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Leader Bee said:
I'd be grateful yeah, I thought I must have gotten the wrong size when I put them on and they were almost half up my chest...glad to know they're supposed to be like that...where would you recommend getting braces from?
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Yeah braces are a must for pretty much any WWII kit. Personally I use retro looking braces as braces weren't issued and were only ever made at a regimental or company level with the Germans so you see a huge mix and not a uniform mix of braces in use especially late war 43-45. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303173363949

It's awesome seeing more WWII kits being posted up too. Keep it up everyone ?

 
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Great to see a WW2 thread!

I've just put my first proper kit together after years of spending all my money on guns instead... I went for a British Commando look mostly because... Well I'll be honest, it was the cheapest. And having just mostly drained my funds getting the new Northeast Sten MkV, it needed to be!

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It considerably helped cost wise that I already had the bergen, scarf, and got the boots off my dad, from his time in the navy.

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I will be replacing those ill-fitting gaiters as soon as possible. And I know it's somewhat blasthemy, but I don't really want to blanco my webbing... I rather like the colour it is! I shall be wearing it in though, so it looks a little less... just off the boat. 

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For a more early war look, removed the scarf and grabed the M1928.

Unfotunately it seems I will have to send the jumper back, as it's dethreading at the collar, and while I have the chance I'm wondering if I might need to swap the trousers for a smaller size... I'm well aware P37s are pretty baggy, but they do seem a tad exessively so and slightly loose around the waist. If anyone more experienced has some advice on that I'd greatly appreciate it, don't want to send them back for a smaller size only for them to be too small!

 
Apologies if this is laziness but out of curiosity is there a decent quality wooden springer Kar98k on the market?

@B.S - Great kit, excellent job. How are you finding the Sten?

 
FreeFrag.UK said:
Apologies if this is laziness but out of curiosity is there a decent quality wooden springer Kar98k on the market?
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S&T/Snow Wolf did one.  Hard to find a wood one now though.

G&G and DoubleBell/Dboys do one but I think they use dummy shells.

 
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FreeFrag.UK said:
@B.S - Great kit, excellent job. How are you finding the Sten?
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It's an absolutely astonishingly faithful replica, and the GBB is really nice and weighty. I've had a couple of issue with gas efficiency on colder days, but that's to be expected. There's the odd thing about it as an airsoft gun that's a little inconvenient - such as having to remove the barrel to adjust the hop, and the feed lips on the magazine don't seem to be compatible with any speed loaders (Loading 32 BBs by hand is fun) But they're all concessions that seem completely irrelevant when you actually shoot the thing... I am terrified to take it to a game though, I'd be walking around trying to shield it from BBs just because of how expensive it was!

 
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Felt cute, might defend El Alamein later idk.

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Just threw together some shorts and a shirt for the desert campaign look, probably won't spend the money on proper repro desert kit, given there aren't too many deserts in the cotswolds. But this looks the part.

 
B.S said:
the feed lips on the magazing don't seem to be compatible with any speed loaders (Loading 32 BBs by hand is fun) 
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@B.S awesome loadout pics, and once i have some more money i intend on making my own ww2 loadout, most likely british airborne troops at arnhem.

I have a mk2 sten i bought recently through the classifieds, and i had the same issue with loading the mags....   until i saw a video from northeast themselves that show them using a speed loader.

They hold a finger either side of the feed lips to keep bbs from popping out either side and then use the speed loader to force the bbs straight down through the top of the feed lips into the magazine.

Its a bit fiddly, but its less of a ballache than loading 32 bbs by hand

Pic of my sten included below, posing besides james hollands new book i acquired last week.

Im also wondering if there is a way to get a barrel assembly seperate as a spare part, so i can get the end of the outer barrel machined out. That way i can fit a longer inner barrel to use with the mock suppressor

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Some fun images I did in my kit this evening, hope you enjoy as much as I did being a big kid playing pretend soldiers ? 

