Need help with Barrage Balloon stencils.

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Need help with Barrage Balloon stencils.

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I liberated this big wood crate at work. 8 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet. Looks like a WWII shipping crate....if you use your imagination and have a couple of beers :P ....

I want to use this in our LHD and thought that stencilling it up to be a Barrage Balloon crate would be appropriate. Does anyone have pictures of a BB crate so that I can see what the stencilling would look like.

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Bill,

Man, you guys sure come up with some ideas! I thought when I got the Oil Barrel marking for Dr Duece that was something.

Right now I'm fresh out of ballon TM manuals, but I did find this crate marking instruction in a 1944 ammunition inspection TM. Thought it may give you some idea's. I can e mail an enlarged scan for more detail if you want.

[img][img]http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224 ... arking.jpg[/img]

You always have a great LHD. And yes I do have a 1 inch Military stencil cutting machine......and stencil board. What a ya got to trade????

Best of luck

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Thank you for the pic....Please email me the high res version.

As far as the stencil cutter....Please stop tempting me...I already got yelled at today for picking up today an original condition WWII carry sled.

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Obviously you made them an offer they couldn't refuse :lol:
I'm gonna tell M Baker he is not alone anymore :shock:
Might be a little tough properly displaying it in the "living history display" at Weare this year :wink:
I suppose you could always put it in the crate 8)
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Post by brian »

there was a guy on e=pay selling the dvd / training film for the balloon,
but i dont remember if it showed a crate.
it does need a goofy looking winch unit to lower it up and down.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Anti-aircraft-Searc ... dZViewItem

this guy has the bb vidio, dont see one up right now but you could contact
him.
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The Imperial War Museum Duxford here in the UK has recently displayed a beautifully restored Fordson Sussex balloon tractor. It features a large canvas sack housing the balloon, on its rear.

The sack is sign written, with I believe Balloon MkV11 type 1. I could be wrong but the guys at Duxford may be able to help:

http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00d00j

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