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MatchFuzee

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  1. You are right about the R With the old engraving machines, depending who manufactured them there may have been a slight variation in the letters even for the same font. If you have a local engraver, hopefully they have the exact font.
  2. It could be Helvetica [although I'm not sure about the ( ) ] which is a font used for engraving. https://www.aandlengraving.com/font-chart-for-engraving.html
  3. If is heavy duty conduit i.e. water pipe:- https://www.pipeworksuppliers.co.uk/collections/black-malleable-iron-pipe-fittings
  4. If you want ready-made barbed wire there is the choice of silver, red or black, you can even have leather barbed wire. There are plenty of videos on making fake barbed wire.
  5. I don't know if this correct lead (there are others on the page) EX MILITARY RADIO Larkspur 2 Pin Power Lead https://picclick.co.uk/Ex-Military-Radio-Larkspur-2-Pin-Power-Lead-155403659158.html
  6. Tanks-Alot Ukraine-backing Brit who supplied 100 military vehicles to war-torn country faces ruin after Barclays axes his accounts. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21336277/ukraine-brit-vehicles-barclays-axes-accounts/
  7. Is one of these the right one? https://mullard.org/products/plessey-3-pin-mains-plug-terminated-2m-lead-for-avo-ct160-racal-ra17 http://store.cbeagle.co.uk/army-military-radio-3-pin-power-cable-plessey-fine-uk
  8. The mini rake is a McCleod tool:- http://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2020/06/usfs-mccleod-tool-wildland-fire.html?m=1
  9. A question for the Vickers MG Collection & Research Association? https://www.facebook.com/groups/vickersmg/?ref=share
  10. MGB 75 is the closest number that I have been able to find, and Mark V Oerlikon is given as the secondary armament. https://wiki.warthunder.com/MGB-75 I don’t know the source or accuracy of of the War Thunder information.
  11. I assume that you have seen this site - Bedford Vehicles collection https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb307-bed
  12. Probably a silly question to ask them as you can't use the photocopier, but is photographing the book allowed?
  13. Drawing of Thames trader chassis drop frame, 3, 4 and 5 ton (138 and 152 wheelbase), Ford Motor Company Ltd. Includes fuel tank capacity, wheel base etc Held at the Museum of English Rural Life. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/02aa3947-0ac6-4dc1-813b-31f4b1698b7d
  14. AR 6693 is the serial number:- When the No. 4 rifles were converted to sniper equipment, each one had a scope and bracket assigned to it. Some brackets were serial numbered at the conversion factory, and others were numbered later in military service.
  15. This is possibly the accident. de Havilland DH98 Mosquito B Mk XVI. Squadron 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Mosquito MM224: Took off 18:40hrs for mission. 31/01/1945 On return attempted to land at the USAAF Sta.468 at Rougham near Bury St.Edmunds. Engine cut on return overshot landing and hit car RAF Bury St.Edmunds at 02:40 hrs. 01/02/1945. F/O (153022) Philip John Quarles Back DFC (pilot) RAFVR - injured. F/O (144763) Derek Tom Newell Smith DFC (nav.) RAFVR - injured. No information on the occupant(s) of the car. Source:- https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/166153
  16. Have you seen this, a Czech company but from their site 'We sell ex mod vehicles in the USA, the UK and Canada' https://mortarinvestments.eu/catalog/onStock/ural-4320-diesel-shelter-1800-km?
  17. Colours discussed here:- https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/39224-bsa-parabike-with-odd-serial-number/
  18. I wonder if it was based on a Léon Bollée tricycle. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/voiturette-of-1895-by-french-automobile-manufacturer-leon-news-photo/1235175735
  19. AD was issued from December 1903 to the end of September 1921.
  20. More on the canvas cover:- https://vickersmg.blog/in-use/accessories/the-range-finder/
  21. Not a Barr & Stroud but still a No. 12 https://ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/product/2000-003/ Barr & Stroud rangefinders also stored in a wooden box.
  22. Does it contain:- COALESCENT FILTER, ULTRASEP UFS-SP 30/60, PUR-FOAM https://shop.donaldson.com/store/en-gb/product/1C330504/g1C330504?_requestid=2488364
  23. The patch on the right:- The Chindit Badge features a Burmese Chinthe, a mythical creature, statues of which stand guard outside Pagodas in Burma.
  24. Diesel stencil:- https://www.axholmesigns.co.uk/product-page/jerry-can-stencils Custom stencil are also available.
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