Yith
@yith
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Joined: Jun 17, 2011
Topics: 392 / Replies: 10838
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Re: Allied kit

Heh... well postwar non-serge RAF SD is available and should look the part. See SgtAsh's pic above... he's definitely not in walking out kit. The boo...

17 years ago
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Re: Allied kit

That's pretty much what I found when searching as well. No idea of the accuracy. There's an RAF chappie in the film "Dunkirk"... you probab...

17 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

Piling swivel for my SMLE.

17 years ago
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Re: WIP Gordon Highlanders

It looks pretty good to me. A respirator bag would really set it off...

17 years ago
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Re: Allied kit

I'm not sure that the RAF ever went to BDs. I think they stayed with blue serge Service Dress throughout the war. Edit... and I was wrong about that....

17 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

Ah yes... I borrowed a copy of that to sort out Rachel's 14th Army ATS impression. It's good, but not quite as good as the later men's books.

17 years ago
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Re: Sten mk2 , ordering 10 only . How to get one ---

Just put this on my Sten. Should make it easier to find in a pile of Stens! -- attachment is not available -- -- attachment is not available -- Did ...

17 years ago
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Re: Sten mk2 , ordering 10 only . How to get one ---

er.. well I've done two in this thread already!

17 years ago
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Re: The looks-like system

Honestly, if someone wants to do something they will find the money, whatever the climate or their situation. It always amazes me when people who say ...

17 years ago
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Re: The looks-like system

At UCAP it was so dark that the guns used didn’t matter so much as the only people that knew what they were was the person holding them. Oh I dunno...

17 years ago
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Re: Sten mk2 , ordering 10 only . How to get one ---

Yup, I've seen both painted and blued stens. Blued look nicer.

17 years ago
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Re: How was it for you???

Yeah... one thing I did like is that everyone left my BFG where it was unless handing it directly back to me. There's nothing worse than searching fo...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Sounds like you have it in hand. I'll try to remember to bring a bit of holland cloth for you to FSA on the 9th. Instead of trousers underneath, ...

17 years ago
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Re: training camp

No open fires... I'd have thought other cooking equipment is fine. There is hard standing and a picnic table to put them on. I'm not sure if lunch ...

17 years ago
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Re: training camp

There are a few takeaways down in Matlock... Plus a good pub that does food just down the road: The Duke of Wellington.

17 years ago
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