Sentry/Guard box approx size ?

[Hennig]

Hi fellow people , i am after the mesurements of the sentry/guard box that the german army used , size can be approx so that we can use it on the display .
Many thanks in advance




mike

[Casbah Rock]

Just pop down to your local CO-OP and ask them to measure you up for a coffin

[grenadier heeder]

Mike, Tiger 1 have got one. PM me for more details.

[JD7]

Mike, Tiger 1 have got one. PM me for more details.

Hello hope you don't mind, I'm also interested in building one of these.

would you mind supplying the details?

Many thanks

Del

[Hennig]

Just pop down to your local CO-OP and ask them to measure you up for a coffin

Your going to be so fucked by us FG at our next encounter Mr Seb sir lol


mike

[Hennig]

Mike, Tiger 1 have got one. PM me for more details.

YHPM


mike

[Casbah Rock]

Just pop down to your local CO-OP and ask them to measure you up for a coffin

Your going to be so fucked by us FG at our next encounter Mr Seb sir lol


mike

[Feldjager]

Scour t'interweb for photos - you'll find the ones used in Berlin and outside kaserne were of a standard size and construction. Ones made locally and 'in the field' varied tremendously in style, size and shape. In some cases I'm sure the boxes are actually outside toilets from dwellings with a splash of paint.

Easiest way to sort out the sizes is to find one with someone next to him. Work on the assumption he is around 5'9" and scale it off from there. Paint colors are black, white and red with a black roof (certainly all the colour photos I've seen in Signal etc. are like this).

[Hennig]

Many thanks Dave for the info , will do but i am awaiting a pm from the kind people of Tiger1 as well as i think that the gathering of all the info that you can , will make the end result better (hopefully ) .





mike

[Todor]

Do ww2 sentry/guard box follow the same design as the ones in ww1.

[Rikhardr]

Anyone ever come up with a set of construction plans and a materials list?

[pepperpot]

I based my box on the one in the 1969 film battle of Britain.
Take the tallest person in your unit as the sample height.
Some made with t and g timber, some not, roof, somewhat flat and not double 45' drop. wooden floor, old floorboards, spy hole at side and back, shelf for paperwork, clip board(s) as well.
also look here as a start
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid ... ntry%20box
starting a new box next week. Bolt it together with hidden clasp nuts, not necessarily that size.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/4-pronged-tee ... f-10/79359
use frog tape for paint colour sections as its re useable order from the top is black, white red, angle to suite box but normally double 45' paint with gloss paint and finish with clear matt top coat. there is somewhere on the neta plan, I cant find it, the plans for a box, but as Dave has said, outside Berlin it was up to the unit carpenter to make the box and therefore virtually everyone was different.
graham

[Walther]

We have one to sell if you fancy saving yourself a job?

[pepperpot]

not to put a damper on the previous message, I would have thought that the postage will be a bit high.
graham

[hansritter]

not to put a damper on the previous message, I would have thought that the postage will be a bit high.
graham

Think the GD Aufk Boys will be at Mappledurham Graham

Al