RAF Harrier Force Unimog - Hard or Soft Top?

[TimB 274]

Hi, all, I'm trying to convert the CMK Unimog to an RAF one as used on the RAFG Harrier Force in the mid 1980s.  Does anyone know if the hard top Moggy was used on the HF sqns, or were they all soft tops?  I have a faint memory that the hard top ones were usually restricted to bomb dumps, but those brain cells are not very reliable.  I only have a few pics from 4 Sqn and they all show soft tops, which will need rather more work on the cab.

Thanks

Tim    

[tweeky 235]

from memory all Harrier Sqn had soft top Unimogs for towing the jets. We had a hard top one in Berlin for exactly the same reason as well as snow clearing with a brush attachment.

[TimB 274]

Thanks, tweeky.  I suspect it may have been because the soft tops had better visibility with the top down.  I'll cut the cab down to a soft top, then.  

All the best

Tim

 

[Selwyn 2,322]

In my time on harriers we had both hard and soft tops on 4 squadron.

 

Selwyn

 

 

[TimB 274]

Thanks Selwyn.  I think I may still go with the soft top as I've photos that show the number plate from one on a site at Osnabruck in '85.  One of the rate occasions we "deployed" to an airfield.

 

Regards

 

Tim

[modelldoc 456]

Mostly are soft tops, sen in pictures from these times.

BW had it also as a soft top model.

It's in my stash, time to build in 2021

 

modelldoc

[st george 36]

Had both hard and soft tops on 4 sqn when I was there. Mostly soft tops though.

 

cheers Dave

[TimB 274]

Thanks, all.  Wish I had taken a few more photos at the time...

 

Have a good New Year.

 

Regards

 

Tim