After much effort and time, have finally completed my project to reproduce a complete WW2 Australian 36M box and contents, copied from an original I have. The information from this forum was of tremendous assistance with the small details missing from my crate, particularly several "How To" articles and responses so thanks you to all contributors, the information was great. Only original component is the wooden spacer in the detonator tin, all else was reproduced. Grenades were cast from resin. One aspect I wasn't sure about was the inclusion of the wooden wedges (drawing detail and photos invaluable, thanks again!) in the Hand rather than the Rifle grenade version of the crate as I was uncertain whether the wedges were perhaps to retain the gas checks and not a component of the Hand version. Would also speculate that the detonator tin in the Hand version may have been secured by some form of packer as well? Markings were copied from the original crate, Filling Station seal from a fellow collector's original example. I chose to replicate the crate as having just been opened with seals cut through (using original army clasp knife of course!), lid sealing wire cut and partially removed. The detonator tin should incorporate a bare metal band around the bottom of the lid to simulate the soldered peeled off sealing strip. Can be easily rectified in due course. Other than this and a couple of minor niggles, I'm reasonably happy with the results. Once again, many thanks to forum contributors for the wealth of information necessary to create a reasonable reproduction.
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