Poacher
Poacher
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Joined: Jan 24, 2007
Topics: 107 / Replies: 2172
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

I think he got this?

13 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

Yellow is the usual colour for German HE shells? It could have been used as a prop for a Flak 36.

13 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

Not The Battle of Britain or 633 Squadron. No Tigers there. Didn't the Tiger I use the same basic round as the Flak 88? Could it have been a prop for...

13 years ago
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Re: Appraisal/Valuation on my British Para/Glider S.Staffs G

The e-tool cover is a valuable item on its own these days.

13 years ago
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Re: Paras - Uniform, Kit and other Particulars

Remember also, the kit was not yours. It belonged to the crown. Losses very often had to be paid for. On British Army wages you dont want to be shelli...

13 years ago
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Re: Mess Tin Colour

Not model spray paint but most car or industrial paint suppliers can match to RAL codes.. Try RAL 6006. It's not spot on to wartime spec but its damn ...

13 years ago
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Re: Where the Insignias go

Green is correct for heer Panzergrenadier. As I think I have posted before don't get hung up on exactly which shade. A guy did some detailed research ...

13 years ago
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Re: Where the Insignias go

SS Panzergrenadier wore white waffenfarbe. Don't believe dealers. Do your own research.

13 years ago
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Re: Correct collar tabs?

A lot hinges on being able to date images you find of guys wearing the TK. There is that famous series of pictures that I quote quite often, 116th Auf...

13 years ago
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Re: Correct collar tabs?

Your suggestion for late war Pzr style litzen with totenkopf? The TK were ordered to be removed for non Panzer troops? Stug crews and Aufklarung shoul...

13 years ago
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Re: Where the Insignias go

they were issued for 2 years before Peadot even existed. Not in that pattern they werent. Not to anyone, especially the SS.

13 years ago
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Re: Correct collar tabs?

The litzen with the waffenfarbe were pretty much few and far between for enlisted men by the time the war started. The generic types, first introduced...

13 years ago
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Re: RIF Import - Declaration Template

This year’s card I have kept in the plastic sleeve it came in and the ink hasn't transferred off the card in the heat of my wallet./quote] Thats wha...

13 years ago
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Re: RIF Import - Declaration Template

All a bit post hoc though? VCRA has been around for years and only UKARA stood up for the interests of airsoft. Quite right that they should protect t...

13 years ago
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