Unterscharführer Zimmermann signals to his section to hold position while he checks the next set of hedgerows with his dienglas for enemy movement. When the time is right he signals them to move up quickly to capitalise on the situation. 

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Whelp, I've taken my first step and put in stock notifications for when the real wood Kar98K springer becomes available again. I figure I'll set it up for ~350fps/1.14j and build a 352nd Infaterie Division inspired kit around it. I realise the power range puts me at a disadvantage as the ranges close but I figure it keeps it CQB friendly should it ever get used indoors or descend to CQB ranges.

@MSSW Rune - Excellent photos and brilliant kit.

 
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Spartan09 said:
@B.S awesome loadout pics, and once i have some more money i intend on making my own ww2 loadout, most likely british airborne troops at arnhem.

I have a mk2 sten i bought recently through the classifieds, and i had the same issue with loading the mags....   until i saw a video from northeast themselves that show them using a speed loader.

They hold a finger either side of the feed lips to keep bbs from popping out either side and then use the speed loader to force the bbs straight down through the top of the feed lips into the magazine.

Its a bit fiddly, but its less of a ballache than loading 32 bbs by hand

Pic of my sten included below, posing besides james hollands new book i acquired last week.

Im also wondering if there is a way to get a barrel assembly seperate as a spare part, so i can get the end of the outer barrel machined out. That way i can fit a longer inner barrel to use with the mock suppressor

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Ah now that's a very useful bit of advice on loading, cheers! I must confess to feeling I too perhaps should've got the earlier mark of sten - the MkV is somewhat limited in the impressions it can portray, but I do love the wood furnishings... I suppose I'll just have to pick up an AGM MkII at some point!

Although actually, on that note of spare parts, I wonder if a skeleton stock would actually fit on my MkV? If it does and the foregrip comes off, perhaps I can pass it off as an earlier model, with my hand covering the rear grip... I've not seen anywhere that stocks parts for the Sten though so we might be out of luck there.

And as an aside may I ask if you have applied any anti-rust products to your Sten? As it mentions this in the manual and I'm wondering if it might be necessary.

 
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B.S said:
Ah now that's a very useful bit of advice on loading, cheers! I must confess to feeling I too perhaps should've got the earlier mark of sten - the MkV is somewhat limited in the impressions it can portray, but I do love the wood furnishings... I suppose I'll just have to pick up an AGM MkII at some point!

Although actually, on that note of spare parts, I wonder if a skeleton stock would actually fit on my MkV? If it does and the foregrip comes off, perhaps I can pass it off as an earlier model, with my hand covering the rear grip... I've not seen anywhere that stocks parts for the Sten though so we might be out of luck there.

And as an aside may I ask if you have applied any anti-rust products to your Sten? As it mentions this in the manual and I'm wondering if it might be necessary.
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have you looked at soldier of fortune?  they seem to have a couple of sten parts for sale including skeleton stocks.  given that the northeast sten is made to the same dimensions as the real steel, these should fit...

https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/sten-gun-no3-mk1-skeleton-stock.html
https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/skeleton-rear-pistol-grip-for-sten-gun.html

as for anti corrosion, i havent added anything to the gun myself, and i dont believe the previous owner did either, and while i havent noticed any rust forming on it,i am looking into what anti corrosion products would be suitable 

i only got the sten a couple of weeks ago from the classifieds here, and havent skirmished it yet as i need to get more mags and suitable mag pouches for the 37 pattern webbing

 
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Spartan09 said:
have you looked at soldier of fortune?  they seem to have a couple of sten parts for sale including skeleton stocks.  given that the northeast sten is made to the same dimensions as the real steel, these should fit...

https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/sten-gun-no3-mk1-skeleton-stock.html
https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/skeleton-rear-pistol-grip-for-sten-gun.html

as for anti corrosion, i havent added anything to the gun myself, and i dont believe the previous owner did either, and while i havent noticed any rust forming on it,i am looking into what anti corrosion products would be suitable 

i only got the sten a couple of weeks ago from the classifieds here, and havent skirmished it yet as i need to get more mags and suitable mag pouches for the 37 pattern webbing
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Good idea, I shall add those to my very extensive list of things I want to buy from SOF! ?

