Guess what

[mart678]

Hi Everyone
Hope you like it

[jimduncanuk]

Hope you like it

It's a Ferret Mark 2

[Sunray]

It's a Ferret Mark 2

Bang on with the vehicle recognition -  an FV 701 H .  My favourite before the big wheeled Mk3 which was not as nimble.
Looking good Marty .  Its is nit picking at this scale, but are the headlights missing ? They would be next to the smoke dischargers.   This little detail won't stop be buying a troop .    A neat piece of model building in 1/150 scale.  Nice work Mart.

I can now stop putting dustbin turrets on my Dingos.

Great little vehicle for post war skirmishing.  Lots of African bush wars  and Cold War applications. Still in front line service with seven nations.  Bring it on ! 

[mollinary]

Is it just me, or is vehicle recognition made a bit easier by having the label "Ferret Mk 2" under each photo?   

Mollinary

[Techno]

Is it just me, or is vehicle recognition made a bit easier by having the label "Ferret Mk 2" under each photo?    Mollinary

No.

It helped me enormously.

Cheers - Phil (Who wouldn't know if was a lie, to lull me into a false sense of security, though.)

[mart678]

Hi Sunray

The lights are grey stuffed to smoke grenades for ease of casting they will show up on metal models

regards
Martin

[Sunray]

Is it just me, or is vehicle recognition made a bit easier by having the label "Ferret Mk 2" under each photo?  

Mollinary

Sorry, but I never take a label at face value.  There is an AFV on the Pendraken website that claims to be a Daimler A/C.  Check it out and you will find its a Humber A/C.  To be fair its in the comment section - but the label is Daimler  

What is commonly called a Mk2 is correctly a Mk 2/3 .  I will endeavour to explain; To avoid confusion I will give the official Fighting Vehicle code numbers.

There are at least six marks of Ferret- seven if you count the FV721
The Mk1 FV 701 J was open topped - inspired by the 'sawn off Daimler' of 1945 (Matchbox had a model of one in the 1960s)
      Mk1/2  FV704 had a small flat topped turret - with external gun pintle for LMG. It was originally called the Mk2.
      Mk 2/3 FV701 H  is what we have.  A rebuild of the 1/2 but a proper turret with integral MG mounting - usually a .30  
            Browning which Mart has correctly displayed.
      Mk  4   FV711  the big wheeled ferret with a flotation screen and upgraded suspension
      Mk  5   FV 712  with Swingfires -
      Mk 2/6  FV 703   with Vigilant  

The correct designation would be Ferret Mk 2/3.

Apologies to Mart -  best 1/150 model I have seen for a long time.

Cheers

Sunray

[fsn]

It's pretty!

Want one or 3! 

[mollinary]

Sorry, but I never take a label at face value.  There is an AFV on the Pendraken website that claims to be a Daimler A/C.  Check it out and you will find its a Humber A/C.  To be fair its in the comment section - but the label is Daimler  

What is commonly called a Mk2 is correctly a Mk 2/3 .  I will endeavour to explain; To avoid confusion I will give the official Fighting Vehicle code numbers.

There are at least six marks of Ferret- seven if you count the FV721
The Mk1 FV 701 J was open topped - inspired by the 'sawn off Daimler' of 1945 (Matchbox had a model of one in the 1960s)
      Mk1/2  FV704 had a small flat topped turret - with external gun pintle for LMG. It was originally called the Mk2.
      Mk 2/3 FV701 H  is what we have.  A rebuild of the 1/2 but a proper turret with integral MG mounting - usually a .30  
            Browning which Mart has correctly displayed.
      Mk  4   FV711  the big wheeled ferret with a flotation screen and upgraded suspension
      Mk  5   FV 712  with Swingfires -
      Mk 2/6  FV 703   with Vigilant  

The correct designation would be Ferret Mk 2/3.

Apologies to Mart -  best 1/150 model I have seen for a long time.

Cheers

Sunray

WOW!!!!!!! Brain Overload!!!!!!  TMI for feeble mind!!!!!!     

Mollinary

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Cute! Is that a penny or tuppence?

[paulr]

Cute! Is that a penny or tuppence?

Based on the picture label I'm guessing tuppence 

[Techno]

 

£1 coin ? Looks too thick for a 1p or 2p to my rubbish eyesight.
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Ferret is  3.7m long In 1:150 that would be  24.6mm.

£1  22.5mm, 3.15mm thick
2p  25.9mm, 2.03mm thick
1p  20.3mm, 1.65mm thick

I'd say it's 2 x 2p coin?

[fsn]

or a £1 coin.

[mart678]

Hi Everyone

Apart from the Swingfire version on the Mk4 chassis( will do the version on the Fox chassis)
The model I have done as shown a Mk2
also has a lift out section to do the early Mk1 with .30
an insert to make the version with the stepped top
also the turret and side bin to make the Mk2/6 Vigilant? version
the turret will also be used for the Saracen
I will post the other versions tomorrow when I get back from my check up tomorrow

Martin