Yay, our SVT14s obviously made an impression. The only problem with them is that they were a bit too simple; I just milliputted the fore-end radiator bit to the barrel and can't take them off. This wasn't a problem until both of them had the hops go rubbish and now I need to remove all the milliput to take them apart.
We shall probably be in for this one. I guess all we need is a blue stripey t-shirt to go under our regular tops, is that right?
Also, can I add another vote* for pilotkas? Anne's Russian** helmet gives her a headache after about 5 minutes wearing it.
* Note - from Anne, not me of course because I am the chairman of the "More Helmets in Airsoft Pressure Group" or more catchily "MHAPG".
** Note - for Russian, read Czech.
Barrie, I take it you know the czech helmets have an adjustable liner, just in case Anne's is a bit tight,I have exactly the same problem with my german one where it is just fractionally too tight.
We shall probably be in for this one. I guess all we need is a blue stripey t-shirt to go under our regular tops, is that right?
I don't think there is a requirement for a Telnyashka unless you plan to go Navy?
It's going to be early Febuary, we're all going to be well wrapped up, who will notice a blue stripey shirt?
(unless you want to use it as an excuse to get a bss, they do look quite good, in which case, of course 
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To confirm, you can be RKKA or Navy.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
The only problem with them is that they were a bit too simple; I just milliputted the fore-end radiator bit to the barrel and can't take them off.
I made the radiator bit out of a piece of tin which slots over the front of the barrel and is then held in place with two bolts which go right through it either side of the metal bar which joins the barrel to the bottom tubey thing. It tends to scrape up the barrel a bit, but at least I can take it off again when I want to turn my M14 into its G43 incarnation.
If it is as cold as the Russian game last February, I shall probably be wearing a tracksuit and ex British Army padded suit thingy under my rather flimsy Soviet cotton uniform. Not sure wearing a greatcoat is very practical for a game, but I shall experiment a bit.
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
great coats are sio iconic of the russian front street fighting ,pity i just cant push the boat out that far,also i'd probably cook as i run hot most of the time and the regular wools will be moore than enough for me.
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
I had little issue with wearing my greatcoat at border clash. The only problem I found was kneeling on it when trying to crawl quickly. I was considering waering one for this too.
So who fancies doing a M14- DP28 conversion?
[link]http://ww2aa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=armoryarchives&action=display&thread=6393[/link]
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
Wow that looks smashing... well done!
Oh... it's not yours... 
Wow that looks smashing... well done!
Oh... it's not yours...
Nope not mine, a clever chap over on the US ww2 Airsoft forums.
It is rather splendid and pretty simple to do by all accounts.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
The front end looks like a rather complex build to me!
The only problem with them is that they were a bit too simple; I just milliputted the fore-end radiator bit to the barrel and can't take them off.
I made the radiator bit out of a piece of tin which slots over the front of the barrel and is then held in place with two bolts which go right through it either side of the metal bar which joins the barrel to the bottom tubey thing. It tends to scrape up the barrel a bit, but at least I can take it off again when I want to turn my M14 into its G43 incarnation.
Cheers
Martin
Ours are pretty much exactly the same design, just with added milliput to stop them scraping up and down the barrel. It's not a vast problem, because I'm not clever enough to replace the hops anyway (as the fox said when he couldn't reach the grapes).
Also, Anne likes russians in blue stripey shirts for some reason, so I guess we might be going navy.
Every girl loves a sailor... so they say... 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Every girl loves a sailor... so they say...
Though not necessarily the other way around... 
Very Jean Paul Gaultier. Well Hugo Boss did design the German uniforms. Fashion Wars!!!!!
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
Well I was persuaded to go regular RKKA... but now the Navy sounds just so much more fun.
The man thing which puts me off Navy is having to buy (and wear) a sailor hat for the game.
There are some photos of naval troops in Zalogas 'Red Army Handbook' nicely kitted out in plashes, a mix of helmets and pilotkas and armed with a mix of nagants, SVT40s, PPsH, Captured MP40s and DPs. Maybe I'll buy a stripey shirt and just _pretend_ to be an infantryman 
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
The man thing which puts me off Navy is having to buy (and wear) a sailor hat for the game.
"man thing"? Freudian slip? 
I actually thought the Russian Navy Beskozirka was pretty smart and the least looking sailors hat I have seen, well the black version anyway! 
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
well the black version anyway!
Ah well, black uniform festooned with Maxim belts is quite a different thing!
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
