what paint type and colour do you recommend mate ?
RAL 6006 eggshell. Spray or brush. AFAIK this was the German equivalent of Brit "service brown" - almost everything military was painted in it on leaving the factory.
did the bayonet fit on to the spade carrier? or should i just fit a bayonet and frog straight on the belt and leave out the spade and carrier?
Yes, if you have both the bayonet attaches to the spade carrier. If you're not carrying a spade it goes onto the belt. Check out that mp44.nl link I posted.
i have posted for a gas mask tin in the wanted section so see what comes back mate thanks for warning about repro ones i will try get an original
You can also try ebay.de or a military dealer like Underwood (expensive), Klaus Butschek (annoyingly now needs an account to view stock), Helmut Weitze, etc. etc. Or one of the vendors at a bigger show.
what paint type and colour do you recommend mate ?
RAL 6006 eggshell.
I agree, you cant go wrong with 6006.
You can get it made up in quite a few places. My local auto paint specialists do a spray can in Cellulose or acylic and you can select the degree of matt or shine.
One trick is, once you have painted it and given it plenty of time to cure, is to blacken the bottom. It really makes you look the part. Boiling some water over a hexi stove will do the job nicely, army surplus ones are only a couple of quid. Dont attempt it without something in the mess tin, you might burn through it.
You can use the same colour on you gas mask tin if it needs a touch up.
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better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Yes, I wear the whole lot, matey!
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Very handy for those 'moments' far from the portaloo. 
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
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"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Very handy for those 'moments' far from the portaloo.
Very true 
Very handy for those 'moments' far from the portaloo.
Mr Porta dosnt like the term "PORTAloo"
how about calling it a "site toilet" from now on,
ill end up with people crapping in my top hat at this rate 
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
no u just take the piss 
Russian kit so far, gone for late war winter RKKA sniper look. Still need to paint the pilotka badge and when money allows get some sapogi boots and an authentic belt but the one ive got will have to do for now. I'm holding out on a holster for now until i can get my hands on a KWA Tokarev 
Other than that i think i'm pretty much done. What do you think ?
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authentic socks?
thanks, all i have are modern assault boots so i'll have to stick with them until i can find some sapogi at a decent price. And yes of course they are authentic socks 
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great look
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
What size are you? I have a pair of unworn boots that came from Trident, size 12. My calves are too large to fit down the top. They have been kicking a out the lock up for years.
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Where did you get the scope on the Mosin Nagant? Loving the loadout though
im size 9 so defo wouldn't fit, scope is just a crappy 4x20 scope that you can get off ebay for about £8 with high scope mounts at the front so it looks like a PU scope. Cheap and looks pretty good
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What size are you? I have a pair of unworn boots that came from Trident, size 12. My calves are too large to fit down the top. They have been kicking a out the lock up for years.
I would be interested in these mate, pm me with any details and how much you want for them if you want.
thank you.
US 9th Infantry load out today at airsoft
cheers
I upload my pictures here to turn them black an white, its in Japanese but easy enough to understand what to do
Great website, I never could do black and white photos that well...
Russian kit so far, gone for late war winter RKKA sniper look. Still need to paint the pilotka badge and when money allows get some sapogi boots and an authentic belt but the one ive got will have to do for now. I'm holding out on a holster for now until i can get my hands on a KWA Tokarev
As Oneeye says any plain single pin leather belt will do for now. I'd give the ammo pouches a bit of going over with paint to disguise the twotone colouring and make them look more wartime and maybe scrim up the rifle to cove the stock join and scope a little too. An excellent start though.
