McVickers
McVickers
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Re: D-Day+2 'Battle for Normandy - Glory on the Hinterlands'

Are SoF or anyone like that going to be there this time? Bump.

18 years ago
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Re: 37 pattern Serge Wool from keith in Hong Kong

Hehe yeah, on the para trousers it's more like an "everything-including-the-kitchen-sink pocket". Used primarily for spare mags and grenades...

18 years ago
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Re: GUNMAN ON SITE FROM WED for D-Day+2

Huzzah! See you up there Josh! Hope you have a safe trip, dude. Oh, and please remember to bring Robbie's/My Thompson up, and a Brit Bivvi for me, ...

18 years ago
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Re: 37 pattern Serge Wool from keith in Hong Kong

No, I think we're all getting proper confuzzled here. 49patt has the map pocket on the side, while 37patt, 40patt and para trousers have it more on th...

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

I have been adding 4 drops off the mixing stick which on the quantity used so far equals about 5 ml per pot of cream. Excellent, I'm glad that our ow...

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

To get a good finish (two modestly spread coats), I used up an entire jar on two L-straps and all the bits of a small pack that you'll see (so not the...

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

Well ,if you want anymore references, I'm sure other folks here wil be willing to take pics of their 37patt or scan it in as I did. KG.3 blanco does ...

18 years ago
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Re: D-Day+2 'Battle for Normandy - Glory on the Hinterlands'

Are SoF or anyone like that going to be there this time?

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

Excellent, glad it's been some help. Do you have an item of KG.3 blanco'd kit around to compare it to? Are you going to GMA's D-Day+2?

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

Just as a note, the picture above does enhance the difference in the two blanco'd items rather more than it does in normal light. If I held them up si...

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

I used a soft toothbrush to spread/scrub it on to the webbing. As said above, the paint is Games Workshop 'Catachan Green'. As an example, to match my...

18 years ago
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Re: Battery connectors

Maplins sells the large 'Tamiya' connectors (the white style on the left) but not the smaller 'Mini-Tamiya' connector (the black one on the right). h...

18 years ago
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Re: How do you apply Blanco?

I've just "Blanco'd" up a small pack and L-straps with Tarrago No.34 with the GW paint added. The results, as Yith and Ramsey said, are bril...

18 years ago
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Re: Oak chinese thompson wood set

Would love to see a comparison photo if there is one

18 years ago
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