British Ammo markings

[Modelholic]

Who does ammunition box marking.

I've got some Resicast ammo sets 25pdr ammo 35.287 boxes and UK small ammo boxes 35.2227 (3" mortar; four types of .303) and am considering decaling some of them up. I see Archer do the 25pdr but what about others?

[Kingsman]

Look at Archer AR77008, 77009, 77010, 77021 and 35305 too.  You could also look at DEF DD35002. Echelon D356014, and 356133 - 135.  There may be others out there.

 

These are not all British, and some are modern.  But ammo box stenciling is fairly generic in format and much of the printed text is too small to be legible anyway.

 

If you get hold of some clear decal sheet for printing you can make up your own by copying text and layout from photos and using PowerPoint or similar to make up your own sheets.  Create one stencil in PowerPoint at any size.  Group it into a single graphic object if necessary, and copy it.  Paste it into Paint, Paint Shop etc and save it as a jpeg file.  Then you can insert it wherever you like and scale/re-size it without the text going all strange (as happens if you re-scale PowerPoint or Word graphics).  Once you've sized the first one correctly, just copy and paste it into as much of a sheet as you need.  If you want several types of stencil on the same sheet, repeat for each type.  Make sure you have plenty of yellow ink!

Edited February 28, 2018 by Das Abteilung
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