Sorry going a bit off on a tangent - did the original ones really get impregnated with some anti gas chemical that made them really stink?
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
...Took off my old bodged collar tabs and sewed on some 'proper' ones. With all this sewing, i'm beginning to be less awful at it! 
Ordered the spare part for my M1A1 carbine - meaning we will get her working again ! Woohoo !
Hopefully due to it being reinforced steel it wont break this time...
had my 21st yesterday and recovered today, complete with cake for lunch and sleeping most of the day
now officially old 
Congrats. You're really not that old 
Halfway done with my packing for saturdays WW2-game. How I'm supposed to march from the car to the offgame-area with this amount of crap (Small pack, large pack, webbing, extra pair of trousers, gun bag)? For those asking, I'm insane and prepare for every contingency (rain, hot, cold, get wet crossing some water etc).
Why do you always carry that umbrella?
-Bad memory. Never could remember the password. Knew no Jerry would carry one. Had to prove I was an Englishman, you see.
A bridge too far
The weather improved on the Sunday and Monday as did the crowds...
For those asking, I'm insane and prepare for every contingency (rain, hot, cold, get wet crossing some water etc).
It sounds entirely sensible to me, 'be prepared', but then again I am usually to be seen struggling to carry the kitchen sink around on my back 
Today I have been sewing on trouser buttons, and admiring my top-toe lufty look in the mirror. I have also started assembling my gear for Eagles, maybe a wee bit early, but be prepared!
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
Well they say a picture tells a thousand words, so here's a picture of what I have done today! (washed the blanco off / cleaned my '37 webbing and left it to dry)
That's the easy bit, Komrade! Aren't you going to put any blanco on?! 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
re-nailing my jack boots ,waxing them and the rest of my leather webbing and trying to get some consistency and accuracy out of a stock dboys k98 ,if its my back up at eagles over the Rhine and i need to use it then before i run away collecting shells as i run then i want some of my 5 shots on target.so far ive coaxed it from 280-315fps to 330-340fps and by completely replacing the inner barrel with an old aeg one it now shoots roughly in the same direction each time .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
That's the easy bit, Komrade! Aren't you going to put any blanco on?!
Yep thats the idea, clean off the old stuff and get a nice flat coat on
...uswd my phone to browse the Pst! forums and hamfisted the forum jump link at the bottom of the page and hit the Like this on FB button instead. I did not realize my mistake until people had already commented on it... 
Not today, but this weekend: was at the Dropzone Heeswijk event in The Netherlands as re-enactor. The event was visited by the veterans John Primerano 101st 501 PIR HQ and Jack Womer, 101st 506PIR Demolition Section and 'member' of the Filthy Thirteen.
On Friday Michael de Trez and Peter Hendrikx presented their two new boos: Orange is the color of the day and D-Day Minus, 17 September 1944. I've bought a copy of both, signed by the authors and the first also signed by John Primerano. John landed approx. 100meter from the where our campsite was.
Saturday was jump-day and multiple jumpers made their way down to earth from an original Dakota C47. Also 101st Airbone Division currently Enlisted servicemen jumped as part of the Air Assault Para Demonstration team from the USA.
On sunday we had a static display day.
It was one hell of a jolly good event!
The castle;
Campsite;
Appel;
Me searching for mines along a path. Spanish re-enactors in the background;
Muzzle flash power!
Go!
101st Air Assault Demo Team member flying the stars and stripes;
John and Jack inbetween current 101st EM's;
Me infront of my Dodge;
... Blanco'ed my '37 webbing, all looks very nice now.
Sorted out all my stuff for Eagles next week. Four months since I had a game, getting withdrawal symptoms...
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
...was planning to botch fix my helmet liner and do a quick camo overspray until I could afford to do it up properly, but instead found one of the spanner bolts missing 
..have just been reminded by nilz's post that I lost a bolt holding the liner / strap in my airborne helmet.
Fianlly finished my Enfield No 4 springer. In time to find out if it will last for a whole day's game on Saturday.
Recieved a copy of the Liverpool Echo dated August 28th 1939 - original. Very interesting!
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Spent a happy morning trying out equipment variations with my new A frame and confirmed that I can indeed strap my greatcoat to it, Main thing is I now have a jazzy assault bag in which to put my sandwiches
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
