Hi all
I want to build an ARVN Dingo but i don't know what's version.
Dingo have many version (MK.I, MK.II, MK.III,...)
I just have this photo
Please tell me exactly the vesion.
Thanks all
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Question about ARVN Dingo armore
solid3939
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 02:40 AM UTC
KPHeinrich
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 04:23 AM UTC
Hello,
I think the pictures shows a Lynx Scout car.
Take a look at this : http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/cmparmour/lynx.html
HTH
Heinrich
I think the pictures shows a Lynx Scout car.
Take a look at this : http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/cmparmour/lynx.html
HTH
Heinrich
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 04:34 AM UTC
I agree with Heinrich. According to James W. Loop, the ARVN didn't use Daimler Dingos, but it was equipped with ex-Malaysian Ford Lynx scout cars. You can see his letter to the editor of Armored Cars mentioning that here (on page 7) :
http://www.warwheels.net/images/ACJfinal14.pdf
Another ARVN Lynx (mistakenly IDed as a Dingo) picture from Jerzy Krzemiński's Picasa album :
Informations about the Lynx pictured in the first post here
Azimut had released a resin 1/35th scale Lynx but it's OOP...;
HTH
Frenchy
http://www.warwheels.net/images/ACJfinal14.pdf
Another ARVN Lynx (mistakenly IDed as a Dingo) picture from Jerzy Krzemiński's Picasa album :
Informations about the Lynx pictured in the first post here
Azimut had released a resin 1/35th scale Lynx but it's OOP...;
HTH
Frenchy
solid3939
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Posted: Monday, June 20, 2011 - 05:23 PM UTC
Thanks for all useful info !