Tony M

Result!

I'd like to thank Bruce for allowing me to crawl all over his fv439 (before it's sold) & take close onto 350 photos with loads of measurements.

Top bloke & he took me for a run out on his other 432 (he drove lol).

Shame the 439 is gunna be debagged & turned back into an APC.

Again thanks Bruce.

Tony

Comin' on just great.

I remember gettin' 'kit kat ar*#' sittin' on those seats lol

I take it you'll be taking it to perth?

Hopefully after Tuesday I'll have all the info I need to complete my project as soon as KFS's 432 comes out.

Tony M

Thanks Hoseman and Tony

 

I cocked up on the top rails (back rest) and cut them too short for some reason and only realised the fault there when I went to put the seat sections on for a dry fit !!!!!!!!!!!! So that is one fault needing fixed !!!!!!!!!

 

The other fault which I am having bigger problems figuring out is that the seat section supports do not now match up with the dimensions I have on my reference photos that I took at Linlithgow !!!!!! I have not glued the seat sections in place yet as I want to check all my dimensions out, from the cargo bed timbers, the vertical posts, the top rails, the seats and the seat supports !!!!!!!!!!

 

I probably need to do a basic scale drawing and set out all my available dimensions and weed out the daft ones !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks for looking in !!!!!!!!!!!

 

Need to watch Kelly's Heroes again !!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT FILM !!!!!!

Get a grip man!

Don't want any excuses at Perth, you can't build a flat bed like that & mess up on the seats? lol

You've got just over a week to get it sorted. lol

I'm not blowin' ya trumpet..............not just yet anyway lol

Tony

First temporary picture from KFS's fv432, master pattern only.

So I've got to go from this.................

to this..............Ptarmigan Triffid Radio fv439.

I wish me luck! lol

I'm about to start an FV439 SRC50 in 1:35 scale using the Accurate Armour kit. I got these photos of the vehicle at Armageddon near Leicester last year

 

Wasn't allowed to climb over it and I was with a group on a tank paintballing day but it was a start :-) I may be back there again soon so I'll do a proper walk around - also going to a tank driving day near Doncaster on Saturday and they have loads of 432 based vehicles, so I'll keep an eye out in case they have one...

 

http://s110.photobucket.com/user/mjstubley/slideshow/FV439%20SRC50

 

Do you have any pics of the top of the genny housing and interior?

 

Cheers

Hi

I'm helping you & I need help? lol

I've only a few pics of the interior & they are of the SAS MC & Triffid Radio Relay.

I was given loads of pics from the SAS MC of the genny housing & gennies & a few measurements.

Private message me your email & I'll forward ya what I'v got.

As for 'not' being let loose on the 439, I really need measurements & more pics inside & outside.

Ideally I need to be let loose all over a Ptarmigan Triffid Radio Relay FV439, for pics & measurements so I've got a good understanding for when I start my project.

Without the info, I won't be able to complete it? Maybe Armourgeddon have to deal with Health & Safety, that's why you wasn't allowed to climb on it?

Tony M

That'll look mint when the paint's on.

Will you be puttin' a canopy on, or keepin' it open back?

Tony

Looking good, I bet you've lost count on how many parts are just on that bed alone? lol.

You still goin' to the Perth show at the end of this month?

Tony M

Thanks Chas

Got a load of pics for the gennys & housing.....

Much appreciated

Tony M

I know where there is a FV439 if you wanted to have a look around one in the "Flesh". Based near Telford.

If it's a Radio Relay version, bring it on, I'm more than happy to arrange something & travel.

Can you private message on here? If you can, drop me some contact details.

regards

Tony M

No pressure on you at all Tony !!!!!!!!!!!

 

You just have to improve on your MK build !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!

 

NO PRESSURE REALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nige

Nige

With the amount of hours of labour that is going to be put into this project, if I was to charge, per hour, I could afford a 'real' fv439 lol, that's a thought...........

I'll buy a real one, take some photos, post em up on here & say "look what I've built" lol

Tony M

Tony,

Looking sweet already mate.

 

DJ working on the pack at present, hull & interior all finished. CAD for the track/sprockets & road wheels 75% there now. So masters could be ready next month.:yay:

 

Hopefully AndyM can get my problem with downloading 430 manuals sorted over the w/e. I'll let you know if there is any useful 439 stuff amongst it.:coffee:

 

Remember I want to see warm glowing lights inside:cool2::cool2:....loads of em

 

Howard @ KFS

Cheers H

Still, ya a bugger lol. I've got the fiber optics & leds.

Once I start on the Triffids I can work out what I need to do & once your kit is out I can then work out where it's all gunna go?

No damn pressure! lol

Tony M

Hi Tony

 

Nice to see you have got your teeth into the new project already !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have added this to my faves and will be watching closely !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the KFS kit when it comes on line too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nige

Nige

By the sound of it, there's enough detail on KFS's 432 without what I'm going to add to it & that comes with instructions, looking forward to it tho but, like yourself, I'm relying on other people for the relevent info for me to complete the project.

