There are some really smart chests/boxes being put on this thread
Some really great work there guys
It should be noted that whilst the big Reichadler Stencils do look fantastic, they are in reality pretty much Hollywood fiction and you won't generally find one any bigger than a few cm on real German crates and packaging.
A fantastic site for info and detailed pictures on all types of German military crates and packaging is Wehrmachts Kisten.
[link]http://wehrmachts.kisten.free.fr/sommaire_general.htm[/link]
It's in French only but has some great info and pictures including details of measurements, construction, furniture, markings and labels.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
Yes hand cut it with a craft knife took a night to do !
Chuff me! I'd have had cramp in my fingers after about twenty minutes of that 
Do i see an opening here ??
Very interested if you do a Nazi eagle as above for my chest
Keep us informed please
Cad
Impressions:
U.S. 35th Inf Tech Sargeant
British Royal Artillery Gunner
Generic SS Mann
Weapons:
Cyma M1A1
ASG Sten MK2
ASG MP40
TM M1911A1
WE Browning High Power
HFC Mauser C96
Sorry i had to revive this but i absolutely love your crates guys! They look so awesome..!
I’m sorry also for reviving this post but I found this on internet and remember this post and thought it would be better if I posted this here than making a new post in this link you could find instructions to make a German Locker.
This is the site
http://www.angelfire.com/on4/schultzsgt/
this is the link of the instructions for the locker
http://www.angelfire.com/on4/schultzsgt/pg07.html
in this link is a part of a movie call NAPOLA were you can see the locker from the min 5:00 to the min 6:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPjDGFuG ... re=related
I could be an a luftwaffe ace you know?..........................................................................Die Unsichtbare Waffe!
Made a couple of these the other week. Apart from being practical carrying kit they are great for the evenings when gathering around the fire for a drink as they double up as a stool. Bring your box, open up for a beer and sit down (or fall down after a long hard day 
)
Going to start production of a few more of these soon.
PS not looking for authenticity more practicality
Going to start production of a few more of these soon.
PS not looking for authenticity more practicality
They look great
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Going to start production of a few more of these soon.
I'd be interested in one, Gordon. 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Nice work, you can never have too many boxes!
And on that note, my next project. I'm cheating a bit, call it recycling, by using an old British Army box - dunno what it originally contained but equipment rather than ammo I think. Acquired from Forester, it is a good strong box with a steel band around the lid and corner brackets so it will make an ideal foot locker to cart all the personal kit to a game in. Keith had previously painted the outside in a generic army green/olive and as it is now scraped and worn I like the look so will keep it as it is. The inside is a bit mucky/wiffy/oily so I'll sand that all down and give it a varnish so that it will be suitable for putting clothing in. I'm going to have a search around the garage and studio to see what scrap battens and board I have lying around before buying anything - then to construct a divider and removable bits and bobs trays.
Yay, Inky gets in the photo! 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
We are having a slobby Saturday morning - I'm sporting odd socks, tracky bottoms and ancient t-shirt (well, I'm decorating James' room at the moment) and Inky is trudging about without her collar. 
OK, Chommers, I didn't ask what you were wearing... that's moving into a sleazy phone call territory...
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
lol!
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Box re-fit now done! Heh, a carpenter wouldn't give it a second look and true to say I am the master of the bodge. Meh, it cost me absolutely nothing and was made from bits found in the garage. The oily box bottom proved a bit of a pain to sand clean - in the end I poured flour onto it which absorbed the oil as I sanded. yeah, the wife thought I was mad too. 
Pretty much ready for the next game now! I could fit in an amazing amount of kit:
Shirt, collarless, wool
Shirt, khaki drill
Jersey, wool (2)
Thermal underwear set (2)
Socks, pairs (3)
Boots, ammunition
Towel
Soap and cloth towel
Strapping plaster
Aspirin
Mug, enamel, brown
Wash roll
Housewife
Mess tins and cutlery in rations bag
Notebook
Playing cards
Tie, wool
Knife, clasp
Whistle
Spectacles
Pipe; tobacco; cleaners
Matches; lighters, petrol (3); lighter, gas (1)
Boot insoles; spare lace, leather
Boot cleaning materials: dubbin, black; dubbin, clear; polish, black; brush; duster
Gloves, wool; gloves, leather
Cap comforter, wool
Face veil
Beret
Silk scarf
Training manuals
looks superb i really must have a go but im a tittle shy of trying as im a really poor carpenter,wood just isn't my medium but these look really practical ,i'm always digging through bags to find stuff that's at the bottom (usually hung over).
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Nice work there Chommers!
Here are my two:
Not home-built, but still British Army issued (green one is 1950s/1960s transit chest - bought for £8 and restored by me, brown one is late 1970s artillery fuse chest, bought from W&P 2009 for £4, was bare wood but painted service brown and iron screws replaced with brass ones by me to make it look more 'period').
The green one is locked and holds my SMGs (STEN and Thompson) - the brown one just holds large airsoft spare parts (mainly G3 and FA-MAS! 
)
The green one appears to be made with the same hinges and lock hasp as Chommers green box above
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
My latest aquisition, not my own work but kindly donated by Adam just requiring some finishing.
Fits not only the MG34 but also my K98 and MP40 so one convenient weapons chest fo events.
My latest aquisition, not my own work but kindly donated by Adam just requiring some finishing.
Fits not only the MG34 but also my K98 and MP40 so one convenient weapons chest fo events.
My God....From the photo's, you either have a carpeted shed/garage or a very under standing wife..
I have to hide any new arrivals....
Or recently ..
Have managed to bribe the postman to knock very quietly..!
'Non adepto demens. Adepto etiam'
War does not show who is right, only who is left..
Well, I did say i was master of the bodge....
My first outing with the footlocker was at The Drop. I went to access the bottom compartment by grabbing the handle of the top tray, only to find my hand lifted the handle only - the bottom of the tray with all the contents remained in the box. Lesson - hot glue is quick and easy but won't take any weight. I've subsequently wood-glued and nailed the tray walls/handle/base so hopefully it is up to the job now.
So, on with the next box (and I'll do my best not to over-bodge it - I fight a combination of a lack of time, a lack of patience, a lack of skill and wanting it finished ASAP).
Over the years I have been carting about one of those £10 gas stoves. OK, it is cheap and you can pick up the gas cylinders for a quid or so BUT the bloody thing isn't really fit for purpose. It doesn't work very well in cold conditions and it has a weaker and weaker flame as the gas is used and the can/liquid/gas gets cold. So I have resolved to get a twin burner bottled gas stove, one of the ones with fold up flaps that act as a windbreak/splashback. And I rather fancied 'hiding' it in a transit box which will also mean I can store pans, cutlery and comestibles in the same box so that will mean another plastic box can stay at home.
Here is the plan: top lid hinges backwards to make a work surface, supported by a pair of faux reinforcing bars that swivel through 180 degrees - when closed it will look like normal twin bars and when open forms legs. The side will hinge down to make another work surface. The cooker sits on a top tray below which is a cutlery drawer and food/tins storage area, and below that a pan storage area. The gas bottle itself, transported separately, can be tucked under the back work area along with the regulator. I'll no doubt modify and adapt the plan once I have the stove in front of me but I think it should work out OK - I'm just pondering now whether to make it out of melamine (easier to wipe down on the inside, I'll paint it on the outside) or MDF or plywood. As it is an equipment case I'll avoid using planking for this one I think.
