WWII Outfits and Gear

lukeprausnitz · Post by **lukeprausnitz** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:42 pm

$12 for ammo boxes? i found some for Ã¢â€šÂ¬5 in germany. and they were exactly the same

Tobbger · Post by **Tobbger** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:35 pm

Here is some very, very new pictures of the props to Swedish Tigers. We are especially satisfied with the Mausers. Just ask us how me made them!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:05 pm

How did you make the mouser? Because it looks a bit off almost like a Nagant.

Tobbger · Post by **Tobbger** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:36 pm

foxwood wrote:How did you make the mouser? Because it looks a bit off almost like a Nagant.

Nah, not really. Maybe a little.

Mosin Nagant
http://www.gunpartsandmilitaria.com/9130compcopy.jpg

Mauser m96
http://www.gunpartsandmilitaria.com/swed96compcopy.jpg

First of all we bought 5 Mauser stocks on a surplus store for maybe 50Ã‚Â£ on each. We are sponsored by a building material company (one of the team members father owns that company) so we get free pipes and other material. We took two types of pipes, one to the reload area on the back of the weapon (http://home.graffiti.net/tobbger/filmer/mauser4.jpg) and the other to the small, long pipe in the front. After that we asked a very kind carpenter to make five handguards for free, and he was glad to help us. After that, we screwed the handguards on and oiled them in to get the same colour as the stock.

Now we took a big screw and made the reloading detail that you can see on this picture (http://home.graffiti.net/tobbger/filmer/mauser2.jpg) The black things on each edge is just some layers of black tape. To make the copper plate on the butt (http://home.graffiti.net/tobbger/filmer/mauser5.jpg) we just cut out a circle from a bigger copper plate and glued it on. Now we need the thing beneath the front pipe that you use when you attach the bayonet (http://home.graffiti.net/tobbger/filmer/mauser3.jpg). We took a very small stick and added some layers black tape on the edge. The trigger is a hook that you use to screw in the ceiling to hang things up.

Almost done, need some more detail though. Begin with making the sight in the front. We sawed the edge of a plastic funnel (you now, the thin area in the beginning). Just tape with black tape again (:P) and use a black Indian ink penn to make it black (if it isn't black already). The finish is to find a harness and make it keep to the stock with some kind of small hangers.

Okay, now you're done!

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:15 pm

Lately I've been working on the formal/Class A uniforms of world war II and my friends and I have become rather successful. Here is a picture of all four of us wearing our uniforms. Tyler is the most left, then Raft, then I and on the right is chris.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:18 pm

Very nice looking props all around, and clever work there Tobbger, where did you get the Mauser stocks? Or was it just a walk-in store and not online?

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:16 am

Tobbger wrote:
foxwood wrote:How did you make the mouser? Because it looks a bit off almost like a Nagant.
Nah, not really. Maybe a little.

Mosin Nagant
http://www.gunpartsandmilitaria.com/9130compcopy.jpg

Mauser m96
http://www.gunpartsandmilitaria.com/swed96compcopy.jpg

It was that bolt that threw me off, didn't get the best look at the rest. Guess I'm more used to just seeing the k98.

lukeprausnitz · Post by **lukeprausnitz** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:12 pm

its not really ww2, but i managed to get those pieces of cloth british troops wrapped around their ankles in ww1

DeadLogic · Post by **DeadLogic** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:26 pm

The cloth would be known as leggings.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:37 am

My latest catch: I went to the largest Army Navy Surplus store in Utah, about an hour and half away. They have a lot in the back of the building with just endless supplies of all sorts of junk, we were walking around and stumbled upon something that just about made me cry! Piles upon endless piles of WWII helmets. Easily over 100,000 of 'em. Piles about 20 feet high! I ended up buying 15 of 'em for $30. It was great. I started painting some markings on some of them today. Heres a pic of about eight of them.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:59 am

monkey wrote:i have to say this.

there is going to be a gun show at the del mar fairgrounds on the 17th, and theres this awsome guy that sells deactivated machineguns from WWII theyr soo awsome, there was this m60 that he had last year, and i picked it up expecting it to be all heavy and stuff, but it was really lite, and sisce i have heard people talking about how massive and heavy those things were i thought to myself, hey! if this thing doesn't weigh much, then maby i can pick up that huge mg42 over there! so i did. it was stupid. i tried to pick the thing up, and the tripod spread out and it fell on the floor!! it was really imbarassing and the guy got really mad.

