Packrat produces headphones!

Hey all,

First off, I found a quick way to take a US Wings crush cap and make it look "better" if not completely authentic. As WPG was sold out, I bought a Sgt. Hack OD special. Yeah, it wasn't all accurate and the fabric is all wrong, but I knew it could be improved with some strongarming. I pulled out the sad and dilapitaed vintage USAAF officers cap I have had since adolescence and gently removed the vintage emblem and attached it to the new hat. I then attacked the plastic "billboard" on the US Wings hat with impunity and removed it, forcing the hat to lay down like it should. It's not perfect, but makes for a great beater cap now at airfields.

Anyway, I was trying to get that crushed look perfect and I was fiddling with it and my Dad comes over and asks me what I'm doing. (I was visiting my parents at the time, see). Anyway, I told him I was going to go online and eBay for some WWII headphones - you know the ones with the slider bars on the earpieces that look like antennas when adjusted. My Dad startles me by saying, "Oh, those? I have a pair of those in the garage. I've had them for years!" Ten seconds later, I am holding a pair of original WWII headphones! Needless to say, I wore them while watching a movie with the cap on to crush that cap authentically. He let me keep the headphones and they now sit with my cap and 1:18 scale P-40 in my home.

I'll never condemn my Dad for being a packrat ever again...Pics to come soon.

Mike

Hey Mike,

funny story and I couldn´t stop laughing about that - thats life!
But I am wondering that your father doesn´t know about your hobby...

Good idea on the crusher also :eusa_clap

Another case of good ol' synchronicity.

Ya gotta love it when that kind of thing happens!

My thoughts exactly, Major...

Maj.Nick Danger said:

Ya gotta love it when that kind of thing happens!

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Very cool story Mike. My dad was a farmer during the war so the only memorabilia I inherted was a pitchfork!

Col. Z.

Outstanding!

I've been keeping my eyes open for a good HS-33 headset to use with my WWII vintage Army Air Forces BC-348 receiver. They turn up on the ePlace from time to time, some still unissued in original packaging. I sure wish that I had thought to snap up more of the war surplus electronics 20 or so years ago before interest really took off. It all commands a pretty penny today.

Enjoy those headphones, Mike. Having come from your Dad makes them even better.