W&P Show Purchases 2019

[pzo]

Good attitude. Well done Tim. There was no reason to leave in former condition. That was nasty. You might be right about colours and using flash. Try to make some outdoor pictures in some shady place, without flash.

Cheers PattyD,

I know some folks might frown, but its not like I wrecked a really good one with original German paint finish. Picture is a bit weird actually as on the ground the colours are really good but in the pic the green and brown come out a bit off.

May be reflective values on the paint when subject to flash as we cant get lead based paints anymore. Won't do anything about the sling and just leave as is on that score.

Fills a hole in the collection.

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Glad to see you refinished the barrel carrier Tim. It looks great!!

Cheers PattyD,

I know some folks might frown, but its not like I wrecked a really good one with original German paint finish. Picture is a bit weird actually as on the ground the colours are really good but in the pic the green and brown come out a bit off.

May be reflective values on the paint when subject to flash as we cant get lead based paints anymore. Won't do anything about the sling and just leave as is on that score.

Fills a hole in the collection.

[Patty D]

Glad to see you refinished the barrel carrier Tim. It looks great!!

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second pic with bipod

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Pretty sure looking at the arrangement that one set of long straps will pass behind the leg and "through" the oval hole for latching the legs up to the base of the barrel. The other straps cross over the top and pull the foot firmly down.

No chance of folding the bipod with these fitted.

Regards

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MG Snow shoes

Picked these up at the military show on Saturday. Came out of Finland as posted a short while ago.

Straps are present but are literally crumbling away in front of my eyes, not surprising really. More surprising that they are present.

Shoe looks the same as in Volk's book, however the strap arrangement is slightly different being two sets of buckle together as opposed to one loop and one buckle together as shown in the book.

Looks to be factory pressed and punched, but no evidence of any markings that I can see yet from a cursory view. Must measure the straps before they turn to dust !

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refurb on carrier for barrell

Well, spent a bit of time in the garden doing some paint removing, v hot today and yesterday so a bit of spray painting and its done.

Needs to be dirtied down as its all a bit fresh, but once scruffed up should tone in nicely with the can and tripod.

[me6_130]

Carles you madman.............you nearly gave me a heart attack when you said you had had several and got rid of them! I meant the trommeltrager 34 for the PT34 and you meant the top covers!

Tell you what tho, you can spill the beans on the top cover with the large S/38 engraved on the lid, even the waffenampts look to be of better quality than normally seen. Whats the story on that one and can you remember the manufacturer? I have never seen one marked up like that.

PS....Just noticed the markings on the side but cant read them........Serial Number??

Regards

Tim

Soooorry Tim,

I confuse trager and halter

As I mentioned to someone today, I was buying a lot that included that cover. I liked it but didn't have enough money to buy the total, so had to sell something. A friend wanted a cover but wouldn't take one of mine, as he wanted it with nice WaA stamps. I then offered him that one to come, and he liked it, so just as I got it I sent it to him. It looked very nice, perhaps finished by hand. Maker would be S/38 but haven't been able to find the name, and might have been produced in 1934 and serial number 0068. All markings were pantographed and not standard looking but, as the cover looked very early and possibly prototype?, I thought the markings were consistent with the item. Not a line production item but very well made so would fit well on an MG34 and smooth with th mag.

Carles

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Re Carriers

Carles you madman.............you nearly gave me a heart attack when you said you had had several and got rid of them! I meant the trommeltrager 34 for the PT34 and you meant the top covers!

Tell you what tho, you can spill the beans on the top cover with the large S/38 engraved on the lid, even the waffenampts look to be of better quality than normally seen. Whats the story on that one and can you remember the manufacturer? I have never seen one marked up like that.

PS....Just noticed the markings on the side but cant read them........Serial Number??

Regards

Tim

[me6_130]

That's the exact WaA stamp I was expecting

41 PT34 vs 191 DT15 + 5 PT13. Those are my present numbers.

Carriers? I've had several but couldn't keep them as I needed money for other things. Her's a couple of pics. That in first pics went to a friend. One in the other went to the Weald Fundation.

C.

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Gents! there's a party on and I was missing it!!!!!

Nice items Tim. I agree with Patty and Pzo, a nice repaint would be better than that Yugo apple green. Lovely early items altogether.

-Another PT34!!!! It's in my list already, and pics filed. I had no HASAG 37 in my list. It went from 1935-36 to 1940-41 for HASAG. missing 37, 38 and 39, so you've filled a bit of the gap. It is curious, seems BSW only produced in 1937 and 38...so 1939 is still missing. Could you please confirm the WaA?


Carles

PS. I've got 41 PT34s in my list.

Hi Carles,

41 on the list is quite impressive, but not many left when you consider how many must have been made!

I will speak to the guy who had them as he had 3 to see if they are new references for you.
What we need is for some bloke to find a few hundred carriers in a shed some place so we get a chance to get one!
Waffen pic below for record

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What are the German RLM numbers on those 3 colors??

Hi their Petrolium,

I will drop a link at the bottom for a decent website with names etc and RAL number descriptions.

The problem is of course that the RAL numbers used pre war to not translate to modern RAL listings.

When I go in for my paint I will take the ammo can and look at the modern RAL cards and see if I can match up and get a set of modern numbers for record purposes.

Whilst it references vehicles on the site, small equipment and cases were included in the colour schemes. You see plenty of chests, mine cases etc with this scheme.

Website Below

https://panzerworld.com/german-armor-camouflage

Regards

Tim

[Petroleum 1]

What are the German RLM numbers on those 3 colors??

[me6_130]

Gents! there's a party on and I was missing it!!!!!

Nice items Tim. I agree with Patty and Pzo, a nice repaint would be better than that Yugo apple green. Lovely early items altogether.

-Another PT34!!!! It's in my list already, and pics filed. I had no HASAG 37 in my list. It went from 1935-36 to 1940-41 for HASAG. missing 37, 38 and 39, so you've filled a bit of the gap. It is curious, seems BSW only produced in 1937 and 38...so 1939 is still missing. Could you please confirm the WaA?


Carles

PS. I've got 41 PT34s in my list.

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PZ,

Mmm, that large box of yours would match up to the single glossy ammo can that I pictured, same process was followed.

Whole can given a base coat of green with the other 2 colours over sprayed. Ive checked the matt can I have and that is the same so it looks to be common methodology for spraying the camouflage pattern.

I will most likely go down the slightly more glossy finish. Thanks for the pics, much appreciated.

[pzo]

More pictures.