Retro_10s
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Started this a while ago so I'll have to bring you all up to speed on this - had it about 4 months now.... found on Ebay for £5, needed a little work (well - i wanted to do the work but it would've been ok without)
Here she is!
Isn't she wonderful!? though it's pretty dirty inside and out...
she's a Kodak Six-20 Box Brownie Junior 'Super', made somewhere in between 1935 and 1940, Needed a little work but appears to be completely ready to function.
So I started cleaning it all up, starting with a full strip down of the basic components:
*Faceplate removed and rubbed with white spirit and a soft nail brush.
*Meniscus type lens cleaned and polished (no scratches!), the two light aperture lenses were also cleaned and polished
*Clean faceplate was then polished.
*Top light aperture and side light apertures cleaned and polished (very dirty)
*shutter mechanism cleaned and lightly oiled
Then i removed the two mirrors for inspection - unfortunately they're way past their best and will need replacing for best results,... not sure how I'm going to tackle this part really - perhaps some adhesive mirror tape will work but i'd rather find some proper mirrors for the job:
Faceplate edge resprayed:
Surround edge finished and I've just gone round the chrome strip with the autosol polish, as well as all the other bit and pieces like the view finder frames, winder, and light apertures on the front. Photos don't do it justice at all - It's not far off mint condition now,:
The mirrors arrived, and instead of making 2 they made me 6 free of charge!! They're great and Very clean!
Installed in both View finders
So now i have crystal clear working View finders
So here's some up to date pictures (taken with more care and a decent camera) for you all:
couldn't resist a bit of photoshop:
Now I did have some 620 film but it turned out it had already been exposed, developed them and there were some great pictures from the 60's on there, shame i wasn't born back then to understand them more!
so I have some 120 which will do just fine,.. the spool needs trimming by 1mm and I intend to Take the brownie for it's first outing at the end of the month... in Sweden of all places!! can't wait - I've taken so much care over this camera since getting it.. the lens is spotless and the shutter is 10 times smoother now that i cleaned the spring up and lightly greased it... i'm really suprised at the accomplishment of it... bearing in mind the simplicity of the darn thing!
Hope i didn't bore you all! :mrgreen:
Here she is!
Isn't she wonderful!? though it's pretty dirty inside and out...
she's a Kodak Six-20 Box Brownie Junior 'Super', made somewhere in between 1935 and 1940, Needed a little work but appears to be completely ready to function.
So I started cleaning it all up, starting with a full strip down of the basic components:
*Faceplate removed and rubbed with white spirit and a soft nail brush.
*Meniscus type lens cleaned and polished (no scratches!), the two light aperture lenses were also cleaned and polished
*Clean faceplate was then polished.
*Top light aperture and side light apertures cleaned and polished (very dirty)
*shutter mechanism cleaned and lightly oiled
Then i removed the two mirrors for inspection - unfortunately they're way past their best and will need replacing for best results,... not sure how I'm going to tackle this part really - perhaps some adhesive mirror tape will work but i'd rather find some proper mirrors for the job:
Faceplate edge resprayed:
Surround edge finished and I've just gone round the chrome strip with the autosol polish, as well as all the other bit and pieces like the view finder frames, winder, and light apertures on the front. Photos don't do it justice at all - It's not far off mint condition now,:
The mirrors arrived, and instead of making 2 they made me 6 free of charge!! They're great and Very clean!
Installed in both View finders
So now i have crystal clear working View finders
So here's some up to date pictures (taken with more care and a decent camera) for you all:
couldn't resist a bit of photoshop:
Now I did have some 620 film but it turned out it had already been exposed, developed them and there were some great pictures from the 60's on there, shame i wasn't born back then to understand them more!
so I have some 120 which will do just fine,.. the spool needs trimming by 1mm and I intend to Take the brownie for it's first outing at the end of the month... in Sweden of all places!! can't wait - I've taken so much care over this camera since getting it.. the lens is spotless and the shutter is 10 times smoother now that i cleaned the spring up and lightly greased it... i'm really suprised at the accomplishment of it... bearing in mind the simplicity of the darn thing!
Hope i didn't bore you all! :mrgreen:
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