Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Happily the uniform regulations are online, with photos showing people wearing each order of dress.

Things that bite people putting together military uniforms include

1) mixing things from different orders of dress

2) mixing things from different time-periods

3) mixing things from different units

4) mixing military and civilian items

and last but not least

5) having the right kit but not wearing it properly.

With the regulations and the photos therein as your guide you should be able to avoid all those pitfalls.

I see just about all the items required for No1 Dress show up on Ebay regularly: the Glengarry, doublet, badges, belt, sporran, kilt, hose-tops, flashes, spats, brogues. I think the least-seen thing is the doublet. There's only one up now, an officer's doublet.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...cotland&_oac=1
Thank you for that guidance OC Richard – it was actually reading the uniform regulations that inspired me in this project and so I absolutely want to use them as my ‘bible’ here!

I get annoyed enough by people not wearing the kilt properly in civilian dress so if I’m going to do this project I certainly want to get all the details absolutely correct I certainly won’t be mixing military and civilian gear, with the only exception that I probably will make use of the kilt for other occasions once I have it – my understanding is that it is an even heavier weight than normal, which should be useful on some occasions, I think.