G'day All
The last few months have been busy on the LRPV front. What with 2 recent recoveries over east, one replica underway, another nearly complete and a heap of new photos landing on my doorstep, I would say things are going great guns.
As you know, the SASR Museum has an intermediate configured LRPV in their collection. It came straight from service into storage and then underwent a cosmetic renovation by the SAS workshops. As part of the recent aquisition of photos, a number of photos were of this LRPV before and after the renovation.
As can be seen in photo 1, the LRPV appears in a 'in service' two tone green camo scheme. By the looks of it, the overcoat was applied using a brush. It is probably 'new' Olive Drab simply painted over the original 'faded' Olive Drab. Even the steering wheel copped it.
The Communications box hanging from the ROPS is of interest. It is obviously an afterthought as the rear secondary horizontal bar on the ROPS has simply been cut, a section removed and the box welded in place. This box is a simpler version of the one installed in my LRPV '323'.
Check out how the SAS boys have crudely 'stitched' together the PSP matting on the side.
Also of interest is the camo scheme not only applied to the vehicle but to the gear and equipment carried. Due to it's 'new look' I presume that the renovation team has 'patch' painted the gear using a paint brush and spray gun. The vehicle scheme also looks a little dubious. I'm not sure if this is authentic or simply applied by a fella with a creative artistic mind. Check out the camo'd SLR sitting in the back.
Anyway, enjoy the photos.
