Latest Acquisitions

forgot that I picked up a few dvd's from a car boot on sunday

NMP Presents D-Day 60th Anniversary commemorative edition
World War II in Colour 5 dvd box set
Atonement
City of War
the Last drop
The Grey Zone
Female Agents 2 disc edition
The Young Lions
Von Ryans Express
Colditz ( ITV1 2 discs, stars Damian Lewis from BOB)

all for a Tenner

blooming 'ell Rammix - a bargin

fella had 2 big boxes full of war dvd's, had all the others there, lol
he said hes back again in 2 weeks at another car boot with a load more! got first dibs on em

'Pole's Apart: the Polish Airborne at the Battle of Arnhem', by Cholewczynski

'The Devil's Adjutant', biography of Joachim Peiper

"Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division - Leonard Rapport, Jr Arthur Northwood"

2 Small packs from a certain shop in Oxford
Another couple of those British plastic badges, not far from the full set of Regimental and all but two of the Corps.
M44 German tunic from Dog Green1. Not bad and quite cheap.

asg mp40 and king arms for same.

Finished off my collection of "The Elite: Against all odds" magazines!

(Now have to get rid of all the spares...)

'riginal 14-18 Ehrenkreuz with swords, (and what looks to be original ribbon) made by Tweer & Turck, Ludenscheid. Picked up at a flea market by my mum

A pair of size 11 British Combat Highs.

Thank you Animal.

Cheers
Martin

Two MkIII turtle helmets. From SoF, genuine shells with repro liners.
First war service trousers and grey back shirt.
1908 web belt.
Brown Volksturm armband.
Inverter to power my WS38.
Quite a few brass and plastic buttons of varying units.
A new bookshelf.

3 more Zelts for tent goodness Unfortunately the buttons are all stitched to tight to the hole making it very difficult to button up, also one in completly wrong position. The eyelets for the poles also to small, so filing down of the pole necessary Will take off all the buttons and refix when I have more time.

The material seems better quality than my other one though

Also pleased to find that the period camp bed cheap off ebay fits in though had to cut the legs down

Seems surprisingly sturdy even in strong wind

Bring on the Volturno Affair -- attachment is not available ---- attachment is not available ---- attachment is not available --

The eyelets for the poles also to small

Actually the poles are too large for the eyelets[grommets]. They are Swiss poles and have a different profile to the German poles.
They are too long also.
Can I suggest you dont use the bed in the zelt?
Unless you and the bed are quite short you risk rubbing on the zelt, if it rains you could get wet.

[quote="prideofengland"Unfortunately the buttons are all stitched to tight to the hole making it very difficult to button up:

Ah, very hard on the finger tips! The easy solution is do it up and leave it done up i.e. use it as a tent and not a garment. That way the only buttons that will be used are the ones to let yourself in and out, which will work looser with use.

I have seen (somewhere) doing without the central pole and instead use four long sturdy rods running up each corner seam to the apex, thus freeing the floor area, possibly able to use a cot diagonally with less risk of touching wet canvas. If I had the opportunity then that's what I'd do in battle (meh, OK more feasible out of battle when hanging around for long periods, like supporting rows of zelt tents with suspended wires holding up the apexes.)

use four long sturdy rods running up each corner seam to the apex,

My first thought was 'genius' why had I not thought about that?
Then I thought 'how do you close the tent if there is a pole in the way?'
The buttons are tricky to fasten without the pole being there.

Sage advice from two of the forums stalwarts

I realize the swiss poles are too long and have cut one down so hopefully will be the correct height. The grommet on my other zelt was much larger and easily accomadated the swiss poles, but no problem sorted out now.

As for the camp bed luckily both it and myself are short even in a 4 zelt tent there was clearance all around and hopefully if Tom has his ready we will share a 8 zelt tent so a bit more room. Im all for living the experience but as comfortably as I can make it If I end up getting wet I will know to take your advice next time

Yes Chommers your probably right about leaving it buttoned up as a tent, and I am so easily talked out of doing work!

Chommers your probably right about leaving it buttoned up as a tent

I keep mine buttoned in groups of 4 and 8. That way I can grab what I need and not be doing buttons up all day.
Some repros have equal spacing on the buttons so wont button to originals and to the better repros.
The pitch of the buttons changes towards the apex and the base.
I've only once used a cot in an 8 section zelt, I didnt get a good sleep and now prefer to kip on the floor, be it a 4 or 8 section.
16 section tents are ok if you dont expect too much wind.

A Mark II helmet and a GS Cap.

And, err, 25,000 BBs. Not all for me I hasten to add.

Cheers
Martin

I've only once used a cot in an 8 section zelt, I didnt get a good sleep and now prefer to kip on the floor, be it a 4 or 8 section.

Fair play may well rethink