TK6237
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No Jorgs, but two Joergs:
http://www.501st.de/mitglieder.php?mode=listall
...One of them, ID#3172, looks to be a TD as well, if that´s any help.
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That looks brilliant!
It looks to me like the end around the muzzle should maybe be wrapped the other way around, if you see what I mean. Other than that, it looks just perfect!
Got my slings yesterday, but I need to find a way to affix a sling swivel to the stock. I´ve got a HF T-21, which has what I think is the ´stem´ for a sling swivel attachment on the stock, but not the swivel itself. Now I gotta figure out how to fasten a D-ring to that ´stem´, without messing it up, or having the sling putting too much pressure on the HF ´stem´, so it´ll break off.
TD-252, didn´t you figure out a way to do this? You wouldn´t happen to have a close up picture of how you did it, would you? You did try to explain it to me once, but I don´t think I really got it...
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Well, the login itself works fine, on all the detachment sites I´ve tried so far, but my, um, logged in status doesn´t carry over to the FISD, BS.net or CT.net...I do need to log in to each of the different sites. But then, I don´t know if the login it´s supposed to carry over. Is it? What a wonderful world that would be!
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The Ebay auction is still on, my link got screwed up for some reason...Here you go:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Enfield-Rifle-Slings-3...p3286.m20.l1116
...Looks like they still got plenty of slings left, 20 pieces last I checked!
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I think I wanna try fixing them together with just the C-ring first, as in this picture:
...The way the strap sort of sags, where it´s wrapped around the muzzle, suggests to me this was the way they did it. It would be a lot easier for the prop makers to do it this way too, rather than sowing them up, or adding snaps or rivets. But I´ll have to try it out first, to see how it looks. I think my slings are due to arrive some time this week, hopefully in time for the Clone Wars premiere next weekend!
If you wanted to do one sling olive green, one brown, I guess you could bleach one of them really carefully, just to get some of the green color out of it, and then dye it with tea or coffee, or something like that?
Looking forward to seeing your pics, Trooper1!
@TD-252: If you wanna buy a couple of these, check out the last Ebay link I posted:
...Cheapest source for these straps I´ve found yet. They showed up after I´ve bought mine, naturally, for a lot more...They look to be brand new replicas, though, so they won´t have the natural weathering from wear and tear like the used, vintage slings will have.
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Well spotted - the one sling fastened around the muzzle do look more light brown than olive in some of the pictures. The exception would be the behind-the-scenes one, where it clearly looks green. On the rest of the pictures, it looks like they used one light brown, one olive green.
Chasing after these slings, I found that they come in a variety of colors; olive green, light brown/sand, dark green and (painted) white. The olive green and light brown seem to be the ones referred to as "British", while the dark green is often described as either issued for jungle warfare or Canadian. The Canadian ones, however, doesn´t have the brass fittings, but steel ones painted black. The white ones are for parade purposes.
I´d say it´s most likely that the prop department just dug their hand into a bucket of Enfield straps, grabbed a couple and slapped them on...The interesting part is seeing that there might have been two T-21s made; one with an all olive green strap, one with the olive green/light brown combo. Anyway, I think both should be accepted as screen accurate.
While I´m waiting for my own slings to arrive: How does it look? Is it possible to arrange them the way I suggested? And do they appear to be the right length?
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Better late than never, right?
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Naturally, a couple of days after I order two slings from Australia at AUS $19 a piece, plus AUS $18 shipping, these pop up on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Enfield-Rifle-Slings-3...p3286.m20.l1116
...At USD $9.95 a piece, plus USD $13.90 shipping. To Norway, that is. Inside US is probably a lot cheaper.
He´s got 20 of them, so get´em while they´re hot!
EDIT: Actually, it looks like he´s got two auctions going with 20 slings in each, making it 40 slings total right now. Yup.
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What a great idea to use a back brace! I´m using just a nylon webbing belt, and it digs into my love handles something fierce...I gotta go back brace shopping. Thanks for the tip!
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@Caomhanach: Quite surprisingly, it does. I was expecting at least some dissent...We´ll see, once somebody actually gets a couple of Enfield slings and attempts to recreate the look, if it´s doable and looks right. But thanks again!
What I really like about this mod, is that it´s actually quite easy and fairly cheap. For you guys in the US, and everybody else with easier access to the Enfield straps than I have, it shouldn´t costs you more than about $25-$30. Also, you don´t really need any skills to do it, and I bet it won´t take any longer then about 5 minutes to complete. I, on the other hand, spent weeks trying to find the right kind of straps and buckles, going to pet shops and clothing stores, searching for something with which to recreate what I saw in the pictures, blowing off a lot more than $30 on canvas and nylon straps, studs and buckles and brass paint. So in this case, the (hopefully) screen accurate choice is actually the reasonably cheap and easy way to go.
Now you can just buy the two slings, wrap´em round you gun, and viola.
