Methinks the red rodent is a Desert Rat aka a gerbil or the like.
Some pix I took at the weekend
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23292765@N07/?saved=1
Methinks the red rodent is a Desert Rat aka a gerbil or the like.
Some pix I took at the weekend
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23292765@N07/?saved=1
Les Parker
Tech. Support and Parts Specialist
Rovers North Inc.
73series88 Do you have pics of your rollbar? I;m interested in getting one or having one bent.
It is not an acurate millitary insignia. That is Jac04's beautifully restored Lightweight. He has a thread here on the forum with the whole rebuild. He added the insignia near the end of the rebuild thread, and you can read about it if you like.
I believe there was a heated discussion as to weather he should use the insignia or not, as it was not original to the vehicle. Regardless, I like it, and it looks better than a bare door!
Bad gas mileage gets you to some of the greatest places on earth.
I only decided to add the insignia after doing some research. Lightweights were used in the Gulf, and the Desert Rats (7th Armoured Brigade, not Division) were there. The insignia itself is as accurate as possible based on real insignia (except it is a decal instead of painted). The placement is accurate, although it is my understanding that when the vehicles were prepped for the Gulf, they received the inverted V but were not supposed to display insignia. According to some members of the EMLRA, some vehicles still displayed insignia as well. So, that's the route I chose.
Here are a few examples of real 7th Armoured Brigade insignia:
Memorial at Mundford, in Thetford Forest, Norfolk England:
This next one is as real as it gets. This Desert Rat was painted on another LHD SIII Lightweight after it was prepped for the desert by being painted flat tan. Right before deployment, forces were notified of the required inverted V marking, and the inverted V was then painted over the Desert Rat. My insignia was made as a copy of this:
Last edited by jac04; 09-28-2010 at 08:02 AM.
jac04,
That's just cool! Thanks for sharing...
Tom P.
1965 exMoD 109
1995 RRC LWB w/EAS
OK. No argument from me
Just surprised to see it, that's all.
By the way, have you tried to do any research into your actual vehicle? It's deployments, etc.?
Does look very smart from here.
The rat with pipes, Rampant..
and the tile mosaic of Tobruk, at Mackay , Queensland.
Whence came you my brother ? From the East....
I like the rat painted on the outside, instead of the mice on the inside of my Rover...
'67 sort of station wagon (limestone), '65 gray hardtop, '63 blue Station Wagon, '64 limestone station wagon in pieces
WOW, some great info in here gents, keep it flowing in!