Bren gun 100 rd magazine box

[Chris Camfield]

Hi all,

First post and apologies because compared with restoring vehicles this is kid's stuff!

I decided to bring this home from the cottage this weekend. Earlier this year I got re-interested in WW2, started up scale modelling again, and doing a lot of reading. So far as I know, this box has been at the cottage since the original owners - who were vets - built it. Obviously it's a box for the 100 round AA magazines for the Bren. Original canvas straps and there are some pads still extant inside the box.

I washed it off a bit, but it seems that if I actually wanted to get off the bits of other paint which have collected over the years, I would probably just have to scrape back down (if that's advisable) and repaint. I assume these were painted in SCC 15 Olive Drab?

What do you guys use to match original WW2 paint?

But if I wanted to even consider this I would need a replacement stencil, which is probably beyond my ability to create. (Apartment dweller, no workshop... I don't even consider myself very handy.)



I can post more pictures if anyone would like.