Just pristine BEAUTY Cobra! They are so well made and the work so exacting that they look like pictures in 3-D, something that you couldn't actually touch. They are just splendid.

Wow! Amazing lighters C6A! Ichi-Ban !!!

Thanks. It confirms the 3rd Army at least. Did your dad bring home an ssi?

Glad to help out, mtnman! I told yokota57 recently that I’ve hit a “dry well” trying to find military lighters, so I’ve branched off into law enforcement Zippos (some of which are military, but most not):  

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. The wife had an accident and broke her foot along with hurting her rotator cuff. So, I was doing double duty as a caretaker. I finally got some work done and finished my howitzer, although it still needs some tweaking. Also, the rounds and ammo boxes are done, and I scratch built the aiming stakes. I might decide to go to different boxes & aiming stakes. I primed the base. I intend to scratch build some PSP for the howitzer wheels in the firing pit, unless I find them online. Enjoy the pics.    Semper Fi.   Manny  

The H700 key for my jeep is sold by every major parts dealer in Europe and the US... I'm going to need to find a way to disable the ignition some other way.

Here is one of the threads I was thinking of covering die hubs.    

At one time I had a bugle banner for the 1st Engineer Regiment, however, it is now part of the Corps of Engineers at Fort Leonard Wood.  It was the first and only bugle banner I have seen.  

There are several threads here on the wing forum that discusses the use of a master die/hub to make production dies. I believe this is the case with the “Form Offical Die” tooling sent out by the U.S. Mint to various manufacturers.   These appear to fit the description a master hub.    

Thanks to my ZIP-V (instead of MACV) advisors on this one, Cobra and Yoko!!! (wink)   Thanks so much for the AWESOME insights on life on the Hump Cobra!!