the piglet was policed up for royal military police POINTER teams in west belfast. we had twin blue light and red on white military police plates front and rear with 2 tone emergency horns behind the riot mess covering radiator. The roof was bare apart from cheese cutter, air intake 2 x radio antenna and flip roof. we did not have perspex on the roof
roof. belly plate were of macralon.
On 3/16/2010 at 3:16 PM, roy kinsella said:
Hi everyone
I'm a scale modeller and have found myself modelling Military Vehciles from "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland with my last few projects and this will likely be my direction for sometime into the future. Most models I build are not available to buy and I tend to convert or scratch build these kits from other bits to my needs.
My small collection now consists of a Humber Flying Pig, Saxon Patrol & a Land Rover Hotspur.
My next project however will be the Land Rover Piglet, used by the British Army.
Accurate Information is kinda tough to come by so I'm here to ask the people "in the Know" at HMVF for some help with my quieries. I've been here before with help for Humber Flying Pig and without the information I got here, particulary from Clive Eliott I would never have been able to complete my project so accurately!
I have alot of questions about the Piglet though and I'd really appreciate anyone who can help answering some (or all) of them;
This is the piglet version I'm focusing on (below)
(1) when did this version of the Piglet enter service and when did it finish up?
(2) I am assuming these vehciles never carried emergency blue lights, is this correct?
(3) When (roughly what year or era) did the "confidential Telephone" stenciling begin to be put on these vehciles? (I have only seen retired vehciles with signs of this yellow writing)
(4) Photographs I have from the very early 80's show this vehicle looking reletively new and the armoured sections of the vehcile are a different shade of green, was this the case with early vehciles in service?
(5) was the Piglet originally designed with Macrelon Armour clear vision guards on the roof or was this only on later variants? ..I'm looking for as much information as I can get about the rear roof hatches too
(6) Did many piglets carry the TUAAM radio boxes at the front?
(7) what color would be correct for these vehicles, olive green or olive drab??
(8) Did the APV Landrover replace the Piglet in the later 1980's or was this vehicle an additional armoured landy that was added to the invantory?
If anyone also has any photographs that they could post or send to me via email I'd be very appreciative! Particulary the inside of the vehcile as I have nothing in relation to this
British Army Land Rover Piglet in Northern Ireland (Model)
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Hiy Roy
the piglet was policed up for royal military police POINTER teams in west belfast. we had twin blue light and red on white military police plates front and rear with 2 tone emergency horns behind the riot mess covering radiator. The roof was bare apart from cheese cutter, air intake 2 x radio antenna and flip roof. we did not have perspex on the roof
roof. belly plate were of macralon.