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Watering new hat
Thanks, Arch Station. We should have gotten a coffee! I have done this. I will see how it shapes up tomorrow A.M. Turns out that there are no felt fibers in this wool cap, but I bet that the principle was the same and just went for it. I have another less-interesting O.D. crusher so I tried... -
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Watering new hat
I am in the position of needing to age my new Lancaster service cap. I think it could potentially look great but I am worried about shrinking. So, let me get this straight: water (cold, distilled, etc.) is sprayed lightly upon the wool and then the hat shape is formed upon air drying? No weird... -
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A-2 Jacket patching question
FYI, and for those in the States, Garcia Aviation appears now to have a more-correct version of the jacket decal in stock. Their old one was, um...not quite right; this one, I could live with. DECAL -
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Rank and Patches on Military Jackets - Might I Offend a Veteran?
Well the good thing about an A-2 is that, strictly speaking, do not not need to put rank insignia on there. (Same for the shirt collar brass, BTW, if you are wearing this and hesitant about such things) The A-2 epaulet rank, for instance were either painted, sewn leather additions, bouillon... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
When I was thinking about adding rank, I figured I would sew leather/bullion captain bars onto the jacket epaulets. But I ran out of time and energy. I did wear shirt sized pilot wings and well as the correct collar brass. I bought some Aramark "tan" flat front pants on clearance also. Very... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
jeep44: I have a weird thing about wearing rank insignia. It is silly, maybe. I would have no problem if I put on a Patton getup for some purpose...and what would that be without rank? Anyhow, the USAAF costume I did intentionally had no rank, which was easy wearing only the "U.S." and "prop... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
Sorry for not responding. Yes, the glasses are green tint. "No prescription" seems like it would be awfully easy to do...just type +0.00 in all the fields! Here is me enjoying a beer in the outcome, by the way. I went with the dark crusher and tie instead of the khaki ones at the last... -
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Hitler's globe turns up in Oakland rumpus room
The thing is...that the globe was probably not used by Hitler. He may have never even laid eyes upon it. He reportedly did not fancy the Kehlsteinhaus for various reasons (afraid of the elevator getting struck by lightning, it was too cold, etc.; I think he made 6 or 7 short visits during his... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
Sorry to be vague. I went on a September 2006 tour with a group called WWII Historical Tours. Babe Heffron and "Wild" Bill Guarnere and their kin went along. It was a pretty small group and we went all over Europe visiting every stop for the 101st Airborne 506 PIR E Company from Aldbourne to... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
Well, I am already heading down that slippery slope to some degree. I bought an honest-to-God issue crusher, an decent A-2 for my wife, and a dead stock WASP-appropriate flight suit. The rest of our getups will be approaching the "Garcia Aviation" level of authenticity. Which for Halloween is... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
Well, thanks anyway for attempting to validate my perverse obsession. I will say that I have spent quite a long time researching the "correct" uniform for an ETO AAF summer flight officer. (Of course, the irony here is that the uniforms worn by the AAF were hardly uniform at all. So... -
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My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior
So I got invited to a Halloween party this year. First time in a long while. (Kids have dominated my Halloween activities for the last 10 years or thereabouts). Actually I got proper invites to three parties. So I am thinking, "Nice! Well, I had better get a cool costume, then." My lovely... -
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Anyone have an AAF stamp?
Don't buy them on eBay; get them at Garcia Aviation. He has two sizes: large (A-2 jacket interior, say) and small (gloves, boots, helmets). -
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Warportraits - Portraits of war
Hello, all. First post here. Four photos, a snapshot of a young man at war. Grandpa: Still with us. Lives all by himself at age 92, chasing the ladies. A tough old bird!