@TD-252: Thanks bud! Gotta shape up, now that I have a TM coming you know!
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Happy to be of service!
I´ve been feeding off of other people´s research, documented on these and other detachment boards since before I became a member of the 501st, so it feels great being able to give something back for a change - even though is just a sling...
And I´m not even totally convinced I´m right. Although I think the pictures are pretty convincing, I need to get the slings and try it out for myself.
Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated!
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You spent a few months figuring this out?
Wow now that dedication..
Hehe...Naw, I´m just slow!
Shipping from Australia to Norway turned out to be AUD 18 for two slings. I can live with that. Unless I find something cheaper, and soon, I´m gonna order mine from the good people at Lawrence Ordnance.
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Thanks!
Found another online store, located in Australia:
http://www.lawranceordnance.com/lawrance-o...s-military.html
...Just sent them an email asking for a shipping quote on their "British Pattern 1908 Sling".
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Thanks guys,
It´s really just a small detail you know, but I´ve been banging my head against this for a couple of months now. Finding the page where they show you how to attach the Enfield sling felt really good...I had my suspicions, but I though "Naw, that wouldn´t work", so to finally get it confirmed that you at least could do it this way, was one of those happy moments for me.
There are quite a few slings up on Ebay, but they are either too expensive (I´m looking for the cheap unissued/copies, usually around $10, not the real deal, like well kept, stamped vintage ones going for up to $30 and more), out of stock or they don´t ship overseas. Or they´re the wrong color - they have them in sand color, white and dark green, and then there´s the Canadian ones with black metal fittings instead of brass...
For you guys in Canada and the US, these are the cheapest ones I´ve found so far:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=213662
...Same store, only on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Used-Enfield-WWII-Ca...2358&sr=8-2
They don´t ship overseas, though, so my search continues. Naturally, back when I first though of this, Ebay was full of these suckers. Now I order two from www.ima-usa.com, the sandtrooper´s best friend, only to get an email saying they´re sold out. Bugger.
@Illinois: Yup, those are the ones.
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Great work, Rolf! What color have you used for the one blueish gray main box and the bottles?
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After finally getting the groove tube sorted for my T21, I started looking into the sling. Studying the pictures, I got more and more convinced they used two WW2 Enfield canvas rifle slings with brass fittings, like this:
What gave it away, was first of all the pre-knowledge that they used a lot of British WW2 stuff, and secondly the brass fittings and the raised and curved edge along the sides of the sling, as seen in this behind the scenes photo:
And the curved edges:
...Only thing I couldn´t work out, was how they linked the two slings together - until I found this:
http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti20.htm
...Detailing how to attach an Enfield sling, like so:
Now take a look at this picture, pay special attention to where the sling is looped around the front end of the barrel, and how it´s attached to itself:
Here´s a close-up further down the sling, where you can clearly see the brass fitting of the Enfield sling, and how the C-ring on the end is clamped around the sling:
And here´s how I think it was done:
...Now all I gotta do, is find myself a nice pair of green canvas Enfield slings, and try it out for myself!
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This little guy joined us for the opening of Star Wars: The Exhibition in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden about a month ago...Not my kid though, but belonging to the dirty trooper next to him, TD-6213. Yup, it´s the TM kiddy armor, Now a Nordic Garrison heirloom - and it looks fantastic, even more so close up. Got all the little details right, way more accurate than my grown up sized AFX!
(Me on the far right, by the way, my very first troop with my HF T-21! Yay! Still have a lot of work to do before applying for MEPD deployment, though...)
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Nice mod!
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TK 6237 requesting access, please. Pretty, with sugar on top.
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Yeah, they rock so hard I wanna have another one, but my doctor says no. Pffft...Doctors, what do they know?
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@TK4510: Happy to be of service!
@TD-443: You did see my post about there being several suits available, right? Just follow the last link I posted a bit further up. Also, I wish I could help you with the appendix bit, but I don´t got one either...Appendectomy rocks!
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Great job, Rolf!
Will you be documenting the weathering process as well? I, for one, would love to see how you do it! I wanna redo the weathering on my suit, and so it would be really cool to pick up a few tips from you...!
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@TD-443: They´ve got more available, not just the one suit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Full-Body-Lycra-Zen ... dZViewItem
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@TD-443: I just ordered it with the crotch zipper.
@TK4510: The size L I ordered was more than long enough, problem areas were the, uh, circumference of the arms and legs, I guess you could call it...I´d say you´d be better off with the XL. You can always just hike up the extra material around the thighs, or down by the ankles - or anywhere your armor will cover it.
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Dunno if you guys have done something new, but suddenly the automatic log-in is working for me. Excellent! My logged in status still doesn´t carry over to FISD though...But then I´m still not sure it´s supposed to do that.
EDIT: Now my logged-in status carries over to FISD as well! Woohoo!