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Love it, I'm a big fan of combat worn Heers...

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One Sunday I got a text off my brother, (who lives in Skegness). He keeps an eye out for WW2 stuff for me and sent me a picture of something he'd found. I recognised it as a Larkspur mouthpiece and earphones. Normally I wouldn't have bothered, but there was a chance they were WW2 vintage so I texted back to ask how much. £5 came the reply. I obviously told him to grab them and picked them up off him a few weeks later. The handset does indeed appear to be post war, but the headphones seemed older. I checked but couldn't find any marks on them so tried to put them on my head. They wouldn't fit so I went to adjust the strap. There, underneath the strap, was a stamp and date. 1940!!! Awesome! They were WW2 vintage after all

Walking down one of the aisles, I spotted these under the booters table. As I bent down to look at them, the guy shouted, 'They're RAF cockpit lamps'. Good, I thought, he doesn't know what they really are! The two lamps sat on top of the boxes, which had modern markings on the front. However, on the back was a small manufacturers stamp showing they were made in 1939. The lamps themselves were in pretty good nick considering their age, so I asked how much. '£20' came the reply. 'Would you take £15?' I asked. 'Nah. That's less than a fiver each'. I looked at the guy rather puzzled and said, 'no it isn't. That's £7.50 each'. 'No, there are four. The two on the top are loose. There are two in the boxes as well'. I checked and, sure enough, there were two more in the boxes in absolutely immaculate condition! Not a scratch on them. I remember seeing some for sale on a website not long ago for £120 each, without the boxes. I very quickly handed over the £20, grabbed the lamps and legged it to the car! The wife was a bit hacked off when she saw them, but far from it when I showed her exactly how much they were worth!

What did I tell you, FALLING >DOG POO>SMELL OF ROSES, the only things we get around here in a car boot sale are CAR BOOTS, Your lucky uup Noorth, all the good bits get lost among all the sheep and cows, £20, YOU STOLE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks @DAK D

Here's my n.o.s. unissued tropical gasplane bag with web strap.put it onto my camo tin with original straps and homemade leather protectors.hope it all looks the part! maker, gfl, '45 dated? Material appears to be a woven rayon type.

If you do go for the Airfix kit there are a few things that I have found, that might help you build it. I found that although its a very detailed and well fitting model there are a few things that need attention and a careful construction. There are three "T" parts that hold the rear tailplane on and allow it to turn left to right, be careful when fitting these , they tend to slip out of the sockets unless you use sufficient glue and hold the two pieces together. The bomb frame arm is attached to another part within the underside just rear of the cowling, the holes that you locate the arm in need to be either carefully enlarged, or the arms of the frame filed down slightly to reduce the risk of the holes breaking open ,as did one of mine, you dont glue these unless you want the bomb to move forward., The rear tail wheel should not be fitted until the end as continual handling and putting the kit down will weaken the strut, its not very sturdy, mine broke and I had to drill through the strut and into the remaining piece in the model and fit a very thin metal rod into both breaks. Unless you want to display the engine, dont bother painting the whole thing or add some parts to the top of the engine, except the air intakes as they both show through., everything else is a pretty easy build and ends up a pretty impressive model. One thing I never realised was that there was a glass viewing box under the aircraft that the pilot could look through to see below to the ground, I suspect to help him aim the bomb, it was a clever idea, also the models crew are made to... 1/ the pilots hand grips the control stick, very well...2/ the gunners hand grips the MG very well which proves to be a very exact fitting of the parts. Just a quick note I have started to use Tamiya extra thin glue, its the best I,ve ever used,it works by capillary action and comes with a very precise thin brush and you dont end up with excess glue where you dont want it, its perfect for all model sizes. Good luck with your build.

Only three toast????, you,ll need at least 6 to mop up the eggs and bean juice and wheres my mug of tea with three sugars and the Worcestershire Sauce???????

D, I reckon thats definately possible, the only small problems that I can see is the Snake decal and the T6 AN decal, mine has two options T6 KN, which is the one I,ve opted for as its from 5 Staffel Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann", that flew in France August 1940, therefore was a BOB aircraft, the other option was T6 MM that was 4 Staffel Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann" Tropical that flew in Tmimi , Libya in 1941. You could always look around the model shops for 1/24th decal sheets that will have various numbers and letters, I have to look for a sheet of Swastikas as they very rarely include them in model kits of this size, The snake could be hand painted or you could make a stencil. Another option would be to use the included T6 KN decal but cut out the K and replace with an A. From the photos you provided its just a matter of a different paint scheme which you could do quite easily, everything else is exactly the same from what I can see.

Not sure yet, might move on, sell things until I find what interets me.

Nice been there Prussian. Why you say Baden? The Prussian buckle was worn by Baden, Oldenburg and various other units such as Hanseatic regiments. However, without unit marking on the buckle you can't say it's Baden.

Mmmmm, just slap some sriracha over that lot to make it really palatable..!

Hi @HetzersGonnaHetz, I hope there is a story mode, as I am not a huge fan of PVP games these days? D

Hi @HetzersGonnaHetz, Are you going to focus on Iron Crosses, or are you going to buy other TR medals too? D

Spot on @Bill in VA +1 D

Really like the collection bud, good luck scouring for them knives

Hi @Afrikakorpsrat64, That is an nice combat worn Heer buckle D

Hi @Afrikakorpsrat64, It looks like you have a great base Picklehaube for your project and I wish you good luck finding the parts you need mate D

Hi @Afrikakorpsrat64, Those are great photos of German soldiers in early Heer tropical uniforms and they must be one of the units attached to 15th Panzer Division, but these men were probably not part of Panzer Regiment 8, as the soldier posing outside the car is wearing a standard German issue Tropenhelm. Thanks for sharing D

Gotta love that one! No doubt as to its pedigree!

How much do you reckon thats worth then, certainly a hell of a lot more than a tenner, if those miserly pair of knobs did pay that, they should be ashamed of themselves,,especially if it belonged to an old lady

Cheers Manu! Any help gratefully received.