I'll just keep plodding along eh lol

Tony

Scam 12 mast

On the Ptarmigan comms wagon, I built the mast from evergreen & brass.......

& as you see it's prominently from evergreen.

On the fv439 I decided to add more detail to the mast & there are 70 separate parts of which only 13 are evergreen...

The rest are brass & are soldered together....

On these masts, there are moveable carrying handles & moveable handles that are for doing 'swings' for the directional antenna......

The mast can still be extended but the sections will be kept in the closed position when on the 439......

Tony M

Henshaw Garage, A69

Every now & then, they'll be an ex mil veh appears, then gets sold on.....

We have a tarpaulin just like that one on the Matador.

Must be a fashion statement with the Mats? lol

Tony yes its a Humber 1 Ton FV1601B (ie with winch)

I should have recognised that as there was a Humber 1-ton Radio Truck lol. Looks so different in that state.......

Allendale, Northumberland

& next to the AEC.......

Don't know if it's ex mil but it ended up on comms......

Tony M

I thought the tin foil was a bit thin but now you've mentioned the trays, that's ideal.

Detail's comin' on with your tank now you've added the pipe work & you say my project was detailed? lol

Tony M

That Reo wouldn't be for sale would it...looking all sorry and unloved!

 

Also that Landie steering column looks wrong, could it have an engine replacement. A mate of mine has one with an Isuzu diesel and the plastic shroud round the column looks the same

They've both been in the same loctaion (behind a hotel in the car park) for years & I've asked who owns them, no one knows?

As for the landie......

I didn't get under the hood but there are a few ex mil gear in the back: old style sleeping bag, jerry cans, water carriers, chair & a couple of other bits n pieces, all ex brit mil.

It wouldn't add up for the landie to go from mil to civvy (then lump conversion) & then throw some ex brit mil gear in the back & leave it standing to rot?

Bit of a mooch me thinks, covert that is lol

Tony M

At Chollerford, near Hexham, Northumberland.

Taken a few weeks ago.....

a sorry looking left hooker, airportable...

Gear lever & high/low ratio 4wd levers, but what's the other lever on the tunnel?

No visible signs of a winch, pto or external shaft drive?

Got me head under the hood today.......

Maybe this should answer the question if the lump had been changed?

Also at the same location, taken this week....

Tony M

I thought mine was bad lol.

It's more like a 'den', all you want now is a hamster wheel & Sippy Bottle, filled with your choice of refreshments? lol

Tony M

As if you had taken the roof off a real one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Love seeing more of these close ups !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you coming to Perth model show perhaps ??????????

 

Would love to see this close up !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nige

Nige

Perth Model Show is a 161 mile treck from me, It's in April, you never know? lol. If I decide to go, I'll let you know & I'll bring project P with me?

Tony M

Thanks for the feedback peeps, much appreciated.

H, you mentioned on the 439 how it got 'warm' will all that equipment humming away.........

well, the Ptarmigan comms wagon had a 'heater'.....

You can only see it from this angle on the model, even has the grill if you look closely & I removed the sky light to get a better picture. Sits next to the SLR rifle rack, which was a complete waste of time as the Rifle 5.56 (more commonly known as The SA80) came out as Ptarmigan did.........

Here's another couple of close ups:

From near to far: Quad cable, jerry can holder (repositioned from under the wagon) Arctic batteries & the back of the PCU Gould in the distance......

Here we've got the near side genny, 1 jerry can in place hooked up to the genny. Another Scam 12 mast with the cam poles next to that.

The gennies were slid out using the wheel brace on the red nut & the genny cradle would move via the worm drive.....

& here's the TACE, SHF & SEOW units & RF lever selector just to the right (under the bulletin board).

I thought this is a logical step for my next project from the Ptarmigan comms wagon.

KFS will be bringing out the FV432 in the not too distant future so a major conversion is in order, however.......

There's 3 variations of the 439 (Which is the Signals variant), Triffid/Radio Relay being one of them but I've never seen one in the flesh & as I have to research what the 439 looked like I've noticed that there are subtle differencies between the Radio Relay range, so any comments about 'this wasn't there' or 'that was here' would all be all technically correct to what ever 439 they know or came across.

I would like to get to see a Triffid/Radio Relay FV439 in the flesh for photos & measurements, so if anyone knows of one in or near the north of England, I would be most grateful for any help.

Some of the comms kit is the same as the Ptarmigan comms wagon so I'll be making them first & post pictures as I'm going along & hopefully they'll be better than my last project?

Regards

Tony M

Hope you've enjoyed this thread?

Next project.......Ptarmigan Triffid/Radio Relay FV439.

I'll be starting a new thread but this will be over months/year or 2? lol

KFS will be bringing out the FV432 soon & I'll be converting that.

Comms kit is already under way, pictures soon on the new thread.

& thanks for all your positive comments

Regards

Tony M