Reply To: Paint or not paint

[hdtrust]

Nothing like lighting the touch paper then standing well back!
As said previously you own it, so please do what you see fit, there are no hard or fast rules. Just one point I need to pull you up on. original condition is brand new, not pulled out of a barn with rust on!
There are those which say they conserve for the future (what ever it holds) I’ll keep my thoughts to myself on that one.
In our end of the field the age of the machines we handle are mostly irreplaceable, with parts missing where we have to have parts made at the foundry, then machine them out, so painting is part of the process but again its not for everyone. What ever you do you’ll make a lot of knowledgeable friends here!