1/24 scale Daimler Ferret (Kit Form Services resin kit)

[PeteF]

Finished except for antennas and rear view mirrors. Excellent kit, first time building a resin kit, first armor kit I've done. Models a 1959 Ferret that we purchased and is under mechanical restoration in Texas.

[HubertB]

Absolutely gorgeous build and finish !

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Hubert

[PeteF]

Link to WIP thread. So much of it was fitting small pieces that it was hard to document it meaningfully. Much different than an aircraft model in that the large assemblies were pre made and all the time was in attaching things that were mostly complete but of which there were a zillion fiddly ones.

 

 

[GazzaS]

Great Job!

 

[tupeman]

 

A good job and seeing the interior driving this armored car with the steering wheel in this position has to be a challenge. CHEERS

[PeteF]

Jey Leno just did a segment about his. You can see the driving position. His was built in the same batch of 225 Ferrets as ours.

 

 

[harv]

Dont know how I missed this. Very well done !....harv 

[PeteF]

Always a modeler, I had to paint the correct vehicle number on the real one. 

[Jackster]

That ia an awesome build, great attention to detail!

Cheers

Kev

[PeteF]

More model building on the real one. M1919 gun barrel.

[Clunkmeister]

Pete, being that you’re in Arizona and this is in Texas, could you just not fit a real 1919?  They’re certainly out there..

Awesome job, BTW, and good to see you building 

[belugawhaleman]

Looks real convincing. Well done!

[PeteF]

On 9/12/2021 at 10:30 PM, Clunkmeister said:

Pete, being that you’re in Arizona and this is in Texas, could you just not fit a real 1919?  They’re certainly out there..

Awesome job, BTW, and good to see you building 

They’re too expensive just to have a barrel poking out and the mount in the turret is for a GPMG. The 1911 mounts are impossible to get because they were all removed and trashed when they were replaced by GPMGs.

[Clunkmeister]

On 9/19/2021 at 9:04 AM, PeteF said:

They’re too expensive just to have a barrel poking out and the mount in the turret is for a GPMG. The 1911 mounts are impossible to get because they were all removed and trashed when they were replaced by GPMGs.

Yeah I hear you there. Real air cooled tax stamp 1919s sell for around 30-35.  For that money, I’d have a 34, a 42, or an MG3, even though they’re still active duty all over the world. 

[eric blythe]

I am starting to find a Ferret and a kit.

Where can I buy this kit, please

Eric

Brisbane, queensland, australia  4109

30/18 Romulus Street, Reception

Robertson 4109

Australia