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New price £1550 (approx $2386).

Paypal accepted. Any Paypal fees to be paid by buyer.

Price reduction (and currency change).
Now: £1700.00 (approx $2888.00 / €2121.00) plus postage.

Tom.

Mgz34 optic now sold.

Tom.

I have a Waffen SS, other ranks belt buckle for sale. Condition is excellent considering the fact that it would appear to have been combat worn. The details are sharp and crisp with silver paint remaining to the front and rear of the buckle. The buckle is unmarked. Any questions or additional photos...

I have a fabric German Cross in gold for sale which I believe to be in Army/SS colour. Overall condition is excellent and still has the majority of the paper backing. I’ll let the photos do the talking. Any questions or additional photos please ask away. • The price for this item is €900 plus postag...

I have for sale my Lafette 42, MG42 machine gun tripod. I originally bought it back in the early 2000’s, having been used post-war by the Austrian Army. It had remained in its post-war, Austrian green paint only until recently when I restored it to its former glory. While adhering to the remains of ...

Thanks for the link.

Tom.

Is nitro cellulose interchangeable with cellulose thinners when it comes to thinning and spraying paint?

Tom.

Problem is, is that my tripod is in Italy and I'm currently in the UK so I don't have access to get a paint match. Ideally I wanted to get a match here in the UK and take the paint back with me but that probably isn't going to happen this time round so I'm just fishing for accurate colours. What I d...

Pepperpot, The tripod is smothered in post war Austrian medium green. There is no way I would strip/repaint it if it were in original condition. Unfortunately, my tripod is in Italy but from memory, when I was doing some preliminary cleaning with Nitro Cellulose, the paint, be that the Austrian or t...

I getting back to restoring my Lafette 42 and would rather use a paint chemistry that is as close to that used during the war.
So, what did the Germans use; cellulose, enamel or something else?

Cheers,
Tom.

Has anyone taken some good solid WW2 German paint samples and had them matched on a Spectrophotometer so that you now have the nitty gritty data of what pigments each paint is made from. For example, if we take Dunkelgelb the paperwork might say 50% yellow, 25% brown and 25% white or similar - hopef...

Graham,
It will have to wait till after Christmas sometime as the mags are in France and Dad is in the UK, at the moment, for Christmas.

Tom.

Stumbled across this topic and I thought people would be interested to hear of an article that was in 'After The Battle' magazine. To sum up, it was this guy and his family who discovered an untouched bunker on Omaha, I think - maybe Utah, and they found all sorts of odds and sods including an MP43 ...