I wasn't really sure if anti-corrosion was necassary, there was a line in the manual that says 'apply rust inhibitor are required' but I wasn't sure if it was a typo and meant to say 'as required'. Either way, I've got a spray silicone oil finish that seems like it'll do the job. Better safe than sorry. It's Abbey 'Silicone gun oil 35' if you want to consider it yourself. 

I've yet to skirmish my MkV either, I'm scared to it cost so bloody much! I'd be walking around looking at my gun not the enemy team! And I don't know if you've already got a P37 webbing rig, but the standard P37 GSE repro ammo pouches I have fit the Sten mags, they seem to be based on the later war slightly taller version.

 
My oldest rif my Tommy. King Arms one do metal with plastic effect wood. I do intend to start work soon on making real wood furniture for both period and post apoc that will be interchangeable. May pick up an American helm at some point as seen a few really cheap in antique shops. Then again I'm more likely to end up captain America than doing realism so who knows...

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B.S said:
Good idea, I shall add those to my very extensive list of things I want to buy from SOF! ?

I wasn't really sure if anti-corrosion was necassary, there was a line in the manual that says 'apply rust inhibitor are required' but I wasn't sure if it was a typo and meant to say 'as required'. Either way, I've got a spray silicone oil finish that seems like it'll do the job. Better safe than sorry. It's Abbey 'Silicone gun oil 35' if you want to consider it yourself. 

I've yet to skirmish my MkV either, I'm scared to it cost so bloody much! I'd be walking around looking at my gun not the enemy team! And I don't know if you've already got a P37 webbing rig, but the standard P37 GSE repro ammo pouches I have fit the Sten mags, they seem to be based on the later war slightly taller version.
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already got some abbey 35 oil for my airguns, and i will look into using it on the sten, but i think the manual may be a typo as the steel looks to be "blued", which in itself is a corrosion inhibitor,  but i may be wrong

i do have a p37 webbing harness and a pair of pouches, but to be able to skirmish the sten i will need more mags, and thus more pouches (or even the bandolier)  but with money so tight at the moment, i wont be buying anything much for a few months

 
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already got some abbey 35 oil for my airguns, and i will look into using it on the sten, but i think the manual may be a typo as the steel looks to be "blued", which in itself is a corrosion inhibitor,  but i may be wrong

i do have a p37 webbing harness and a pair of pouches, but to be able to skirmish the sten i will need more mags, and thus more pouches (or even the bandolier)  but with money so tight at the moment, i wont be buying anything much for a few months
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Yes I thought it was blued, but I did seem to have a little bit of light surface rust after shooting in some drizzle, I'm not certain that's what it was but I don't know what else it could've been.

And yeah the mags are pretty pricey - Myself I won't be getting any more for a while but when I do I intend to get 6 total, as that should be a decent amount for skirmishing (I'm always the one with two thirds of a mag left at the end of a game anyway!) and 6 will fit in just the standard ammo pouches. I like the bandolier, but it doesn't quite work with the commando look I'm going for I don't think, it's a bit more Airbourne. 

 
Finally decided to photograph my feldwebel Pz.Gren.Rgt.125 kit for winter 44. So this is for the period of operation wacht em Rhine and operation Nordwind under the command of Hans Von Luck. If only I had snow instead of bleak cold rain and mud lol. Hope you guys like it. 

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Very nice WWII gear pics here!

Hope it's ok to just post gun-pics aswell, as I don't play or reenact, just collect :)

I'll start with one of the very few non-airsoft modelguns in the collection:
Shoei FG42 late version. If you ever get the opportunity to get your hands on one of these, take it! They re superbly built and incredibly nice collector's pieces.
Had 2 of them for a while, the one without scope is sold by now.
The one with scope has a very rare real ZF4 with even rarer, highly professionally reproduced Krieghoff mount rings made of steel.

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