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That's great, many thanks for that. Should get it some time next week.

Many thanks Ray, managed to find vol 2 on line for £16. The bumf says vol 2 covers 39 to 45 and vol 3 is post war? Cheers, Andy

Ah many thanks, got a ticket for the museum as a birthday present so will see if they have them. Otherwise the Internet is my friend. Thanks again, much appreciated and as always, a pleasure 🙂

Hi Kingsman, many thanks again. Yes, sorry, I meant the squadron symbols. So either go the easy route and use the given decals or do my own. The yellow would blend in with the light stone and much of the turret is light stone (particularly where the symbols go) so perhaps I will take the easy route. Thank you for that, I thought there may have been some individualism amongst the regiments but wasn't sure. Think I will try and find the "good book" for myself All the best, Andy

Hi all, Apologies but another question. Getting some great responses on here. I am going to be building the Border crusader Mk.III and for ease of build am going to build it as per one of their versions - 9th Queens Lancers at Alamein. My question relates to the arm of service decals provided. My understanding is that the markings of the senior regiment in a Brigade were coloured red, the second regiment yellow and the junior blue. As far as I am aware the 9th were second to the Bays and as such their markings should be blue but the Border kit has a red triangle. Are they wrong or were the colours fluid within Brigades? Many thanks Andy

Hi Kingsman, apologies for not getting back sooner, don't seem to get a notification that there has been a comment. Those pics are perfect, thank you so much. I haven't got to that bit yet so will look to incorporate into the kit. Again, many thanks, much appreciated.

Hi Kingsman, That is exactly what I meant, yes, the No.11 wireless. Thank you so much for that, should be simple to manufacture now I know where to place the cable. I wasn't aware of the pull down cable for the bracket, will add that as well. Many thanks for you help, much appreciated 🙂

Hi all, I have noticed on a couple of photos that the lead from the aerial mount to the rear of the Matilda II turret snakes up onto the turret top towards the rear of the cupola. Unfortunately, the photos do not show how or where the lead enters the turret. Has anyone any ideas please as I want to add this to the Matilda I am currently modelling. Many thanks

Hi Jack, that's great, many thanks for that and the link. That gives me food for thought. All the best.

Hi all, I am looking to build the Tamiya Pzkpfw III Ausf L. I am aware that I can use the turret mounted smoke grenade discharger as later L models had them but would the rear mounted candle dischargers have been retained. Cheers.

Many thanks all, it confirms my suspicion that this is probably a photo miss labelled and added to the book eroneously. Shows that you do need to question something you see or read if you think it wrong. Many thanks again

Cheers Bob, I must admit I did a double take. Its in the publication "The Armour of Rommel's Afrika Korps" on page 65. Def spaced armour, can plainly see the curved armour on the right of the turret and the triangular front panel coming round on the opposite side. Very strange.

Hi there, my main interest is the North African campaign 1940 - 1943 and as such have collected many books over the years. I have recently picked up an "Images of War" book that depicts a Pz.Kfw IV utilising turret schurzen. I have never previously come across such an example supposedly taken in North Africa. Could this picture be correctly placed in North Africa? (The caption says desert but from the vegetation around the tank I am assuming it is Tunisia) or could it have been miss captioned and it was taken in Russia? The uniforms are tropical but did they not use tropical uniforms at times in southern Russia? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would be fun to model an african panzer with spaced armour. Cheers.

Hi there, I use tamiya light grey primer, never had a problem with it before. I have always used Mig paints over the tamiya primer in the past with no ill effects so am assuming it is a bum batch or something. I have bought another bottle and will try it out this weekend on a spare bit of plastic. Failing that, I have used the vallejo primer RAL7021 before effectively and may just revert to that. I mainly do western desert representations so the RAL7021 will be under other layers and only show where weathered. All good fun 🙂

Hi there, does anyone else have difficulties with the Ammo by Mig product A.MIG-0008? It is the RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau. For some reason, whenever I use it (generally over a primer) it bubbles and leaves a shiny finish. I never have this problem with any of the other acrylics by this company. It is well shaken before use and is within 1 years purchase so not sure what the issue is. I would say that it is me but as mentioned, I do not have any problems with the other acrylics by Mig, they go on a treat. Cheers.