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Married 37 years so very un-single

You must be single!
The missus is great really, i just got a crap job!

Hi Pilgrim, it is easy to waste money on buying the wrong kit, or buying from the wrong place. The first decision you want to make is what side would you like to portray? Whilst we do have one or two guys with Soviet and Italian kit, we mostly have German, British or American. Once you've decided on that, then decide which type of unit you want to portray. Each country will have a number of different units - eg Germans have army, Waffen SS, Fallschirmjäger, etc - all with different kit. Take a look at the kit guides to give you inspiration - links at the top of the page. Once you've decided what unit you want to portray, then ask for advice about the best sources for that particular kit.

You can get a great look for very little cost. Id say you can get a US airborne or infantry look for as liitle as £200. Not including the AEG.
Unfortunatly they only do a Thompson as a Clone. Garand will cost more as its custom. £250-£300 depending on the supplier.

I believe the Axis look is easier on a budget. especially with the flood of german weapons onto the clone market. AGM MP40 and the Dboys Kar98. Going by Gadges advice. You can get yourself the axis look for as little as £100 not including the AEG.

To get the look i wanted ive sold alot of my modern equipment. I had 7 modern AEG's and im now down to 3.

I guess its all about what kind of commitment you want to make.

I think that Brit private has to be the most affordable impresssion. With a bit of legwork you can get a full loadout plus weapon for around the £200 mark.

You can do a basic US Ranger/infantry kit for as little as £130 to £150, look alike kits you can do for pennies but in the end its all about how far you go to impress everyone if you want to look perfect.

Who are we all kidding anyway? WWII is the crack cocaine of airsoft. Before you know it you'll have dropped £3K on weapons and kit and would sell your own grandmother to get hold of that genuine 1944 A-frame on e-bay "cos it would just really complete the loadout, you know..."

True, oh so true.

It cost a fiver and you found it at the back of the wardrobe though bedsnherts description is more accurate to those in the know

Dont i just know it, keep thinking the load out is complete, next thing i know i have bought something else to add to it, i'm now addicted and proud of it.

Just a warning it gets worse once you have played your first game, as you see everyone elses kit and think i want one of those, as i found at Haggard at the weekend

Dont i just know it, keep thinking the load out is complete, next thing i know i have bought something else to add to it, i'm now addicted and proud of it.

Just a warning it gets worse once you have played your first game, as you see everyone elses kit and think i want one of those, as i found at Haggard at the weekend

kit envy nothing worse

I know terrible ain't it also don't get your partner into the hobby, cos it means they know nothing costs £5 and you didn't find it in the back of the wardrobe

I too have a

and since 2004 ive had many loadouts and guns

i started the ww2 job in july 2006, and have had 3 uniforms, 2 full sets of webb gear, and 7 guns, all of which , have come in the house , under the radar, so to speak.

show her your first outfit, after your first event , that someone has "Given it to you"
nice guys and gals on here, have GIVEN me loads of stuff , nudge nudge.

then you have "TRADED" your other gear , or found it lying around, or have borrowed it till the next event, etc ,etc ,etc

the hardest part is paying for it without getting busted

heres how i do it

i have a credit card the is unaware of.
this is used only for my "hobbies" and i get stuff all at once in a bulk purchase, then grab the statement off the doormat sharpish.(if the cards empty i get no statement, so when i order im EXPECTING the statement and look out for it) i pay this with a bank account i have hidden away, this account sucks a small squidge of cash from our main accoount each month(always different amounts that are NEVER the same or a round number, eg 8.45 one month 9.97 the next ), the when ive enough cash in the second account to pay the bill off in one go, i go buying.

sorry if it sounds complex, but it can be done.

i do love my mrs dearly, but she HATES airsoft / guns / army , anything related, so its best just not to mention it, and keep it to myself

oh how i take the moral high ground every time she buys yet another pair of 80 quid high heels or yet another set of gym gear (shes like the mr benn of the gym outfit world)

"not another gym loadout "

i bet she got a simillar system to mine to get gym gear without ME knowing

That seems awfully complex...but BRAVO! lol

When I say to my girlfriend...just bought a new gun, or look at all this crap I got off the internet she says COOL! Very supportive is my girlfriend

I used to think my misses couldn't tell the difference between one gun and another but how wrong I was

My other half is a star, she has decided I need to get a Tanaka Kar and even better shes paying for it. Why? she thinks it will look nice with my uniforms

My other half is a star, she has decided I need to get a Tanaka Kar and even better shes paying for it. Why? she thinks it will look nice with my uniforms

You Her - you lucky blighter - the more Kar's the merrier I say

Its funny reading peoples get out clauses spesh Portas I assume Barry and Anne are like us, want it want it now, can I have it ? ah gwan then easy peasy

With us, it's

"Can I have one of these?"

followed by

"As long as I can have one too!"

Yup we've done that too, though I draw the line at the helferinnen stuff, his legs are far better than mine and I'd be put to shame