cornish model armour Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Hi can anyone help me with some good quality photos of the Ferret 2/6 with the vigilant missiles on the turret. I am just about to start building one in 1/35 scale and cant seem to find any good clear pics on line, if you can help please email me at sharoton05@btinternet.com Don't mind if pics are colour or B&W. many thanks - Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Hi Tony.. welcome to the forum, maybe you could tell us a bit about yourself in the Introductions & Welcome section http://www.hmvf.co.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=38&board=19.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Hi can anyone help me with some good quality photos of the Ferret 2/6 with the vigilant missiles on the turret. I am just about to start building one in 1/35 scale and cant seem to find any good clear pics on line, if you can help please email me at sharoton05@btinternet.com Don't mind if pics are colour or B&W. many thanks - Tony Tony, I have several dozen pictures from all sorts of angles of the Bovy Ferret. But bear in mind the Bovy one is not a 2/6 it is a 2/3 with a 2/6 turret dropped on. I have some pics but of a genuine 2/6. Also decide what Vigilants you want to display. Bovy has a 889 on one & a 897 on the other which is a bit incongruous. Furthermore one of the launch bins is an early type that is not compatable with the 2/6 set up. Watch out because there are some FVRDE pics of Vigilant on Ferret that predate the 2/6. The FVRDE one had struts welded onto the turret & could not be elevated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Pat Ware's Ferret book has some good pictures in it. Baz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 This picture any use? http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/mk_2-6_vigilant.jpg[/img] Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 This picture any use? http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/mk_2-6_vigilant.jpg Andy Do I espy a vertically-elongated left-hand side-bin there, presumably to accommodate a couple reloads? Only 30 years later does it occur me that I cannot recall our Mark 5s having a similar arrangement for their Swingfires. Suddenly it seems that had the Cold War got hot, GW Troop would have spent their time going back for replens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Do I espy a vertically-elongated left-hand side-bin there, presumably to accommodate a couple reloads? Yes you are right, that is the giveaway. The Bovy one has a spare wheel there indicating that is just a 2/3 with a 2/6 turret popped on. I took part in a film made by SSCV for the RAC on the history of guided weapons. I got them to change the script as this Ferret was being used in the filming. I got it changed to say that this represented a Vigilant Ferret, in the real one there would have been two spare missiles where the tyre was. There were one or two other points I wanted them to change but, the script had all been cleared by MOD as being technically correct...so what do I know? Anyway it was a good day out, I got a nice lunch, the Hornet pranced around & I got a nice video of the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 ... it was a good day out, I got a nice lunch, the Hornet pranced around & I got a nice video of the film. ... and the video is where exactly on HMVF TV??? ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I like the hatch rubber bump stops! they look like a pair of sink plungers put on upside down! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 ... and the video is where exactly on HMVF TV??? ;o) Much as I would like to, it is copyright. It was a damn good film, not because the Hornet was in it, but a lot of footage of GWs including German X-7 & Hs293. Also introduced TRIGAT & touched on Orange William, Vigilant etc. It was a very professionally made film for introducing RAC AT crews into the history of GWs. I gather my experience is much like filming anywhere, be on set at 0800 then don't actually need you to do your bit until 1600. It was a half hour film made in 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Alien, the MK5 has a bin on each side of the hull that lies under the turret launchers which contain 1 spare missile, ie 2 per veh. Baz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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