My CWU-27P flightsuit. The patches are from Joseph Kerezman; captainamerca on eBay. I ordered them before I had heard of his...less than stellar reputation on the forums. Luckily, I had no issues with my order. Despite the problems I've heard, I have to say that his patches really are quite impressive. Especially for the cost. If you are going to consider ordering from him, I'd suggest making an informed decision and reading up on him: http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6431 http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2557 I reviewed all of the info, debates and opinions about whether or not the flightsuits in the first movie were dyed and decided that it really didn't matter what they did back in 1984. The suits from back then are different than the suits we can get today. So whether they were gray, khaki, or khaki dyed to gray the end result is to get them to look the same as they did on the screen. At least that was my goal. I dyed my suit exactly as EgonsGlasses described in "How to Dye a Nomex Flightsuit, elbow pads, belt..." thread in the Tutorials & Guides section of the forum. (http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=5038&p=44264#p44264) ------------------------------------------------------- I removed the nametag velcro before starting these steps! Step 1: Wash the suit with liquid detergent 2: Dry the suit with 10 dryer sheets. Cleaned lint trap before and after. 3: Prepared dye bath. Placed 2 packets of Rit Pearl Grey in a large jar. Added 1 cup of salt. Mixed with hot water. 4: Filled large black storage container with hot water. 5: Drenched the suit in the container, zippers open. Removed suit from container. 6: Dumped the dye bath jar in the large storage container. Added 1 tbls of liquid detergent. 7: Added suit to the large container in the dye bath. removed air bubbles in the flight suit. Closed the lid and shook the container around for a minute or two. 8: Let the suit sit in the dye bath for 2.5 hours. Agitated the container for a minute or two about every half hour. 9: Removed suit from dye bath. Washed in washing machine with nothing added to the wash. Dried the suit with 10 more dryer sheets. 10: Put on suit and busted ghosts! -------------------------------------------------------
