Thanks lads.
James got his webbing and some good kit at Beltring for a pittance. I don't know why he wants to do RMP, but hey, I'm not fourteen. I think it is a good period to collect for him (meaning me!) because the kit is a lot cheaper. The sticking point will always be the hardware. My wife, who is his mother - the poor soul - does not like guns at all and won't have them in the house - even though we've sneaked in a few decent enough airsoft replicas. I would ideally like to get a Sterling for this game of soldiers - so he has a proper weapon - but he may have to do with an airsoft in a holster. It doesn't really matter that much - but the look is down to him. I have been concidering chopping the Iltis in favour of an LR - but in the last couple of days this idea has faded. I want to paint it field grey, stick a German cross on the side and do American war film re-enacting with Lightweight. I even have the correct wrong period M1 helmet to be an American and my Dutch army trousers go a treat with a very modern dot matrix camo US jacket. Thankfully the look is more Mothers Pride than gay pride. All we need now is a Telly Savalas lookalike to get things going properly on the road to Malmedy via Yugoslavia. Watch out for the Belgian drivers....