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So having tested the loadout in the field:
Knee and elbow pads: Can't wear them over clothing as it will look wrong, my current pads are just not comfortable worn underneath. I may have to think of a better solution
 
Sten: Frickin awesome at mowing down groups of enemy as they advance, may try some heavier ammo next time to get a bit more range and punch through foliage (was using .25's). Battery useage is high, I have a hunch that the Burst wizard may be sucking up battery power so may ditch it for outdoors.
 
Ammo pouches\mags: May have to sew in dividers so that mags can be kept organised to determine which are full/empty, or may just number them on the ends. May have to get more mags as when the shit hits the fan and serious suppression fire is needed, 6 mags really don't last long.
 
Comfort: Denim battledress is really comfortable. Denison smock is great for when it rains. Pocket space is a bit on the ridiculous side, hard part was remembering what was in each pocket. The fact that a MK23 Socom fits completely in an inside pocket of the denison (silencer off) says a lot.
Overall weight of the gear is rather high, it gives a good workout but it's not uncomfortable.
 
Oh and on another note, I have a Steel helmet for my loadout due to arrive Wed/Thurs A bit more weight but who cares, its a frickin WW2 airbourne helmet

Gunman is fairly central in Coventry and tend to do what they call filmsim games, would there be enough interest for us to ask them to run something?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310880011687?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 

I bought a hat.
 
Steel WW2 British airbourne helmet for less than the cheapest repro
Watched several sell for about £200.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310880011687?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 

I bought a hat.
 
Steel WW2 British airbourne helmet for less than the cheapest repro
Watched several sell for about £200.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310880011687?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 

I bought a hat.
 
Steel WW2 British airbourne helmet for less than the cheapest repro
Watched several sell for about £200.

Piccies for Ian!!!!
 

If only you had kept the uniform and not sold it to buy alcohol eh Ian?

BTW, my other pass-time ins cycling. So I've been looking at these:

Its the BSA paratrooper bicycle, they dropped them with the troops so they could move to their objective faster. They come apart in the middle for transportation. Unfortunately they cost a fortune but one day I might afford the Pashley replica and attach fake connectors to the tubes
 
They were apparently a very common choice of bike in certain areas of Holland in the late 40's-50's, can't think why

Denim battledress has arrived, all set for a day out at Spartan Airsoft in full WW2 gear on Sunday
I can see now how battledress trousers are the ideal choice for getting rid of soil from an escape tunnel.
My Mk23 Socom is now officially pocket sized, actually I could almost fit my MP5 in the leg pocket
As there are pictures posted on the Spartan web site after each game and every other player is likely to be in boring modern gear with some sort of M4, I'm sure there will be pictures.

Denim battledress has arrived, all set for a day out at Spartan Airsoft in full WW2 gear on Sunday
I can see now how battledress trousers are the ideal choice for getting rid of soil from an escape tunnel.
My Mk23 Socom is now officially pocket sized, actually I could almost fit my MP5 in the leg pocket
As there are pictures posted on the Spartan web site after each game and every other player is likely to be in boring modern gear with some sort of M4, I'm sure there will be pictures.

So what Ed is really saying when he posts
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is that there are 'no limits' and we should 'reach for the sky' in our attempts to customise the perfect airsoft gun?
OK, I am going to need the following:
A shoot and Scoot Lee enfield, some wood screws, some RIS rails, an Elcan Specter DR, a laser sight, a torch, Long M203 launcher.....
...hmm what paint would I use to do a digital camo paint job on wood?

An original NOS Soviet Afganka in size 54-5 at last! Woohoo!



$150 posted from Russia :gulp:

I'm making a start on a mesh facemask modification myself. Tying strands of embroidery thread to it to make a Moustache.

All the main British characters had moustaches, if you didn't have one, chances are your character gets killed. I take this as proof that adding a moustache to a face mask will make me harder to hit.
It was apparently compulsory to have a moustache in the British army up until WW1, look at the death toll that resulted in!

Goggles have arrived. The lenses are pretty heavy duty but the way they clip into the frame isn't so I have used a bit of epoxy to hold them in more securely. Just need to give them a test and good to go.
 
