Richard Farrant Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Hi Wally, On the first page you posted, at the bottom is listed a Ferret and a Saladin laying at RAOC Rowcroft Barracks. As I worked at the REME workshops at that location at Ashford, I recall the Ferret being one of the types used in Malaya, with the extended top to the hull with the turret on top of that, I beleive it may have come from a cadet force or gate guardian as it was pretty rough and neglected. The Saladin had been used for recovery practise and had been rolled over many times, I think all the mudguards and side lockers were missing, the Tank Museum had contacted me to give a report on it, but it was in to bad a condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Surprisingly a small number of the extended turret version were brought back to the UK to see service with the TA. The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry had a least one and the later Royal Yeomanry at least two. I had one which I never got round to restoring which had served in both Regiments. I have been unable to find out who now has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I remember seeing one in Pounds yard (indoors) & another with several other Ferrets at Boscombe Down partially filled with concrete used for payload trials or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Found the Ferrets tucked away at an air show at Boscombe Down in 1990, far more interesting than looking at aeroplanes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Also a Landy getting into the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, fv1609 said: Found the Ferrets tucked away at an air show at Boscombe Down in 1990, far more interesting than looking at aeroplanes. Personally, I can't work out if this is an Armoured personnel carrier, or an Armoured car with balconies Edited December 26, 2023 by Mark Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I think some were retained by the regulars as well. I'm pretty sure this example, which I photographed at Westdown Camp, Tilshead SPTA, in about 69/70, belonged to 15/19KRH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry examples had their Regimental Crests applied in the same positions as these in the form of colour decals. These look very similar to the RWY Crest but obviously if you were there at the time and examined the vehicles closely you must be correct. I would not have imagined that a regular Regiment would wanted these vehicles with their inherent stability problems due to their raised height. There must have been hundreds of the others marks in storage at the time. Edited December 25, 2023 by REME 245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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10FM68 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 hour ago, REME 245 said: The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry examples had their Regimental Crests applied in the same positions as these in the form of colour decals. These look very similar to the RWY Crest but obviously if you were there at the time and examined the vehicles closely you must be correct. I would not have imagined that a regular Regiment would wanted these vehicles with their inherent stability problems due to their raised height. There must have been hundreds of the others marks in storage at the time. Well, I'd sooner trust your evidence than mine given how long ago it was. Certainly 15/19H were there at that time because I was given a ride in one of their Centurions and allowed to fire the turret Browning! But, it looks to me as though those Ferrets certainly don't have the 15/19H badge on the turret - they look much closer to the RWY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 CLIVE was looking for a list of foreign manufactured armour at FVRDE and remembered FV426 mockup sorry do not have a picture or drawings but funny the other day my wife watched a salvage hunters from the hovercraft museum and there was a number of FVRDE mockups from beverley and the westland helicopter made out of wood on truck the museum at beverley had a large collection of mockup models from FVRDE BOVINGTON collected some when l was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 1 hour ago, wally dugan said: CLIVE was looking for a list of foreign manufactured armour at FVRDE and remembered FV426 mockup sorry do not have a picture or drawings but funny the other day my wife watched a salvage hunters from the hovercraft museum and there was a number of FVRDE mockups from beverley and the westland helicopter made out of wood on truck the museum at beverley had a large collection of mockup models from FVRDE BOVINGTON collected some when l was there This place ? https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/collections/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Ok Wally thanks for looking. Mark at that Hovercraft museum there were a number of models of projects that included Project Prodigal for a vertical take-off fighting vehicle. Several companies submitted their ideas for creating such a thing. I used to have the paperwork for the Shorts version of how it might be achieved with a jet engine mounted vertically in the centre of the vehicle. There is a model of that at the museum. I have photos of a wind tunnel model I don't know if that is what is on display or whether there is a more comprehensively structured model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 I wonder if the Alvis / Westland one is there as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 They put a Stalwart up against a hovercraft, at that site near Matchams on the Dorset border. Someone said they had a copy of the film, but it's not materialised yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 It came a long way from them early trials clive the mock up drawing was of the models held at BEVERLEY when the rep from Bovington came to FVRDE he was allowed to take only tracked mockup models he spent most of the day with me so any of those he took should be at the museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 12/31/2023 at 1:05 AM, Mark Ellis said: They put a Stalwart up against a hovercraft, at that site near Matchams on the Dorset border. Someone said they had a copy of the film, but it's not materialised yet. That will be QinetiQ Hurn these days, methinks. Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Saw these at Instow 2008 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 (edited) Last week l was offered a ledger from the MEXE interwar period from a deceased estate they sent a page from it which includes a list of registrations for such as morris eight wheeler new hudson motorcycle douglas matchless silver arrow O.E.C latil tractor truck manufactures and car l have now purchased it and a wait for it Edited January 29 by wally dugan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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