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Hi John I have just take two more photographs with a spot light and emailed them to you. If you still find they don't have enough light my nephew is coming around tomorrow afternoon and together we can lift the box out, it is very heavy and I cannot lift it on my own. We will put it in light and I w...

Hi John I will do my best tomorrow. I will use additional light and try again.Best Tim

John, should I take it further back and use more light. I have a portable torch which I could use, would that help? Best Tim

Hi John I am using my computer to upload the files. I use my camera and then I plug it into that and then I select the file and upload it. Best Tim

Hi John, the list is within a sort of metal frame which is screwed to the wood by very tiny screws. I have tried to pull out the list but it appears to be firmly stuck at the bottom and I am afraid that if I pull then the paper will tear, part will come out and part will stay in place. I have put my...

Hi John it is night here now but l will try tomorrow best Tim

John, many thanks for such an informative reply. I am going to read this in detail as it is so detailed and explains so much about what I am doing wrong when I post images. I have posted two files one at 5 and one at 10. Many thanks for all your help Tim

Ok John l will try a larger sized image, will try and do this tomorrow afternoon. On my camera are the following VGA 20M, 10M, 5M and VGA. I used the last which states for email attachments. Please can you indicate the size I should use. Thanks Tim.

I have done one this morning first thing. Please see if of any use if not will do again with a larger size.

Certainly, l will do it this weekend as l will need daylight to get a good shot. We are out this week doing some voluntary work at a nature reserve near Leeds, where l live, so l can do it Saturday morning. Thanks for your help Tim

HI John would it be possible to ask your help once again I am trying to load the photographs to axis history forum in the small arms section to Gr vorratskasten fur mg lafette 34 and they will not load. I have tried for some time with smaller images but I can only get the text to load and not the ph...

Due to health issues, family problems etc have been unable to contribute for some time. I got the following from a vendor who told me that they came from a military museum in Holland that was closing. They relate to the Landwacht Nederland. On D 166/1 the stamp says Waffen SS Landwacht Nederlande an...

Tim R Armitage on the restoration of a Trommelschlüsseln 34, a worked example I bought the tool on ebay from Russia and it was very rusty and completely locked with rust. 1. Soaked overnight in Plus Gas. 2. Still rust locked, warmed up with a blow lamp and returned to Plus Gas, mechanism now free. 3...

Jonathan as far as I can see it doesn't have the adapter in it to allow the MGZ 40 to be used. You are right the condition is not as good as the one I have shown. I think the presence of the adapter was what made the one on ebay so expensive. When I was buying them they were only in the £300 area an...

Hello Jonathan thanks for that I will have a look at it Tim

Just seen this on ebay and it went for £852 I think because it has an adapter in it. I cannot seem to get the picture into the frame. The link is in the filename as an attachment.

Tim R Armitage

Have just photographed various 4's. The Germans used Fraktur and I think the National Socialist version of it being the Propoganda font which differs from classic Fraktur. Each 4 below has a distinct slant at the base of the letter and the one on the 34 box looks rounded to me. Anyway just posted to...

Just been watching this on ebay but didn't put in a bid for it. Does the 34 look odd to members ie brighter and less dirty than the rest of the stencil? Might be just my eyes but what do you think. I also cannot find any reference in the manual to the text as stated on the box, my manual gives Kl Vo...

Will do, will post any information I get Tim

Hi Matt I have been thinking on similar lines so I have put out a feeler with a German supplier who gets the Trommelhalters to see if he can get any Trommelfullers. If I can find some, I will let other members know so that those interested can obtain as well.

Tim