MDFrench
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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
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