I've only seen the Monitor Picnic in an unpainted aluminium box, so this was a pleasing find At first I thought it may have been painted by a previous owner but closer inspection suggests not, the Monitor decal having been applied after the paint finish, and not masked off. Where the decal's worn away there's the gold finish beneath The handle too was a giveaway, evidently having mostly been folded on the other side of the top from the decal, leaving an unweathered paint trace of itself, suggesting the paint's been there for the life of the stove Fold-down front, base, back Inside, the usual kero stove, but a clean example ... ... with the travelling cap in place for transport to seal the jet and prevent kero leaks in transit or storage A closer view and with the burner bell swapped for the transit cap The primer cup is massive for the size of stove, so a charge of primer lasts a while. Going ... going ... Gone The stove's best primed outside of the case to make it easier to pressurise on the pump, but once done, it goes back in the case and it tends to keep powered up without a need for pumping with a degree of self-pressurising taking place It's feisty, sure enough John
Hi John a very nice example i have not seen a painted monitor picnic box before i have one also and that is just the usual plane aluminium box When that was brand new it must of realy looked nice painted gold
Hi John - an early version I reckon & very nice too. The earlier Monitor cabinet stoves (of which there were a few) were all gold painted. The Picnic was the later & smallest of the paraffin series & appears to have replaced the earlier petrol Monitor Minor. I think by the time the aluminium cased variety was on the market all the other gold painted ones had been dropped.
