What else do you collect apart from lasers ?[picture heavy]

[Blaster]

I had a look through the search engine couldn't find (may have missed it ) this topic, so i thought i would start it off by putting in a part of my collection of US military uniforms.

Starting with..

1. 1 Star General 101st airborne, Chief supply officer and ordnance WW2. Cord on shoulder for bridges over the rhine operation market garden .

2.1st LT Army. Vietnam war tank commander wounded purple heart.

3. 4 Star General, USMC ex pilot, Chief of staff and Secretary of war staff member,Afghanistan ,iraq wars

4. 4 star General,Army Pentagon Chief of staff. Vietnam to gulf war service.

5. USN Captain .. Admirals aide and ex SEAL Bosnia and special OPS Silver Star x2,Bronze Star x2 purple heart x2 yellow cord indicates Admirals aide.

6. USN Commander Korea and Vietnam war service

7. Lt Col USAF command pilot WW2,Korea,Vietnam war Fighter pilot and missle silo commander during cold war.

8. SSGT USMC gulf war,Iraq war paratrooper. 12 to 16 years by stripes on arms

Edit i have put these and 5 more Uniforms in an album on my profile .

show us tell us about your other collections.regards blaster :beer:

 

[NKO29]

I collect a few things, Here's a few BTW You have a nice collection of uniforms!
My Favorite bayonet.

Spike bayonet

Random other stuff... Red swords are cheap chinese ones, Blue one is expensive w/hidden dagger.

 

[Benur]

I collect Cubecrafts.
They are tedious to make, but they look really cool !

 

[Cyparagon]

I've got a moderate collection of strange light bulbs. Argon glow-discharge, neon glow-discharge, LED, CFL, circline fluorescent, halogen, low pressure sodium, high pressure sodium, quartz metal halide, ceramic metal halide, high pressure mercury vapor, low pressure germicidal, mercury short-arc, induction... I don't have many pictures though.

CFL from the 80s. magnetic ballast with glow starter

Arc tube of a high pressure mercury lamp

Low pressure sodium (this one broke, but still sorta works)

Self-ballasted induction lamp next to an equally powered CFL

Germicidal lamp. Lots of UVC - extremely bad for you.

 

[Blaster]

Well we have a good start US uniforms ,bayonets swords, cubecrafts and an illuminating collection of various forms of light sources -bulbs ...I am sure there's a lot more other hobbies collections out there we all collect lasers to some degree so its fascinating as to what else the forum collects. My wife is always on my case i collect too many things ....

 

[DashApple]

I collect Discharge lighting such as mercury , SOX , Metal halide , cool looking ones , I also collect VFD clocks .

I have 2 Russian ones and a few othere ones


IMG_0249 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr


SAM_0201 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr


SAM_1081 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr

1Kw Self ballasted mercury lamp , I have 2 1.25Kw reflector types on the way


SAM_1101 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr

Low pressure SOX lamps , 4 135W , 1 200W Linier style .


IMG_0512 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr


IMG_0520 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr


IMG_0506 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr


SAM_1132 by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr

 

[Razako]

 

[NKO29]

^FUCK Australian laws! I have more pics to upload sooon.

 

[NKO29]

...While i wait for GTA 5 to install!
TINY portion of my coins

Grenade cases (travel/shipping) 3 are from 1984, the one on the right is 1970

Matching rifle for bayonet posted earlier ( these have a slightly interesting story )
It is a 1943 Lee Enifield .303 rifle, that is totally non functioning...

All together (with german grenade pouch)

 

[Blaster]

I would love to get a Lee Enfield rifle but in working order. I'm very much a WW1 amateur historian. nice lot of militaria which is my main hobby with lasers .

 

[Razako]

^FUCK Australian laws! I have more pics to upload sooon.

What are Australia's gun laws? I know that they ban semi-auto rifles and stuff, but from what I've heard you can still own 'some' guns.

