MG-Munition Box

[MP44]

i picked up this emty box a couple weeks ago. Someone had painted the entire inside a gloss black and the front two dividers were taken out. I made two new dividers and painted them, and also stripped off all the gloss black paint revealing all the original tan paint.

[Pug42]

Very nice! Most commonly found on armoured vehicles that had a 34 or 42 for close defence.

What did you strip the black paint off with, to leave the original paint untouched?

[42rocker]

Nice Find. Thanks for the pics.

Later 42rocker

[MP44]

Very nice! Most commonly found on armoured vehicles that had a 34 or 42 for close defence.

What did you strip the black paint off with, to leave the original paint untouched?

At first I tried using acetone but that didn't work too well, then I switched to lacquer thinner which worked very well. Just brushed it on with a small throw away paint brush, one small section at a time and wiped it off with a clean rag each time. If you leave it on too long it just hardens up again. Had to go back over everything a few times. Took me about 3 hours to do the entire inside.

[MP44]

Nice Find. Thanks for the pics.

Later 42rocker

Thanks, it's the first one I've ever seen except for in the book.

[MP44]

Here's a picture of what the inside looked like before stripping and adding the missing dividers.
I also stripped the black paint off the handle and hasps, and touched up the bare metal on that one side.
This was the sellers photo when I bought it.

[Pug42]

You did a good job of matching the old paint when touching up!

[MP44]

You did a good job of matching the old paint when touching up!

Thanks, I bought the Ordnance Tan paint from 1944 Militaria.