... dont base your impression on one memory or even one photo. Perhaps unless your impression is of that one memory/photo.

The veteran Gadge was talking to was the RTR one who spends quite a lot of time on Pozzi's forum.

Take a look at the berets here. Some may be shaped, but they're certainly not 70s/80s style.

When I said "crown", I didn't mean on the badge. I meant the beret. The WWII beret had a 10 1/2" crown which meant it was a lot bigger...

Yup... looks like a good start. About the only things I noticed (and I had to look very closely) that you haven't mentioned already are that the ber...

That's as may be... but I reckon they look good anyway.

Tad fooked if said sentry was wearing jackboots! Not really... they wouldn't be ladder laced either, so you'd just kill him.

I shouldn't worry... What Webby manages is just "bum-fluff", it's not a proper full-beard.

He's a nice chap and was very interested in this WWII airsoft thingy we have going on... He didn't mind too much when I almost impaled him on the en...

Anyone even slightly concerned about looking silly as Japanese should take a look at these guys... Only one of them is Japanese and they look good.

Grima stabs him and pushes him off in the director's cut.

I'm getting jap kit.

How about using Nitromors to get the paint off?

I think it makes it more difficult to tell what bits are what rather than to actually hide it.

Glad to be of assistance! Note it is occasionally possible to pick up decent-priced large-sized repros 2nd hand on ebay and on the wwii re-enacting ...