All Metal Dash weekend

[Les Parker]

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

[bt1211]

73series88 Do you have pics of your rollbar? I;m interested in getting one or having one bent.

[disco2hse]

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

7th Armoured Division.

Like this:



Don't know what its doing on a lightweight when they weren't even in production then.

Like the Austin by the way. A60?

[stomper]

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!

[jac04]

Don't know what its doing on a lightweight when they weren't even in production then.

It is not an acurate millitary insignia.

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:

[luckyjoe]

jac04,

That's just cool! Thanks for sharing...

[disco2hse]

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.

[Lord Icon]

The rat with pipes, Rampant..
and the tile mosaic of Tobruk, at Mackay , Queensland.

[Bostonian1976]

I like the rat painted on the outside, instead of the mice on the inside of my Rover...

[TSR53]

WOW, some great info in here gents, keep it flowing in!