Home
Its been a while since i last posted something or even entered this forum, in fact i havnt touched a model since 2011 
But i have taken an interest into collecting. 
I thought of setting up a thread dedicated to memorabilia/collecting. I know they may have nothing to do with the art of modelling itself, but im sure it will interest many of you, and the subject still fall under history or include items we come across in modelling.
My first post will be of a long forgotten, war time 70 year old army backpack (1940) which belonged to my grandpa. An item which i had been searching for for years and which i found just last weekend, hidden in our family sagrestia. The bag was very very very dirty, saturated with dust and full of white patches. Just laying a finger on it would drop off dust. Well, i dont think it was ever washed! The canvas material also turned very very stiff and hard.
This weekend i took it outside in the sun, let it "breathe" and gave it a good "hoovering"! Apart from being cleaner, the khaki colour really came out, the material is much more flexible and those dust stains.. are gone!
Let the pictures speak for themselves:
Unfortunately the straps are missing
H&S Ltd. 1940
Initially i assumed this number was the manufacturing number! Out of curiosity i asked my grandpa what his index number was. He told me "41692". To my surprise the number printed was infact his very own index number, not manufacturing number! We were both excited to have found out this & this confirmed it belonged to him.
Neither do i know what this means? 
What this hand written "198" means? i dont know
But i have taken an interest into collecting. I thought of setting up a thread dedicated to memorabilia/collecting. I know they may have nothing to do with the art of modelling itself, but im sure it will interest many of you, and the subject still fall under history or include items we come across in modelling.
My first post will be of a long forgotten, war time 70 year old army backpack (1940) which belonged to my grandpa. An item which i had been searching for for years and which i found just last weekend, hidden in our family sagrestia. The bag was very very very dirty, saturated with dust and full of white patches. Just laying a finger on it would drop off dust. Well, i dont think it was ever washed! The canvas material also turned very very stiff and hard.
This weekend i took it outside in the sun, let it "breathe" and gave it a good "hoovering"! Apart from being cleaner, the khaki colour really came out, the material is much more flexible and those dust stains.. are gone!
Let the pictures speak for themselves:
Unfortunately the straps are missing
H&S Ltd. 1940
Initially i assumed this number was the manufacturing number! Out of curiosity i asked my grandpa what his index number was. He told me "41692". To my surprise the number printed was infact his very own index number, not manufacturing number! We were both excited to have found out this & this confirmed it belonged to him.
Neither do i know what this means?
What this hand written "198" means? i dont know
