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MatchFuzee

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  1. This antenna? https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/anyone-have-more-info-on-this-hobbit-atv-antenna-i-bought-has-nsn-nimber.183880/
  2. http://www.chestnut-registrations.co.uk/vintageplates.aspx
  3. Springs in this cupola skirt:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-BEDFORD-ARMY-TRUCK-LORRY-CUPOLA-WEATHER-SKIRT-ASSEMBLY-OIL-WAXED-/353445934332?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
  4. For small amounts of soda blasting, there are some small and cheap blasters or you can make a very simple one. Search 'diy soda blaster' for the videos.
  5. Have you looked at the Dylon greens?
  6. Have you concidered DIY casting? https://www.artfulbodgermetalcasting.com/
  7. If you search 'Lee Enfield No.4 Rifle Spares', there are a number of spares suppliers who maybe able to help you.
  8. If, no takers here, perhaps you would have more success with one of the Facebook military radio groups.
  9. I wonder if it was pre-war or at least very early wartime production because there is no mention of bike production after the factory was destroyed. Also, I haven't found any information on what the parts where made for or if they had another factory making the Plover. "During the air raids over Coventry in 1940 the Frances Barnett Factory was completely destroyed. The company continued making parts during the war at an alternative location. It was not until 1945 that production resumed back at Lower Ford Street" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis-Barnett
  10. Is this a London delivery van at The Museum of East Anglian Life? Photo from Graces Guide
  11. Stacked in pallets on cargo ships, the weight of the top layers simply crushed those below, resulting in fuel losses of up to 40 percent, and making unloading the intact containers extremely hazardous with thousands of gallons of petrol sloshing around in the bilges and the fumes powerful enough to render seamen unconscious, not to mention the danger of fire or explosion. From:- https://www.exploringoverland.com/overland-tech-travel/2012/8/17/irreducible-imperfection-the-flimsy.html
  12. The lamps:- https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1613593888983470/?ref=facebook_story_share
  13. Drinking water was transported to front line trenches in petrol cans. It was then purified with chemicals. To help disguise the taste, most water was drunk in the form of tea, often carried cold in soldier’s individual water bottles. In extreme circumstances, soldiers might resort to boiling filthy water found in shell holes. Drinking polluted water could lead to diarrhoea and outbreaks of dysentery.
  14. 18ltr seal:- https://www.armysales.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=343
  15. Would a higher rated puller than your current one be worth trying?
  16. A screenshot of their current page
  17. Firing the Petard was accomplished with a spring loaded rod (large firing pin). With the rod cranked back, it could be released to impact and ignite the propellant charge located on the mortar round. This process fired the large 290-mm demolition charge with adequate accuracy. More:- http://worldwar2headquarters.com/HTML/normandy/HobartsFunnies/hf_petard.html
  18. Even including the links in this link there is very little information on the Deacon:- http://warwheels.net/AEC_DeaconINDEX.html A vector drawing preview of the Deacon:- https://www.the-blueprints.com/vectordrawings/show/19527/aec_mk_i_gun_carrier_deacon/
  19. Bolt size discussion:- https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/11877-nato-hitch-bolt-size/
  20. Not army maintenance info but this should be useful. https://www.cloudynights.com/articles/cat/user-reviews/binoculars/80mm-90mm-binoculars/restoring-and-using-german-10x80-flakfernrohr-binoculars-r193 A very expensive book. Eyes of the Wehrmacht: An Illustrated Guide to the German World War II 10 X 80 Binoculars, Volume 1. By Stephen Rohan.
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