German incendiary

[waffenamt]

Hi chaps,
here is a couple of shots of my latest sectioned item.


waff.

 

[waffenamt]

close up.

 

[waffenamt]

Nice set of tails with markings..

 

[waffenamt]

closer still...

 

[waffenamt]

Question..Should i pin the tail back on with small brass tacks or should i transplant the pins from some relic tails i bought a while ago??

cheers

waff

 

[spotter]

Transplant with the small Original split pins,,Thats a really nice cutaway waff,i had a go at that one of mine ,its a wreck the insides are all burnt and melted together

 

[waffenamt]

Thanks for the info and compliment spotter!
It was a risk as the incendiary was the best of the bunch i had.

waff

 

[waffenamt]

Sorry to hear that yours was melted as it looked a good one when i saw it?

w.

 

[spotter]

Heres the sorry state of mine once cut open,you can see where its burnt and bubbled the insides,,now a piece of scrap :angry:

 

[waffenamt]

Oooh!,nasty.

Anything salvage-able?

waff

 

[spotter]

Hello waff no nothing really salvageable,even the fuze section is welded with the heat,ill tidy up whats left and keep it just as n example which is all i wanted it for originaly,just didnt expect it to be so bad inside..looks like it had ignited and been put out

 

[waffenamt]

Bummer man ,
I will keep an eye out for you if you want?
I think mine came from either Hull(found in a field) or Cyprus.
I think it may have been the latter.
The Hull found one has the steel tile-breaker nose on it so im not messing with that one.

cheers

waff

 

[MissingSomething]

I would try to keep it as original as possible... (thats just me though)

I love the cutaways....

I wish I could so them as good..... looks like spotter and I have the same skill level

 

[Ammodillo]

leaves one question... What is it?

B1? (wild guessing without meassurements)

 

[waffenamt]

Im sure mine is mate.
looks about right by that great drawing.

cheers

waff

 

[Falcon]

Apparently there are thousands of duds around the country in nooks and crannies in lofts that lodged there during the war and were never found. When we re-boarded our loft all we found was a marble

 

[spotter]

and if you do find one in your loft or anywhere else ,leave it alone and call the police

 

[Ammodillo]

@Spotter wrote 'Heres the sorry state of mine once cut open,you can see where its burnt and bubbled the insides,,now a piece of scrap'

Didn't you know that the casing is made of a special alloy?
Elektron is made to burn and melt.. B)

 

[spotter]

Yes i did ,but many that are available over here are mint and un burnt,,Mine was already partially burnt inside before i started cutting it

 

[Ammodillo]

ow.. :blush: