nail varnish remover as it is a good cleaning chemical,if i am not mistaken it is basicly acetone i have read some where it is good for cleaning out vapouriser tubes
Thanks for the compliments guys. I must not take credit for the technique used on the decal as I was only copying David's 1962 (April) AL15A . I am very pleased with the result, even though the paint isn't an exact match, it is close enough. All I need to remember now is that it does need to be dismantled again for further painting.
You may have "only" copied someone's method, but the skill is still of a very great level, well done.
