Late war panzer grenadiers of certain divisions wore the 'Special Uniform' ie the Stug wrap. This is the field grey version of the black panzer wrap. ...
I've just had another look at the piccys posted by B&A. The one of the chap on the bike I think shows some good points. His tunic has a green cast...
I'll wager there was little or no research, just a direct copy of one of the cheaper M42 repros from the USA. WPG? They were rather more brown than gr...
Those photos are from St. Mere Eglise, the Airborne museum? To be brutaly honest if we are going to argue logic and fallacies then my evidence, being ...
heh... Could it even have been because of the lighting in the museums? I know that for a fact some of my tan items look rather green in artificial l...
Let me refine/define what amounts to only my opinion. Direct contact with a number of M42 suits in various collections, under various lighting conditi...
They also look well up in the exposure stakes too. Old colour photos are not a very reliable source for colour matching either, the dyes used are not ...
It's quite a famous photo that one, in almost every D-Day book somewhere. They are sappers, beach group looking at the white stripe on the helmet and ...
Just pin it in place, centred over the button and sew around the edge? HBT is work uniform so dont worry about being anal with the stitches, though if...
The reason you get a strange effect using the Swiss poles is because they are too long. Proper german poles are 370mm. You can cut down one of your sw...
Some is ok, some is absolute pants. Much better to buy from them at a show where you can see and handle their kit. Some of their stuff comes from WP...
Straps and hooks are the way to go for anything after 1940. The two together make for comfortable load carrying.
im going to go for a grenade bag Dont get the SoF, one it's rubbish. Bright blue straps, yuk.
Hero Collections, who have a good reputation They do, they are the famous 'Polish' makers of RAU/German uniform fame. They also have a reputation for ...
I'm in no way saying ATF are accurate in everything they do. I am saying that as far as M42 suits go the ATF product is as close in colour to the orig...
End of the matter is, the only way you could get a 100% accurate item is an unissued, dry stored, tuck away at the back of some stores on a US base, u...
Really, can you explain it to me? The originals are not tan, the good repros are not tan.
Oh I'm careful, I've been around this [and other] games for long enough. Exposure fading would remove much of the green hue which is still obvious in ...
2 Musette bags, one in transitional colours. 1 GP ammo bag 1 Thopmson mag bag 1 pair Navy deck boots 2 pair M36/40 internal braces German grenade bags...