Marlin 1028T, open

Years and years ago I bought a bulkhead from a car boot for £1, however when I got it home and opened it, there was no internals. The black outer band on the base had also become damaged, but because of these missing internals, I just left it in my shed.

3 years ago I acquired the bulkhead you see here, however it had an opal cover. I decided this one was far too interesting to have languishing round, so duly swapped it to this instead. The design, whilst very modern, is based off the early Merchant Adventurers Trimline, designed in the 60's for a place in Yorkshire. Whilst this actually has Merchant Adventurers stamped into the base moulding, its now identified as Marlin.

Opened, the lamp is my own addition, having not been supplied with one from factory. The gear tray is tiny in comparison to other bulkheads I've seen. One thing I have noted is that the base moulding is made of two different coloured plastics, white for the internal part, and black for the outer band.