Hello All,
I know that there is a Stryker campaign thread over on the Armor forums as well as Stryker Proposal campaign here already. The reason I am starting this thread is for all those that were only interested in doing a Stryker/LAVIII build. This campaign would be for any variant of the Stryker/LAVIII as outlined below. Hopefully this will separate this campaign from the other since it seems to have morphed into any wheeled or tracked APC variant. I have already submitted a proposal for this campaign with a potential start date of 1 July. I still haven't heard back from management. If you are interested in building any of the following variants please post below.

The Rules and Regs:
The build must be of a Stryker or LAV III variant used by Canada, United States or New Zealand.
The build can be from any manufacturers kit, conversion or scratch built Stryker or LAVIII. Below is a list of acceptable variants.
•M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV
•M1128 Mobile Gun System (MGS)
•M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBC RV)
•M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
•M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV)
•M1129 Mortar Carrier (MC)
•M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV)
•M1130 Command Vehicle (CV)
•M1131 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV)
•M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV)
•Canadian LAVIII Recce,
•Canadian LAVIII APC
•Canadian LAVIII Forward Observation Officer (FOO)
•Canadian LAVIII TOW Under Armour (TUA)
•Canadian LAVIII Engineer Support Variant (ESV)
Canadian LAVIII Command Variant.
•NZLAV


Tanks
Andreas Elesky

Hi,

Mine is on the way : an M1126, with slat armour in Irak



More pics are coming when the campaign begin.
Best regards

???Canadian LAVIII Recce???

I haven't heard of a Canadian LAV III Recce variant.

I am interested....Canadian LAV III Infantry Section Carrier (ISC).

Thanks for coordinating this campaign Andreas.

Ok, it's essentially a Canadian LAV III with some internal changes...

Tanks
Andy

There is also a Canadian LAV III Command Post.

I'd like to do an RV. I probably would not be able to start it until after the summer though. I am moving and who knows when I will be in a new house w/ my stuff.

Bob

Is there a conversion kit somewhere to make the 1133 MEV variant?

Thanks,
Ricky

Real Model was working on one, but I am not sure of it's status. Maybe by the time the campaign starts in July the MGS will be out as well.

Bob

Damn,
I should have caught that, I guess I will have to go check the shop floor to see if I missed anything else..




Bob,
I totaly forgot that version will be hitting the shelves.


Tanks & Smaller Weapons Systems

Andy

I'm in. Stryker and/or LAV-III. I got the Trumpeter Stryker and p.e. when it came out, so I better use it!

Jim

Andreas,
Count me in! I will just submit the one I just finished and showed you all. Just kidding!

Seriously, I am in. i have the M1127 RV kit that Milo sent me to review that I started on and I also have Trumpeter kit that was sitting on my shelf half built since it cam out. i went ahead and got the Eduard sets for it and will aslo add the slat armor. So I have two on the bench.

I place M1133 MEV to produce next week, NZLAV last week this month.
Miloslav

I'll be submitting a M1126

I already have one in the works.

Count me in. I'll be working on Real Model's LAVIII next. Looking forward to this one....



Bob

I've just finished an M1130 TACV out of the box (AFV Club), which is not in the list... I've already primed it and it's all white. I'll post a photo as soon as I can!

I'm in for this build. What will I do...not sure right now. I have plenty Stryker kits both Trumpy and AFV. I plan on converting one into something though.

Joe

I'm in. I have no clue which variant as I just bought the kit from Lucky and was going to add it to my stash as number 3 total.

I will probably do some changes to it here and there and order an Eduard's PE. Just gotta do some research first.

I am in if in July tied up until then and end when?

Nov Dec???

1128 Mobile Gun System for me if AFV club comes out with it in May like promised.

Hello,
Operations are scheduled to begin 01 July 2008 and end on or about 31 october 2008. Stay tuned to this freq for further FRAGO'S (updates).

Tanks
Andy

Im in as well Not sure which LAV I will be doing yet...maybe a Bison, maybe a Kodiak. I *did* just want to point out though, that the LAVIII is not a Styker varient...the Stryker is a LAV varient! We had it first, by many many years.

If you want to be technical....MOWAG developed the LAV series.

Kodiak....no such thing..it's just a LAV III.

I'd like to be in on this as well.

I would like to build the MGS, as long as it is out in time.

Cam

"If you want to be technical....MOWAG developed the LAV series. "

I did not say otherwise....just that we have been using it in one version or another for 38 years. It was indeed designed by Mowag, and developed into the modern versions by GM Canada.

"Kodiak....no such thing..it's just a LAV III."

Though it is true the Gov decided not to go with the name Kodiak, its certainly what WE called it when I was riding in them

Jason,
I'm well aware of that, but someone else had started the idea of the Campaign/Group build and I took over for him. I work for GD and do the weapons development work. We at the plant get a kick out of the whole naming issues over this vehicle. As a former Marine, I've always joked with my Army buddies. We all know that the LAVIII was named after the Marine Sgt. Stryker from the Movie Sands Of Iwo Jima

Tanks
Andy