7 sounds small...
Yeah but Gadge isn't exactly a biffer 
No longer involved in airsoft.
He'e no Ronnie Corbett either...
The blouse is to make collars on the two size 13s 49 pats i have
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Easiest way of getting the fabric, sat watching something myself that I could massacre 
I just hope noone bids on it 
I like things for £1 even with postage its cheaper than getting the fabric from Harrogate and just means unpicking stitches and reconfangumalating it into something more appeasing 
The blouse is to make collars on the two size 13s 49 pats I have
And make some new pocket flaps to turn an unmodified '49 into a '39 look-a-like 
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
mmmmmmm garandy goodness
That looks very nice!
Someone is going to have fun next week!
(watch the sweeties though - looks like a whole jar full behind you!)
aye jar of boiled sweets and a gumball machine hehe
tasty stuff
New cable rolls all loaded up with D10 (well, I say "new", but over 60 years old lol)
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..........
Remember that nasty M1 helmet I got a while back ?
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Well I was using Nitromors on it today. Luckily I didn't leave it on very long and didn't use the wire brush so I found this :
It is front seam too so Im concluding that the liner and straps are all original. Not bad for £40
My problem now is lifting the rest of the paint without damaging whats undernieth. Ive tried my conservetor bit on some of it (at last a use for my archaeology degree!) but the red paint lifts very easily so Im trying to work out what the best course of action is. (annoyingly if I'd known from the start I could have continued as I started and it would have been done with minimal damage but cos I stopped its now much more difficult)!
Anyone got any ideas? My dad suggested plain celulose thinner done in very small sections with a scalpel and small stiff brush. Im a little hesitant as I dont want to damage the original paint any further.
No longer involved in airsoft.
hi mate,
i'v dun a few resterations on helmets,
best one was on a WW1 brit mk1 thick black gloss paint,
i allso used the thiners, but with an ear bud, pain in the arse but worked a treet, just tock age's,
but as allways tesy small first,
warren
team shoot and scoot, TL
Ah good idea. The slowly approach doesnt worry me that much as I quite enjoy it. (its probably that anal tendancy or something )
No longer involved in airsoft.
Ive stripped helmets back to original paint underneath with nitromors or similar but not painted on and left to bubble as instructed.-Ive dipped a cloth into the stuff and slowly rubbed the paint off-Seemed to work ok for me and sort of didnt get enough time to react/damage the paint underneath.
Good buy there 
-looks like that horrid green paint put off potential bidders
Just got me some Goggles, 4 TM M1A1 Lo Caps, Thompson mag bag, first aid pouch, helmet net, cylicone sprey, bag of bio bb's, Bivvy Tent, so im ready for normandy now.
Just aquired this little beauty off ebay, great for all your home comforts when occupying your defensive position
Picked this up from Farnham Militaria Fair this morning. Some SERIOUSLY overpriced stuff there (german rucksacks for 4 times what i paid for mine for example!), but i did find this little baby
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..........
Go on then !! , upset me , how little did you pay for it ???
I heard the Ciney Militaria Fair was rather overpriced as well this sunday.
I 'won' a Sterling Silver reproduction Pilot Wing for the US Air Service (WW1)
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