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Question for Ron re Box Art Field Stove

Michigan Dawg

Michigan Dawg

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Ron, your box art for the 1:6 DAK Kubelwagen kit shows a field stove being employed by a couple of soldat. The stove appears larger than the Esbit model and I guess I'm not familiar with it.

Can you elaborate on it any?

Thanks.
 
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Well I found the information I was looking for...

The stove is a British No. 2 Cooker, Petrol. It must have been introduced later in the war, however, as several folks pointed out that it was not likely available to DAK troops in spite of what the box art suggests.

Anyway, it was fun trying to determine its origins.
 
Sorry for not checking in sooner. You folks seem to be able to answer most of your questions without my input.

I had a look at my reasoning in regards to the artwork in question and indeed found a number of photos showing the No.2 Cooker in use in North Africa in 1942. one particular shot has this item in the use of DAK troops, thus my inclusion of this item in the artwork. Regrettably, I didn't have quite enough info at the time to depict it with the fuel tank in its correct exterior position.

The Kubelwagen art is actually a Dragon art dept. effort of combining an earlier 1/35 scale figure box art (that predates my internet days) with another Kubelwagen artwork.

If anyone wants to see the period pics, contact me at rvolstad@telusplanet.net and perhaps you can post them here for all to see.

Cheers,
Ron V
 
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