went to 40's weekend at bushey today, met yith, picked up a cooper A2 flying jacket, lucky dice 506th breast pocket patch and 101st bullion patch to put on it. pretty good day out, I had no idea this event was on until I was taken there!
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How was the turn out, would have liked to have gone to Lincolnsfield, but am skint and its too far for one day with the kids (petrol, entrance, food etc etc) so we've been tidying instead - live life in the high lane we do 
pretty good day out, plenty of people enjoying themselves, my highlight was seeing peoples kids playing with toys in the 40's house displays- bagatelle is old school playstation!
I live just 15 milesfrom bushy and this was a well kept secret to me until now.
I learned a great deal from some german reinactors with whom I must have spent an hour with going through personal equiptment with. seimens razor blade sharpeners and pump dynamo torches were a revelation to me! taxed playing cards, chess sets and board games - I thought the americans had all the best kit! german efficiency and quality engineering in all your gear (apart from shit webbing!)
I loved the massive zeltbahn tent/cities you lot can put together, awesome stuff.
(entrance was only £2.50 with wwii gear on)
I am sad that I was too late to buy a spam fritter from the naafi, I havent had to eat one of those since primary school and wanted to remind myself just how foul they are!
"Major Bernard Himmler, does the name mean anything to you?"
Just ordered 12 Fuji instant film packs to use with my Speed Graphic on the 5th of Mei.
I'll be offering to shoot instant pictures of members of the public in Wageningen at the Liberation festivities...
I'm working for "Marloes" as a photographer
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3 x 2nd Inf Badge
1 x 101st Badge
2 x Rigger Pouches
1 x Water US Bottle Cover dated 1943
Captains rank metal insignia (If anyone needs a set of these pm me because I don't and you can have it for a couple of quid.)
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
KOYLI titles, Recce AOS, pilots wings, several clips of 303, a No4 cleaning kit (complete), a Bren oiler unopened and 2 Bren mags all at Pudsey Arms fair
Original gas can straps, received yesterday.
two T handle shovels from costafortune, one of which was broken!
"Major Bernard Himmler, does the name mean anything to you?"
A couple of items from a trader at Licolnsfields:
- Feb 1944 Indian made OR's Khaki Aertex bush shirt.
- 1943 dated Khaki Drill shorts
I've seen plenty of these before, but never in my size...
Happy! 
sof brit para bd trousers 2nd hand and they fit! (thanks taffpara!)
fairburn sykes dagger,
toggle rope,
oxf&bucks titles,
belarathon/pegasus + airborne printed patches,
glider trained patch + para bulb,
para wings,
dropzone marking scarf (although I could have modified a hi-vis vest!)
shite repro anklets that fit but need to be blanco'd 
leather helmet strap which is going to have to be laced into my rac pot,
all I need now are dms boots and am waiting for my serge blouse to arrive from HK
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in the post: P38 softshell holster
Just ordered: CO2 ready, Mad Bull XM204HP Grenade Shell. Even if it's utterly useless for it's indirect purpose, i'm still going to have fun playing with it! 
watch the seals on those shells, I have two and the seals go if you put anything higher than 600psi in them. damn good fun though!
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10 ACM shotgun mags... now got to try and convert them...!
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watch the seals on those shells, I have two and the seals go if you put anything higher than 600psi in them. damn good fun though!
Heh, same problem I had with my Madbull Co2 powered 'nades. So I replaced the seals with some UHP seals I blagged off one of our suppliers at work. Damned if i know what they're made of, but they take 800 PSI quite happily 
Whilst we're on the subject, it's a great shame that MBA stopped production of the 108 rnd CO2 'nades, range is *far* better than the 204's.
Anyway, my latest acquisitions:
more custom blended paint, and some cuff titles from Nic Morigi.
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Whilst we're on the subject, it's a great shame that MBA stopped production of the 108 rnd CO2 'nades, range is *far* better than the 204's.
cheers for the info, i was wondering whether there's a big trade-off between capacity and range, but i read a few reviews and the 204 seemed to have quite a good range compared to the smaller capacities i could find in stock. it's all hypothetical at the moment anyway, and it'll be trial and error!
I've already tried doing what your doing. It *does* work, but the choice of grenade is vital. I found the 108 to be best, but as ive said, its now out of production....
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
I've already tried doing what your doing. It *does* work, but the choice of grenade is vital. I found the 108 to be best, but as ive said, its now out of production....
ah right. i'll keep my eyes peeled for a few then, thanks!
Arrived today in time for my excursion into the dark side for the D-Day game
German M38 Wool Side Cap
German M36 Field Tunic Set
Splinter Camo Smock
Bought a set of Crown & Anchor dice. Going to run a little racket behind the Sergeant's back 
Need to find a nice piece of canvas to draw the board on though.
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Large weave US M1 helmet net, US Flag arm patch and a replacement Water bottle Canteen and Carrier because I lost the Lid off the other.
