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.30 Cal MG Decals
HES21
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Posted: Friday, October 27, 2006 - 12:48 AM UTC
Which decals should be used on .30 cal machine gun ammo boxes?
There seem to be two types - one white and one yellow. Which one?
Any close-up pics would also be fully apreciated!

Harry
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Posted: Friday, October 27, 2006 - 02:22 AM UTC
.50 cal MG cans had stencilling on them. WW2 era .30 MG ammo cans were embossed -- so decals wouldn't do the trick.

Think of the ones with teh Tamiya MB WIllys jeep.


http://www.iw.net/~lcmilitary/page64.htm
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Posted: Friday, October 27, 2006 - 03:01 PM UTC

Quoted Text

.50 cal MG cans had stencilling on them. WW2 era .30 MG ammo cans were embossed -- so decals wouldn't do the trick.


at least it looks like some (late ?) WW2 era .30 MG ammo boxes have been stenciled...
http://www.liberatorcrew.com/AmmoCans/Steel.htm

WW2 1/35 stencils have been released by QuartermastersDepot and some are included in Academy's US MG set (WW2 and modern style)

I agree that decals can't really make up for the missing embossed letters on 1/35 cans...

Frenchy
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