Also recieved my Burst Wizard Mosfet. It works some of the time but I do get the occasional 2 round burst. The other problem is I cannot get the screw that holds the collar with the rear sight out. The screw just turns and doesn't come out so I can't get the mosfet inside the gun
Guess I will have to drill it out
 
 
Goggles will take hits rather well, if you shoot them on the angle of the lens where I thought they would be weakest, it actually cuts the bb in half
Got the screw out of my Sten and fitted the Mosfet inside, now for no apparent reason the semi auto started working every time.

I'm making a start on a mesh facemask modification myself. Tying strands of embroidery thread to it to make a Moustache.

All the main British characters had moustaches, if you didn't have one, chances are your character gets killed. I take this as proof that adding a moustache to a face mask will make me harder to hit.
It was apparently compulsory to have a moustache in the British army up until WW1, look at the death toll that resulted in!

M249 at an indoor CQB site, should be interesting

My next DIY job is to sort out once and for all the glasses misting up issues I have. I have one of these gas mask face masks:

I found out that the lenses can be shot out too easily so I have used epoxy glue to reinforce around the inside.
There is a small fan inside the filter running off 2x AA batteries, I found it unreliable and when it works its okay but a little more airflow would be better. I have now cut out all the plastic internal structure of the filter and fitted an old 12V CPU cooling fan. Now all I need to do is build a power supply to fit in my shirt pocket or maybe attached to my chest rig.
If this doesn't work, then I will just need: A big backpack, portable air dehumidifier, an old air con unit......

I just got one of those for a very similar purpose (single shot on an M249)!

You're just saying that to annoy me
You will actually find the KA mags hold more than 110 rounds, its about 135-140 so 5 mags is almost 700 rounds. I tested mine by working out how many bb's come out of a speed loader per push (4) and then count how many pushes it takes to load them. Average worked out at 138 bb's per mag.

Once I have Battledress sorted, just about any British loadout is possible. Commando's, Airbourne, regular infantry, SAS are all just minor variations of hat/helmet. With Khaki drill you can then do Desert or early far east and with Jungle greens you can do late war far east.
Another possibility would be to do a steampunk loadout and add a red dot sight held on with brass strips, build a wooden stock around the current metal one etc.
It's the performance of the gun that amazes me though. It is ridiculously accurate and has a very high rate of fire, I just recieved a 9.6V NiMH stick battery and tested it and it is truly terrifying. You just get a line of bb's from the end of the barrel to the target with very little separation, if you hit someone once, you're going to hit them with a lot of bb's in a very small area and that will hurt.
Watch this test of the shoot and scoot MP-18, its the ASG Sten with a wooden stock and different heat shield added, they got all shots within a 5cm radius at 30meters with .3 bbs

Does make me laugh that you want an actual gas mask for authenticity...
 
 
...but for the actual outfit you consider a fancy dress costume to be a reasonable option
 
Btw, I decided to ask on the WW2 forums about the validity of a sawn off shotgun. The answer is pretty much:

 
So I think I will get one anyway but might not take it to WW2 events

Does make me laugh that you want an actual gas mask for authenticity...
 
 
...but for the actual outfit you consider a fancy dress costume to be a reasonable option
 
Btw, I decided to ask on the WW2 forums about the validity of a sawn off shotgun. The answer is pretty much:

 
So I think I will get one anyway but might not take it to WW2 events

Jungle Kit is either the same as Desert Kit or the same but dyed green. So you can either wear a 2 pocket shirt tucked in (like the lightweight modern shirt) or a 4 Pocket shirt as a jacket (like in the 'Aint half hot mum' picks), then you can wear shorts or long trousers.
 
Another easy WW2 loadout would be a khaki boiler suit, black beret and a belt. If anyone asks, you just can't remember where you left your tank.
Belt should ideally be black P37 one.

http://www.britishmilitarysurplus.co.uk/shop/shirts/olive-green-general-service-shirt-1123297.html
http://www.britishmilitarysurplus.co.uk/shop/trousers/lightweights-fatigue-trousers-1122242.html
Set of British green lightweights: Grade 2 would be £9
 
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/1937-mk3-basic-web-set-product,11318
Basic Webbing £34
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00168YSKI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AIKN7SVBFHMAA
helmet £8.50
 
That would be a basic Jungle green loadout. Use some scraps of green fabric for puttees. Would look better if the shirt and trousers were about 15 sizes too big