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  • in reply to: Lancaster Bomber Seats #1176539
    geoff browne
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    Fraid turret progress has slowed,here are a few pics .Got to the difficult bit now,need a cupola and the ammo guides.

    in reply to: Can Anyone Identify this bomb #1212586
    geoff browne
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    The main body is cast in iron exactly as the original pattern,the only differance from original is that i have stamped the word copy into it…don”t ask where as i can no longer remember,all my copies are so marked in some discreet place .

    in reply to: Can Anyone Identify this bomb #1212976
    geoff browne
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    There are no identification marks on the original device,however i have seen a couple of mine with spurious markings added,crudely stamped broad arrows with r.f.c. and dates.Which are completely wrong for any W.W.1 air dropped munition.I cannot remember exactly when these were made but its certainly over severn years ago.
    It was a real pain to get the correct type of TIN plated steel sheet of the correct gauge,modern tin plate [if you can find it]is float plated and does not have the characteristic chrystal formation on the surface,as found on dipped tinned sheet.
    I found a tin box manufacturers in London who had old stocks of dipped tin sheet in several thicknesses,bought the lot.

    in reply to: Can Anyone Identify this bomb #1213346
    geoff browne
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    Hi the article in question is in fact a 3 lb practice/training device,dating from the early 1920’s.The striker plate on the front set of a small charge of “puff powder” for location purposes.

    An example was [is?] on display in a wall mounted case in the Bomber Command hall at Hendon.

    Now the bad news ,its a copy I made twenty of them.

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