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Very interesting thread!

A very generous gift must say. And this nice Carette seems to have found another good new home.

From my experience, sealants in the form of slices cut off (soft) silicone tube work excellently and adapt very well and smoothly to the moulded openings for the sight-glass. I wonder if the red, round washers shown in the (very nice) photo presenting all parts for the assembly might be a bit hard...

I am looking forward to seeing more of this very sympathetic restoration.
Painting the base green is an excellent idea, btw, but what about adding some pink spots and applying a unicorn-transfer to the boiler after painting it with stove-pipe silver??? I wonder why Arnold has not recommended this before... ;-)