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Alvis Salamander, Stalwart, Saracen, and Saladin series of 6X6 wheeled vehicles

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PR19_Kit

#150
June 05, 2023, 02:16:33 AM
With rulings like that the human race will become extinct as the kids will all die from fright at the first sign of danger that they see in their teens.  :banghead:  :banghead:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#151
October 06, 2024, 07:15:43 AM
Armoured Stalwart protoype with Swingfire ATGWs:

From a Think Defence article here: https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/10/swingfire-atgw/

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PR19_Kit

#152
October 06, 2024, 07:38:57 AM
No cab windows at all?

How the devil did they see to drive it?

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Mossie

#153
October 07, 2024, 02:35:15 AM
Nice find Harold, some very interesting stuff on that page.


Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 06, 2024, 07:38:57 AMNo cab windows at all?

How the devil did they see to drive it?

Looks like there's a periscope on top, along with some prism viewing ports on the cab brow. I imagine if it went into production, there'd be something more conventional as they're likely to be knocked out.
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Mossie

#154
March 01, 2025, 01:32:03 PM
Some Rescue variants of the Stalwart, first two on Wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Stalwart

Bangkok Airport rescue with water monitor
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RAF Gan reef rescue with pumping equipment
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And one from Rapid Response Rescue Service in the UK:
https://www.assetbid.com/private-treaty-sale/equipment/alvis-stalwart-amphibious-vehicle
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I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Mossie

#155
March 01, 2025, 01:34:30 PM
And one from the Korea Oceanographic Research and Development Institute, just because it's in allover red. From the Wiki page mentioned above.

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I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

PR19_Kit

#156
March 01, 2025, 03:42:02 PM
They're EVERYwhere!  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Mossie

#157
March 01, 2025, 05:11:22 PM
Comes from being amphibious, nowhere it can't go... ;)
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

scooter

#158
March 01, 2025, 06:06:46 PM
Quote from: Mossie on March 01, 2025, 05:11:22 PMComes from being amphibious, nowhere it can't go... ;)
But wouldn't that make them an invasive species?

They also made it into space, serving with the Alliance (Firefly)




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Nick

#159
May 24, 2025, 01:02:05 PM
Funderbirds Are Go!

Apparently these ran up and down Cleethorpes Beach in the 80s and 90s as something more exciting than donkey rides  ;D

Weaver

#160
May 24, 2025, 06:44:30 PM
Quote from: Mossie on March 01, 2025, 01:32:03 PMAnd one from Rapid Response Rescue Service in the UK:
https://www.assetbid.com/private-treaty-sale/equipment/alvis-stalwart-amphibious-vehicle
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Wow - that's an old Mk.1!

You can tell because all the sill lines are horizontal. On the Mk.2 and onwards, the front side windows and outboard front windows got a dropped sill line to improve the driver's vision to the corners of the vehicle.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

#161
May 25, 2025, 01:03:05 AM
Quote from: Nick on May 24, 2025, 01:02:05 PMApparently these ran up and down Cleethorpes Beach in the 80s and 90s as something more exciting than donkey rides  ;D


Nothings more exciting than a donkey ride, esspecially when you hi-jack the donkeys  ;) They love a good race  ;D
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Mossie

#162
May 25, 2025, 01:22:49 AM
Quote from: Nick on May 24, 2025, 01:02:05 PMFunderbirds Are Go!

Apparently these ran up and down Cleethorpes Beach in the 80s and 90s as something more exciting than donkey rides  ;D



Oh, if we'd have frequented Cleethorpes I'd have pestered my parents mad to get a ride on on those. Although they probably wouldn't have stumped for it that's what grandparents are for though. ;D  We used to go to Bridlington and Scarborough, so we didn't have to pay the Humber Bridge tolls. I'm gutted. :(

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Mossie

#163
May 25, 2025, 01:27:16 AM
There's an article on the guy who ran them. Seems he had a collection including DUKWs which he took over to Normandy for Band of Brothers. Even had a tallboy in the garden!

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/tributes-grimsby-man-whose-collection-4621379
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

NARSES2

#164
May 25, 2025, 01:30:28 AM
Quote from: Mossie on May 25, 2025, 01:27:16 AMEven had a tallboy in the garden!


Hope it wasn't like those stories you occaisionaly hear about where someone has had a WWII grenade in their souvenir box for 75 year or more and they suddenly discover it's live  :o
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