As I was cleaning up the rim for my 7" headlamp rim (oo er missus!), standard 80's/90's FV type, it occurred to me to reflect on the engineering design of these things. It has 'Top' faintly stamped on the top, c/w an arrow in case of doubt, so that you can align it correctly to get the beam pointing in the right direction, but at the bottom of the circle, if you can have such a thing, are two raised indentations so should/when the thing is covered in successive layers of squaddie 2" brush applied paint you will always know which way is up. What ingenuity and application of thought. Marvellous!!! I love that sort of stuff.
And the retrospectively fitted headlamp guards on my CVR(T) that came later on in an upgrade. What lovely things they are. They could have been boring and mundane, yet they are so neatly designed, both as a guard and also capable of being stepped on due to their positioning, yet have a style of their own, so much so that someone must really have thought about it. How about that?
Who else has come across similar delights, of aesthetics married to sound, practical design, or have I been at the Christmas spirit a little too much and should stop sniffing paint fumes???
Cheers!