I am new to this hobby, I’ve only been building an impression for 1 year and ever since I found your channel it has realy helped me add authenticity to my impression. It’s always interesting and helpful for me to watch your videos. Thank you
I have had my Kay Canvas small wall tent from SoF for a couple of years now. They have remedied a couple of faults. One being the eyelets in the bag, Kay Canvas had not sewn the eyelets into the bag and the holes ripped through when re stringing and tightening the bag. Another fault was the door ropes had not been bound at the ends and just frayed and came undone. Both issue were dealt with very promptly by SoF. Also, my tent does not have the U.S. stencilled on it. I shortened the upright poles by 1” so that the sides of the tent folded under. All in all, it was a good buy and gets used several times a year.
The poles needing shortening is a known issue. I am hoping mine are the right length! Bit crap it does not have the US on it but I have seen photos of originals with out the US stamp. I think I will be going around the foor toggles and adding some friction tape to the ends to stop fraying. I have not had a chance to put this up yet :(
The only issue I found with the poles was that although I varnished them, in the wet, the wood swelled, and I couldn't undo the uprights! It took a couple of weeks drying in the garage before the wood shrunk enough to part them. At the time I had to lash the full poles to the roof of my car as they wouldn't fit inside the car. Also I found it better to use large metal tent pegs to secure the guy lines in each corner ( just 4 metal pegs) I use the fly sheet as it makes a useful shelter and garage for the jeep 🙂
I wonder what kind of stove would be suitable for heating there in the winter. I have a potbelly stove, but its flue pipe is clearly larger than the standard hole in the tent. What kind of tent stoves did the US Army use then?
I dont know the model number. But they had a specific stove and there was a plate that went around the stoves chimney so that it dint burn the tent down. If you pop on google and put ww2 us small wall tent stove I bet it will come up 😁
@@Truffle1947 So far I have found this model M1941 Oil-Burning, it runs on liquid fuel. And as I understand it, it works on the principle of a primus and is a high-pressure device. Maybe there was another model that ran on wood or coal? In love, there is somewhere to dig. I really should find out what kind of stoves were used during WW2.
I am new to this hobby, I’ve only been building an impression for 1 year and ever since I found your channel it has realy helped me add authenticity to my impression. It’s always interesting and helpful for me to watch your videos. Thank you
Thank a lot 😁
I am really glad it helps. There is plenty more stuff to come 😊
I have had my Kay Canvas small wall tent from SoF for a couple of years now. They have remedied a couple of faults. One being the eyelets in the bag, Kay Canvas had not sewn the eyelets into the bag and the holes ripped through when re stringing and tightening the bag.
Another fault was the door ropes had not been bound at the ends and just frayed and came undone. Both issue were dealt with very promptly by SoF. Also, my tent does not have the U.S. stencilled on it.
I shortened the upright poles by 1” so that the sides of the tent folded under.
All in all, it was a good buy and gets used several times a year.
The poles needing shortening is a known issue. I am hoping mine are the right length!
Bit crap it does not have the US on it but I have seen photos of originals with out the US stamp.
I think I will be going around the foor toggles and adding some friction tape to the ends to stop fraying. I have not had a chance to put this up yet :(
@@Truffle1947 I was going to stencil the U.S. with a Sharpie, but I have not gotten around to doing it yet.
The only issue I found with the poles was that although I varnished them, in the wet, the wood swelled, and I couldn't undo the uprights! It took a couple of weeks drying in the garage before the wood shrunk enough to part them. At the time I had to lash the full poles to the roof of my car as they wouldn't fit inside the car. Also I found it better to use large metal tent pegs to secure the guy lines in each corner ( just 4 metal pegs)
I use the fly sheet as it makes a useful shelter and garage for the jeep 🙂
How do you manage to fit the fly sheet over Jeep?
Is it long enough to have a pole in front and behind it?
@@Truffle1947 I have another 2 poles to lift one side up and remove the inner guy ropes
I wonder what kind of stove would be suitable for heating there in the winter. I have a potbelly stove, but its flue pipe is clearly larger than the standard hole in the tent. What kind of tent stoves did the US Army use then?
I dont know the model number. But they had a specific stove and there was a plate that went around the stoves chimney so that it dint burn the tent down.
If you pop on google and put ww2 us small wall tent stove I bet it will come up 😁
@@Truffle1947 So far I have found this model M1941 Oil-Burning, it runs on liquid fuel. And as I understand it, it works on the principle of a primus and is a high-pressure device. Maybe there was another model that ran on wood or coal? In love, there is somewhere to dig. I really should find out what kind of stoves were used during WW2.
There is certainly one that can burn wood. I have seen them :D
@@Truffle1947 Yes, in principle, I have a wood-burning stove, I just need to make the pipe diameter different.