YoungMedic
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Great looking kit! Do you have a link for the scarf?Was nippy today. Here's what kept the chill at bay for Smithy...
ELC Irvin, MASH A-10s, silk scarf, and roughouts with innersoles.
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Smithy
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Here you go. These are the closest to WWII silk scarves used in the RAF. The heft of the silk is right (it's heavy like WWII silk) and they have the wool backing which most had back in the day. Not cheap but worth it...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soprano-Navy-White-Polka-Backing/dp/B00N9YX2XQ/ref=sr_1_11?crid=2ERQM1GBFOGR3&keywords=soprano+silk+scarfs&qid=1675383049&sprefix=Soprano+scarf,aps,495&sr=8-11
ZuZu
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If only you had a plane...Was nippy today. Here's what kept the chill at bay for Smithy...
ELC Irvin, MASH A-10s, silk scarf, and roughouts with innersoles.
Smithy
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If only you had a plane...
Yeah but I've got a car which isn't too bad.
John Luder
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It's a beauty, but shipping to the US these days is one right cock-up. Still waiting for a USAAF name strip that was mailed on 11 January.
YoungMedic
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Thank you!
Cracking Smithy, I love the look of those old silk scarves
now where have you parked that matchless to go with the kit? haha
newagegeezer
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a few days ago I read a request for replacement zips source in this forum. I've recently been wearing this old jacket made up of scraps but the zip puller was lost when I bought it many decades ago, so just had a thought that someone may have a spare one (can't see anything on the web). A repro would be fine, just want to be able to zip it up without recourse to changing whole zip.....I do have a Talon cotton jacket and Conmar trouser zip (from a pair of pinks) to trade if useful to anyone. Thanks
Micawber
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Heaven's, up t'north? No, I am in East Anglia very local to the old seat of the Duke of Norfolk and later where Basil Brown lived. Who was Basil Brown you might ask - think Sutton Hoo excavations and all that.
Alternatively think of the area where the 8th Air Force operated from so not really that far up country.
flyincowboy
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I am in the same boat for a replacement zipper just tried the Headwind mfg site an it seems that all zipper are sold out. Will try Mash... Are there any other places were period correct zipper are avaliable?
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flyincowboy
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5star B3 seal brown After a couple of weeks this jacket is going to be broke, fit me so nicely and become more and more confortable.. Done a little bit of wool trimming on the wrist . They do not look so fluffy any more .And finished the collar straps like they should be.
love this jacket.
love this jacket.
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saucerfiend
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Ends look right now! A beautiful jacket and fit.
Nice jacket
