Latest Acquisitions

Just ordered a couple of the repro blankets from Ostfront. Look ok on the web, I'll report when they arrive.

finally! looks very nice indeed!

Holy momma - those bayonets were BIG.
Nice carpet. Is that a 50/50 wool twist?

oh, and the SMLE looks the biz too

Those bayonets are reduced in length from some of the ones on previous rifles you know!

They don't like it up 'em, you know.

Those bayonets are reduced in length from some of the ones on previous rifles you know!

They don't like it up 'em, you know.

The length of that bayonet I'm not bloody surprised that they don't like it up em.

Japanese Tropical Uniform shirt and trousers, plus breadbag.
Excellent quality from Hikishop and only £63.53 all-in.

"Signal": Years of Retreat - HB Book, only £6.25

I've now got the collect-a-set

Late war single button M43 Cap. To finish of the late war look

Here is my haul from the angels sale.

Telogreika

Afrika korps web set, DAK m43 cap, brit airborne jump helmet.

All for £60....

Cool. Remind us of the prices of things again. Was it as manic as you thought it might have been.

Ah yes, Angels sale.

Me and Kroot got a box to hold stuff for us, some light fingered twazzock helped themselves to 2 reasonable US M43 jackets and some assorted webbing items we had put in there!

However the team did obtain a fair number of Adrian Helmets and I got myself a nice French Capote (pinned back coat).

It was very, very, busy, there were hundreds of people rummaging through boxes and racks, and there were bargains to be found although the british battledresses were pretty much all 49' patt/greek/dutch, and the german tunics and trousers were mostly swedish, along with some east german webbing thrown in, there was definatly enough there to put a pretty passable ww2 airsoft loadout for not a lot of moolah. I fished my airborne lid out of a box of about 100, all in various states of repair, omg I have never seen so many hats of all descriptions in all my days....

Here is my haul from the angels sale.

Telogreika

Afrika korps web set, DAK m43 cap, brit airborne jump helmet.

All for £60....

Is the Airborne helmet a WW2 one?

I think so.... not 100% sure though.

I think so.... not 100% sure though.

Thought i would ask as ive just read somewhere else that they were all poorly made/converted RAC helmets with poorly made repro web chinstraps

However for £60 with the AK bits still a bargain

TBH even if it was a dodgy rac/tank shell helmet conversion, it can still be sorted out and at £20 with its helmet net it is good enough for airsoft for a while untill I sort it out.

TBH even if it was a dodgy rac/tank shell helmet conversion, it can still be sorted out and at £20 with its helmet net it is good enough for airsoft for a while untill I sort it out.

Certainly is,i was just wondering incase it was a genuine WW2 dated Airborne helmet for £20

Economy '38 French great coat (thanks on the research hurrah)
Another 3 Adrian helms.
2 sets of leather rifle pouches.
FFL kepi.
Portugese/Angolan cap.
Swedish/German hide backpack?

Did have a mint Jap field cap with strap etc, but got nicked

Economy '38 French great coat (thanks on the research hurrah)
Another 3 Adrian helms.
2 sets of leather rifle pouches.
FFL kepi.
Portugese/Angolan cap.
Swedish/German hide backpack?

Did have a mint Jap field cap with strap etc, but got nicked

Yeh, The significant difference between your coat and mine was causing much head scratching!

The collar patches on mine are wrong for metropolitan forces, most likely they were made wrong for a production due to poor research (dark blue numbers on a Khaki patch, I may get some red fabric dye in a pen and change the numbers to a proper infantry red)

But this does mean that for the next 1940 game, there is 2 French Poilu in close to suitable kit who would likely want to attend. Maybe I had better learn some French now!