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Armor/AFV: Canadian Armor
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LAV III from Real Model build progress
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 05:30 AM UTC
WoooooooOOOOOOOOOWW! That looks SO COOL!
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 06:04 AM UTC
I have mine now.......thanks a million Miloslav!

First impressions.......this has set the standard for what a resin conversion should be like.......extremely well cast, awesome details, great instruction sheets, tons of superb PE, and lots of accessories.

I will try to get an in box review done but my priority is to get building......a build article is already in the works......as well a LAV III in Afghanistan reference article is complete.
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 06:12 AM UTC
Thanks all. I thinks that TUA as well looks great.
Miloslav
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 07:16 AM UTC
The LAV III TUA will be fantastic as well.....very unique Canadian AFV.
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:41 AM UTC
Another stunning creation Miloslav. I think this may be my favorite of all of your models.

Now all we need are some modern crew figures......

-Matt
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:45 AM UTC

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Another stunning creation Miloslav. I think this may be my favorite of all of your models.

Now all we need are some modern crew figures......

-Matt


Thanks Matt.
I have figure from HELO, this is very, very excellent. From this firm I need figure for LAV III.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:58 AM UTC

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Now all we need are some modern crew figures......


I have heard through the modelling grapevine that a modern Canadian crew set might already be in the works by an unknown master maker.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 01:50 PM UTC

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I have figure from HELO, this is very, very excellent. From this firm I need figure for LAV III.


I agree.....the HELO Minatures Stryker crew and the US Infantry on Patrol figure sets are very nice looking.....it would be great to see them produce some Canadian figures.
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 05:37 PM UTC
Brilliant work the Milo.
whats with the bottles taped on the arial???

And Can we expect to see a NZ lav 3 in the future?

Cheers
David
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 06:29 PM UTC

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Brilliant work the Milo.
whats with the bottles taped on the arial???


The empty inverted water bottles taped to the antennas are a field expedient method for Canadian troops in Afghanistan to carry chemical light sticks for identification purposes during night operations.....just unscrew the top....activate the light stick....pop in the light stick....screw on the top and they are set until they need to change the light sticks....it is common to use Infra Red chemical light sticks.
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 06:37 PM UTC
Lol you Canadians sure have some good ideas.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 06:59 PM UTC
Simple yet Effective.....a good rule to follow on and off the battlefield.

Hey David....Invercargill....Where dreams can come true.....Burt Munro....correct?...oh...and Tim Shadbolt.
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Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 07:04 PM UTC
Ya man thats the one
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Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 08:37 PM UTC
Couple of questions :

If I'm not mistaken I think resin wheels are shown on the boxart, are they included in the conversion or not?

What's needed to build a NZ vehicle with this conversion? Any corrections/additions?

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 09:49 PM UTC

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Couple of questions :

If I'm not mistaken I think resin wheels are shown on the boxart, are they included in the conversion or not?

What's needed to build a NZ vehicle with this conversion? Any corrections/additions?

Cheers,

Christophe


Hi.
Conversion set included resin wheels ( as well spare wheel)
NZLAV have front part as US Stryker - Canadian is different.
I wish quickly prepare NZLAV but uparmoured .
Miloslav
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Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 11:06 PM UTC
Hi Miloslav. Eventhough, Im not really into modern armor, I can always delight at your build and paint work. Excellent work everytime. If I ever was to be tempted again, I guess something like this would do it.
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Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 03:38 AM UTC
One of the most awesome builds. Great work.! You are just one fantastic builder... I guess we should thank Charles King...aka ti for scratch building one of the first LAV 3 models out there which I have no doubt started the production of the LAV 3 series... Could be wrong but i have not seen one intil i saw Charles model. Either way...it is the best scratchbuild lav 3 to date...unless i am missing something.
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