Just ordered some HBT trousers and lace up gaiters from Epic Militaria. In a few days when these and my SMLE arrive my late war Aussie impression wil...

Google found me this

£10 say's you strip it back and stain it. The temptation will be too great. What work have you got to do on it when it arrives to bring it up to...

Well it's through Customs so I guess I will see soon enough.

Looking good. I have to agree with Dadio, that when making the stocks, the aesthetics of the wood grain would not be a major consideration. If you h...

Looking good and not used the Dadio signal yet? My SMLE meanwhile seems to be somewhere over the Atlantic on it's way to me.

Been thinking, that may become the name of my SMLE when it arrives

It's actually the sleeping bag that takes up space, so having it incorporated into a roll with the foam mat and a canvas bivvi bag for waterproofing m...

I think I shall attempt my next game, travelling in full marching order rather than use a 65 liter rucksack. If I can get my camping gear as one roll...

I wore a sun hat and the Aussie jacket is a bit thinner than battledress. A 2nd water bottle is however on my list of stuff to get

It's a good job I didn't put the images in the post then, 'cos Gunfire do really sexy pics of their guns from every angle, like this:

I started the day with a hangover and had 1 water bottle. Watermelon saved my life at the end of the day

The book it was in said they were stitched to the backpack. This is for jungle fighting so any risk it could flop about and make noise would have bee...

Did anyone get a photo of my Aussie kit? I don't have a photo of it yet and have no working camera

If you ran Battle of the bulge after Xmas, it would have a double meaning

There is a picture but it's in a book. It seems such a simple idea when you think about it, so it's no surprise the chindits worked it out as well.