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I just complete restoreing a 1940 Ford truck. Any other Truck owners out there. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/fusilier13/Fallschirmjager14fjr6/MTHEJurgenbww.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/fusilier13/Fallschirmjager14fjr6/MTHEford1940bw-1.jpg Cheers Jurgen Very nice job Sir 8) W...

andy d wrote:

leicanthrope wrote:My latest creation:

Me likey a lot.
What was the sand colour you used?

Could it be ral8020

My helmet is a re-issued m35,SE,''66'' headsize 59. It has a factory finish,feldgrau with as texture aluminumoxide. It requires some skill to find the right dose and to apply but for us re-enactors not impossible to do :) The best results you get by working with a spray gun with compressor. Decal is...

I think it's coincidence that you see them with the iron cross 2nd class...remember that the cross 2nd classe was common especially at the end of the war. :wink: Tank destroying badge is an award of it's own. Remember the the little hj boy helmut Hebner,he had his anti-tank badge first,AFTER that he...

errug leuk gedaan.

Nice work lads

exactly!
I'll think for most re-enactors not that important
The Q had a bit more status in that time,H.Himmler preferd the m35 and m40
from that factory he wanted the best.They were slightly rounder on top and a few
gramms more of steal was used compared with other Herstellers.

Heute vor 65 Jahren ruft der Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler das deutsche Volk zum entschlossenen Widerstand gegen die alliierten Streitkräfte auf und verspricht den „Endsieg” durch den Einsatz kriegsentscheidender „Wunderwaffen”....... .....am frühen Mittag dieses 30. Januar 1945 verläßt das...

Hi Yannis, it will be hard to find Quist m42 helmet shell size''66''
I am looking myself for about 6 years for such a shell.
The ET and CKL helmet shells are much easier to find though...

I personally always get them from ebay.de militaria,helme und kopfbedeckungen.