 

[Blaster]

Oh you can get guns, but as you said you can forget semi automatic rifles ,sniper rifles designed as that ie big thick barrels for better accuracy not just a scope on a normal rifle and similar very high powered rifles ,you cant get a hand gun unless your in a gun club have a perfect police record and its kept in a gun/rifle locker and the like. you cant carry a hand gun around with you, its only for when your taking it to a shooting range unless ,you are in law enforcement ..if you are a farmer you can get a shotgun and a rifle but nothing like what you can get in the US .I'm pretty sure this is correct, but if other aussies know more please, jump in ....back in the early eighties you could buy high powered rifles i had a 30.06 and a 270 Winchester. I just had to go to a police station fill out paperwork as to my criminal record ie none and back to the shop a week or so later to buy a rifle of my choice. I never remember being able to get a hand gun, it was involved very and even then you had to be in a gun club with a reference from the club and a gun locker to keep it in. Its only got a lot worse since then .

 

[benmwv]

Shit I didnt know they were that bad in aus. Ive got quite a few guns. 270, sks, ak-47 (silencer, flash supressor, bayonet, quick loaders for these 2), 4-10, 12 gauge, concealed carry .38 pistol (tiny!), 9mm, a few 22 rifles single shot and semi.

I live in west virginia though, where this is actually a small collection

Id like to get one of these low pressure sodium lamps, about how much would I need to spend for a small one?

 

[photovoltaic]

This is my most prized collection, not shown is a 1943 Mosin Nagant. For Canada this is considered "severely gun crazy".

About the guns:
Handguns:
Smith & Wesson M&P 40: .40 S&W
Norinco Woodsman: .22 LR

Shotguns:
Maverick 88 Pistol Grip: 12 gauge
Stoeger M3500 Semi-Auto: 12 gauge
Cooey Break action: 12 gauge
(The other semi-Auto I sold)

The Rest:
2 x Russian SKS. 1954 & 1953:7.62x39mm
Ruger 10-22(archangel stock):.22 LR 3-9x40 optics
Remington Model 700 SPS: 7mm Rem Mag. 4-12x40 optics
Mosin Nagant 1943: 7.62x54R (not shown)

 

[Blaster]

Another thing i collect is Military medals of USA ,England ,France,Russia
and some German
What follows is a small selection of the more well known ones.i will put descriptions in after posting the last group of photos in a few minutes

1 Medal of Honor with Silver star and Bronze star on right in case of issue of the medal of honor.
2 Distinguished flying cross 4rd highest award for US Air force ,Air Medal and Purple Heart
3 WW1 Distinguished Service Order group of 4 for gallantry on western front to British officer KIA Oct 1917
4 Distinguished Service Medal for Senior US Army officers for exceptional service in battle
5 Distinguished Service Cross second highest award to US army soldiers.
6 Purple heart close up For wounds caused by enemy action or Death in battle.
7 Distinguished flying cross close up 4rd highest award for US Air force
8 Silver Star and Medal of honor in case of issue of the medal of honor. Silver star 3rd highest award to all US armed forces for gallantry or meritorious service. Medal of Honor the Highest award to US military service personal

All these medals are for gallantry or being wounded.

 

[Blaster]

1 Bronze Star close up next to medal of honor. 4th highest award to US Army
2 Navy Cross close up 2nd highest award to US navy and marines.
3 WW2 Senior French officers medals with some very high orders of gallantry in it for fighting with the resistance during the war.
4 Medal of Honor close up United States highest award for Gallantry. Awarded to a Staff Sargent in Vietnam for jumping on top of a grenade to save the men around him in the dugout they were in.
5 Group shot of the rest of my complete US collection rather than spread them all over the table.
6 WW1 British gallantry group to a Captain with Military cross and french criox de guerre at the end for dragging in a wounded man under fire from the Germans,in August 1916
7 Group of British miniatures in frame from Boer war 1899 service to Vietnam 1975
8 WW1 British Military medal and bar group meaning second award for bravery to a SGT who went through the entire war but was KIA on the very last day of the war 11/11/1918.The round plaque in center was given to next of kin, the Bar above the first medal is the indication he was awarded that medal twice for bravery.