bond's storage method

OK...over the next series of posts/photos...I will show how I currently store my collection....KEEP THIS IN MIND....I have VERY limited space....therefore most of my stuff is in totes & storage drawers...and hanging all over the place...enjoy...what parts you can actually see....

part of my DUU's 2 days ago....



same part today.....

my dusty "little Bird" toy/model...

helmet(& a few caps) collection photo's

L to R: Vietnam pot helmet w/ woodland camo cover, French blue UN helmet,fake Austrian boonie & Bulgarian desert cap, Russian helmet, Israeli helmet & Iraqi helmet shell.



British kevlar helmet w/ desert cover, Coldstream Guards cap, East German ushanka & 4 East German helmets w/ rain pattern covers.



East German helmet w/ MP cover, EG officer's cap, Hungarian m65 & m70 helmets.

East German boots.....2 jackboots & 1 paratrooper boots...

BERLIN WALL.....just had to put the pic in here.....

Most of my Warsaw Pact stuff....well a good portion....the uniform in plastic is a Czech Rep Presidential Guard's dress uniform.

the boots on the ground are Ukrainian desert....the 3 totes against the wall are: the bottom 2 are Soviet/Russian stuff & the top is my 5 gas masks....you cannot see them...but down in the hole by the 3 totes are my Slovakian boots...the box on top of the other tote is for a Hawaiian Style Pizza made in Germany...GO FIGURE!!!

PS..DON'T MIND MY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CALENDAR.....IT WAS FOR 2008....

The bottom 2 are East German...the next is Israeli & the top is Australian(although I am going to be needing a larger tote for my Aussie stuff) on top of that is like 7 or 8 Spanish uniforms that you cannot see in the pic.

much of my Asian & African stuff...along with 1 of my Swiss sets.

OK...these drawers house part of my US collection....and the coat on the door is an Estonian one.

I FOUND IT......my Spanish stuff...well part of it anyway...

Serbian stuff....

OK....now is the time to LAUGH YOUR HEADS OFF!!!!! my mannequin is a chick with long hair & lipstick...WHY...because it was the cheapest one I could get & they actually sent the wrong one..
she is wearing some 7th SFG uniform & vest...to the left of her is 2 Poland GROM jumpsuits...then from the back coming forward..is a Navy Seal dress blues(Team 4), then more 7th SFG stuff...a Navy ERDL set & another Seal dress blues(Team 1)

in the priority box is a NVA pith helmet that is busted all to hell...the a Russian tanker's helmet...possibly used by Iraqis...and under is 2 Soviet paratrooper helmet things...a pair of US desert boots & 2 US camelbaks.

NOW...ON TO MY BEDROOM...on the door is 2 Aussie sets on top of 4 Kellie Pickler shirts...lol..and on the knob is 2 US sets...

British DPM stuff...only 25% of my DPM stuff....stays behind the door.

above the DPM is my British desert stuff(part of it) 2 para sets(2 of them) & a Royal Marines Commando set..

ok....across my bedroom wall.......L to R: Polish stuff(3 desert & 1 woodland) Bosnian set, 3 Australian 3rd patt sets, Norwegian desert & 2 Lithuanian sets, then Ukrainian desert, New Zealand desert, Hungarian 3 colour & 4 colour sets & the British desert sets again...

NOW COMES THE CLOSET....the top is a repro fallschirmjager helmet & SS cap
then my SS helmet....NOTE: it is surrounded by landmines & IED's...lol..You can ask ARCH about the SKI bottle..

LAST BUT NOT LEAST....3 shots of my closet....

Yep, Steven and I stopped at this little gas station outside of Ft. Knox yesterday. He went inside and dang near bought everyone of the Ski sodas. The clerk accused him of being a Ski addict. After yesterday.....Steven is a true militaria addict.

BTW....I can't find my tricked out SF uniform and my modified 173rd ABN DCU jacket. Have YOU seen them Steven?????????
Arch

Steven..... I am glad to know that I am not the only person to have a bedroom that looks like that.... And I think you have stuff from countrys I have never even heard of

PS nice stars in your room..... lol

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! The glow-in-the-dark stars are flippin' sweet!!!! Believe it or not....they are Mongolian Military isssue. Not really........maybe Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane issue.
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nkomo wrote:The glow-in-the-dark stars are flippin' sweet!!!! Believe it or not....Mongolian Military isssue

oh cool, those things are RARE!! are they the M-97 or M-97a1 type?

They have been on his ceiling for YEARS......so I'd most definitely say the M-97 version. The M-97a1 stars are much newer and are made from a much more inferior material. His are original. I've heard rumors of people starting to reproduce the M-97 stars.