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Vintage Mailboxes?
I wouldn't doubt that, as ID theft is a huge thing and I'd think such a key would be an item some of those jerks would want...- p51
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Red Tails. Fact or Fiction?
Red Tails: - GREAT uniforms, authentic settings and all the hardware - Good actors in the cast but they couldn't save this film - Crazy CGI - HORRIBLE script, just like the cheesiest of scripts for the WW2 movies made in WW2 era -
Vintage Mailboxes?
I was asking my parents about personal mail boxes outside of homes (on poles, not the boxes attached to the house) while I was researching for my 1943-era model RR layout. Mom said that in the 40s, mailboxes pretty much look like they do now. Both parents recall seeing silver ones along roads as...- p51
- Post #15
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Nazi Plane Tailfin
Sorry, but if you're able to nail this down as authentic, $250 would be at the low end. I've seen a few of these sell at shows over the years, and someone getting something like this for less than a hundred bucks would consider it quite the steal. I'm no expert but I know for sure I've seen... -
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Electric meters on the side of houses in the 30s and 40s?
My folks have told me they remember meters alongside the houses where they grew up in rural Northeast Tennessee in the 40s and 50s (they were little kids during WW2). I just had no idea of the specifics. Thanks for all the info!- p51
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Nazi Plane Tailfin
Probably, he certainly wasn't hearing what he thought to be true... -
Electric meters on the side of houses in the 30s and 40s?
THANKS! I looked a really long time before giving up trying to find a photo of a house from that timeframe with the meter on the side. From 1/48 scale, it wouldn't look much different than meters we use today.- p51
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Electric meters on the side of houses in the 30s and 40s?
What would electric meters on the side of houses look like in the WW2 era or earlier? I did a lot of looking onlike but can't find a photo of any house back then showing what the electric meter on a house back then would look like. I'm in the process of getting ready to make some power poles...- p51
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Nazi Plane Tailfin
I once talked with a former British Ordnance Corps Captain from WW2. He was in Germany during the occupation right after the war ended. He was tasked with getting the local industry back on its feet and he found a cplace that had made insignia for the German military. They had all the stuff they... -
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Nazi Plane Tailfin
Well, authentication would surely go along with determining a value, in that it clearly wouldn't be worth as much if it were a replica, would it? As for the age, people were making stuff like this to sell to rear-echelon types while WW2 was still going on. Not saying that's what you have here... -
Nazi Plane Tailfin
I'll take you word on the metal markings. I have no clue what they should look like, other than to say these markings sure don't look like anything US made. But in all fairness to the paint comment, I have seen hand-brushed markings on well-documented vet bring-back German airplane skin... -
Nazi Plane Tailfin
Man, those holes are really odd looking. They're not from cutting out rivets or such and they're for sure not bullet holes... From the backing, I'd say it's probably original but it'll be an uphill fight trying to sell it. Most people forget that reproduction German stuff seems to have started... -
Fury
AMEN! I simply don't get people who say that hard data storage on a personal level is dead in that, "it's all online" anyway. That's so untrue I don't know where to start. 'On demand' content changes all the time. Your DVR can fry itself at any moment and you've then lost all that content... -
WWII Reenacting Discussion Thread
If you're just walking around, you're showing off your uniform, nothing different than people who show up as Spiderman at Comicon, in the overall concept of wanting to be seen. Re-enacting, generally, has to be with a group for the most part. -
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WWII Reenacting Discussion Thread
Not a correspondent, she's wearing a standard WAC enlisted Class A... -
Stateside funerals in the WW2 era?
I escorted one of my own soldiers home after he was killed and I did more than one death notifications. It's not something I talk about in detail, other than to say it's one of the few things that war movies do seem to get right in how the woman reacts. -
Stateside funerals in the WW2 era?
I really wasn't asking about military funerals as such, as I already knew that other than stateside deaths, very few funerals for soldiers took place in the US during the war. -
Stateside funerals in the WW2 era?
Yeah, I suppose that 'whine until i get my way' shtick wasn't seen much before the era when people could get around easier than they could back in the day. Makes you wonder what other guilt trips Moms did back then. I guess the thing was to keep everyone close to home from the start... If you... -
Stateside funerals in the WW2 era?
I didn't even think of the boy scouts. As you suggested, funerals have gotten quite... showy in recent years. As for civilian travel, I was quite aware of restrictions on travel by car or train back then. The question just got me wondering. I can only assume that in those days, people simply...
