Falks Fulmar 1 after restoration.

From decayed, broken, battered and bruised, to factory fresh new condition. The Falks Fulmar 1 has been completed at long last, (3 weeks ago more like) and what a turnaround that's been achieved.

For those who've followed my posts on Facebook from the beginning already know what has gone into this rebuild, but for those who haven't, I've replicated the plastic skirt and wet dry sanded the refractor plates, replicated the metal cover plate, and replicated the original colour present on the canopy. All nuts and bolts have been replaced with matching types, the lamp holder has been resecured in the correct place, and then everything received treatment with the wire wheel to remove rust, the canopy having a bath in caustic soda to remove all the corrosion.

Its been a total challenge none the less, but is probably the best restoration I've been able to complete to date. Seeing it light once more as a completed lantern definitely made all the effort and time spent worth it. By restoring it, it means at least one lantern is able to see the future years out, where all others have fallen.