You know the m-6o was missing things and wasn't loaded, those carry a large amount of ammo and that gets rather heavy and after a little while of lugging it around you would say it was heavy as well.

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:39 am

yeah, i agree with you on that, but the mg42 would be alot worse to drag around.

Gyro, i wish i was you. i would die to get 15 helmets for 30 bucks, does that store have a website?

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:11 am

ill buy 3 for 7$ with that airborne sign you painted on it, liner, and headstrap.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:15 am

If you want 3, that'll be $21.

Anywho, here is another picture of us painting them, some are still wet so they look rather glossy, They've got the 506th/3rd battalion markingo n them.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:11 am

My signature would disagree, but where do I sign up for the helmet deal? Do they have liners and chinstraps? You may have quite a little buisness in-line for you here with all the WWII junkies on the forum.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:27 am

Chinstraps yes, but no liners, I'm sure they rotted away years ago sitting in that slack dump. But a good taped up wash cloth makes a perfect liner.. Anywho, just confirm what you want with me and what not and I'll let ya know.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:54 am

Alright, here is my new deal:
-Vietnam Era M1A1 Standard issued helmet with chinstrap, but no liner will be sold for $5 plus shipping.
-WWII Era M1A1 Standard issued helmet with chinstrap, but no liner will be sold for $7 plus shipping.
-Our imitation liner may be added for an additional $5. (Some cloth and duct tape padding.)
-New paint job and or markings of your choice will range from $1-$3.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:16 am

What entails the $3 paint job?

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:20 am

I suppose if it's more of an extensive job, such as recolor green and gigantic medic symbols.

DeadLogic · Post by **DeadLogic** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:09 pm

Heh, I might be interested, but I actually already have 6 US helmets. What I'm REALLY in the market for are German helmets...

I cant believe this thread made it to page 30. It's unbelievable.

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:36 pm

Raft is Gay!, oh, i can get a better deal than that on helmets, here it is.

good lookin austrian helmet that can be used sucessfully as a WWII prop:

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/prod ... DUBC3SERB3

Another helmet that can be used sucessfully:

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/prod ... DUBC3SERB3

And heres a cheap nazi helmet that i had already posted on p. 28 or p. 27

(oh yeah, i already ordered one, and it was taking a long time, so i called
them on the phone and asked them what was wrong. they told me that
they were out of stock untill november.)

http://www.theskeletonscloset.com/skele ... umber=GC50

oh, and heres a sit that is guarenteed to make you drool.

http://www.wephaus.com/default.asp

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:54 pm

And ours aren't swedish or austrian! We have GENUINE WWII AMERICAN helmets.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:27 pm

Well from what I saw those look better than good, no dents, and perfect finish after they paint 'em. With un-linered helmets I use the cheapest winter hat I can buy (Canadians would call them toque's; don't ask.) Then roll them up, like a condom on your head,helmet goes on top of that. Great support for the helmet and comfortably padded. And on cold days you can wear it normally between takes.

spoonstudiosintl · Post by **spoonstudiosintl** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:45 pm

Very true, on my helmet I used a ski hat on top for padding and towels around to keep the whole thing in place. Works just as well as some hunk of leather liner that costs more. Besides, mine's painted better and looks perfect.

tallman_house_pictures · Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:05 pm

Check out this on one of monkey's sites http://www.wephaus.com/proddetail.asp?prod=284593