FJ helmet and a pair of jackboots. I've been wearing them in around the house, with the usual domestic hilarity ensuing. I also did some gardening in...

Sov M44 uniform with shoulder boards, usual rag bag of webbing, helmet. Same as at Border Clash but I'll probably switch to high boots rather than ank...

I reckon I'm up for this one, time to dust off the Russian kit again. Sooo, add one Russian. Cheers Martin

I got a dirt cheap but perfectly acceptable repro uniform from HIKI on ebay, and just made up the rest from other bits I had lying around. If this is ...

Happy birthday. You young people, I vaguely remember being 40 Today I put another coat of mahogany wood stain on my 'wood effect' Thompson furnitur...

Where is Bramley? I'm quite interested in this event but I need to see how practical it is. A google search turned up some vague references to 'near B...

One of my pals is interested too, I'll let him know. Cheers Martin

Applied yet more beeswax to the straps on my waterbottle and scrubbed out the cup, which was looking a bit manky. Cheers Martin

we were lucky the Ruskies hadn't reacted to the barrage and put a counter-attack together before the last round had 'fallen'! Our orders were to sit...

I found a couple of tins of beeswax leather treatment in the cupboard which seem to work OK. Certainly softens the leather up nicely and soaks in OK ...

Hello and welcome. Cheers Martin

It is a bit of a niche look, but mixed in with some Volkssturm it would do for lots of 1945 actions, particularly in the east. In the west their main ...

Yes we did - had a small recce party behind your lines Oh dear, I can see another charge coming, that makes three! i) failing to demonstrate the cor...

mr portas special firemaking brew Our supplies of special firemaking brew had been stolen by defeatists and saboteurs. Next time however..... One th...

you're the only one sitting down, whilst the others are collecting fire wood! It was a collective labour effort, and we were very glad of Comrade Wla...

Any details yet on what the ammo/ammo carrying/resupply limits are likely to be? Just trying to work out how many magazines, pyros and BBs to plan on ...

Greetings from the Sheffield Gulag, here in the frozen north where the snow lies thick on the ground (seriously!), already I long for the balmy Polish...

Stuff is all packed now, just need to chuck it in the car when I get home and set off. Hope to be there by 9ish tonight, depending on traffic and gett...

Silicon Spray. I could do with some more Silicon spray as well. Cheers Martin

Spent a hectic evening assembling my Russian stuff for next weekend as it was all rather last minute. Found time to practice putting on my puttees aga...