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Well John, it is just my love to determin photographs in detail in which art and craft I was trained by colleagues when I worked at the Netherlands Army Museum. The photoes come direct from http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12391. They are a treasure trove with much interaction of C...

Hello All, on the black and white photo of the airial view of a Carrier there is a blue box named "Battery Charger". On the MapleLeafUp-site and others I found it: probably in jargon it's called a Chorehorse and was made during WW2 by the Outboard Motoring & Manufacturing Company of Canada Limited. ...

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1 / 6th Scale made by Mr. Jan-Cees Grinwis for the Canadian Mk.1 of Theo Andriessen and perhaps others.

Bobs BREN GUN MAG POUCHES.jpg Of eight leather 1/6th scale Bren Gun magazine pouches some are ready and some are in other stages of creation, made by Mr. Bob Draayer. They will all get a bracket on the back with which they are retained in position on the rail. They are made on massive blocks of bal...

Thanks Chris, determining the unit has suddenly become much easier now. Do you have the vehicle number and unit vignets? Kind regards, Pieter Koops

Canadian Universal Carrier, probably Mk.1 with the thinner canvas magazine pouch. Picture found on Mapleleafup.net.

Thanks John, great picture too with the .50 Cal MG and deep wading screens still up. Regards, Pieter

001 4MP.jpg Diorama by the Noordam brothers (from Oosterbeek) after the famous photograph of the mortar pit of No.23 Mortar Platoon of Support Company, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division, in action in the Oosterbeek perimeter, 21 September 1944 (near the Van Gennepweg, Oosterbeek, The Nethe...

Hello All, Thanks very much for sharing all information. My books cannot tell everything in such details as e.g. the three volumes by Mr. Nigel Watson that have unfortunately illuded me :-) I have already found out that trying to deal with British and Canadian Universal Carriers (UCs) at the same ti...

Hello, "In the back" the Bren carrying Universal Carriers stashed a number of leather cases for Bren Gun magazines. How many did they carry? On the website Mapleleafup I saw a small canvas pouch for two magazines stashed in a bracket to the left of the Bren Gun slot. I guess the two magazines were k...

Thanks Pete and Marcus. The only thing I can say about it is that there is a 17 pounder with these hoops at Hotel Hartenstein.

Kind regards,

Pieter

Hello, After years of building, delays and others projects my 25 Pounder build comes to an end. To friends in my 1/6th Appgroup I showed Dave’s resin models of the leather cases that were to be mounted on the back of the shield. I asked them for advice how to credibly paint leather. I was told it is...

Hello Everybody, can anyone tell me the purpose of the curved, wave like bracket(s) on top of or between the two plates of the shield of some 17 Pounder AT Guns? I can imagine it has to do with breaking up the profile for camouflage reasons but I cannot find any proof. Were there specific British an...

Hello,

has anyone made or had made the aluminum or bronze plaques that can be found on the 25 pounder?

Kind regards,

Pieter Koops

Hello All,

It is now December 2nd, 2018 and the Mark IV is SOLD.

Kind regards,

Pieter Koops