Hi all

Sorry its been a while wot with work and other stuff,the stryker got put on hild for abit.the hardest part to was the vision blocks,trying to find something like what Walt said.But I think i came up trumps with this one(don't know if it's been done before) I'll explain now I don't know how many of you have got an digtal camera printer, the ones where you put your S/D card or hook up your camera to.Well a cartidge is used inside. I thought to myself Humm I wonder if I can get a used one and see what colors are inside,So I carefully rewond the spool and low and behold the ideal thing and there is loads of it (also blue and yellow) I cut a small amount off and painted it silver on one side.And as you can see the result is not that bad.So there we have it a new sorce for vision blocks.So on to the pictures I hope you like them as I have enjoyed buillding this little kit, modern armour is not usually my thing as I mainly build WW2 stuff, but it wa a nice change to make something different form time to time

the printer cartidge


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So there she is finished,I know the ends of the tow shackle are not surposed to be yellow but I just wanted a different colour something other than green so a little colour won't hurt
I hope you have enjoyed this build along with me as it was nice to hear from you all.A big thank you goes to Walt he was very helpfull to me with his advice and comments THANKS WALT
thank you all DARREN

are your two cables for the LRAS3 one piece? i couldnt tell from the picture.

Darren
Finally some nice pictures, look good the fuel jerrycans suppose to be like that


Dark green not khaki
And there is a hair on the right side of the turret
did not clearly understand the printer cartbridge tricks ??
Can you be more specific please ?
cheers
Seb

Hi
Micheal the cable is one piece if you look at the 8th pic you can see it

Seb sorry about the hair I think it got a little dusty sat on the work bench for a few weeks lol i'll try to repaint the cans at alater date
I'll try to explain about printer cartridge

I used an old cartridge from a photo printer.these are the all in one printers you can put your S/D card or hook up your digital camera.these print out a 3x6 photo
What did was to carflully wind it on to find the red colored film on the spool.then i painted this silver when it was dry i carefully cut the painted part out then cut to the size for the vision block this was glued with white glue

frist picture is of cartridge with the cut out part second picture is of the red film with silver paint.





hope this is a little more helpful

DARREN

Thanks Darren
Now I understand your point
Thanks
Seb

okay, it should be two individual cables then for the LRAS

Micheal here is the picture that walt posted ealier as you can see only 1 cable on it if you go to page 1 you can see where the 2 cables go its on the base of the unit (you can just see in the pic)





darren

Darren your stryker looks great the weathering looks right but could have had some darker color placed on the lower hull and in the wheel to give a off road look tamiya makes some great and easy to use weathering paints. They are easy and simple just a bit of water on the brush and paint away and wipe off the rest. I do see a few shine spots along the driver side and the water cans should be black and those two handle cans should be replaced with some other gas cans or more water cans. And the modern gear from tamiya is out of date the packs are alice not molle and the sttraps should be a medium green not a lighter shade of green. But all in all a very nice build in the end darren.

Hi Walt

How is it in ICE STATION ZEBRA lol.Glad to see you've access to a PC,thank you for your comments about the stryker as I said was a credit crunch build so all I used is what I had and didn't want to buy anything else.Was just to see if it could be do in this climate of financial change we are in at the moment.I was pretty pleased with end result of the kit,was easy enough to build.I will get around to changing jerry cans (paint them supergled in) at some piomt.as I am building a JGSDF type 90 with lionroar P/E (both cheap on ebay) with a winter camo I have seen
I say a very big thank you for all your help while I was building the styker
Thanks WALT

thanks again Darren

That's the key thing thing as long as you like the final product then it's all good.

Yes the ice station is cold and windy and really makes walking home with groceries harder. I get online right now thanks to my niece now i have to learn to type on a small laptop instead of a large full size key board.

I hope i wasn't coming off as a rivet counter i was just trying to add a few more pointers in all be it a bit late. You super glued the cans in? that's a silly thing to do but some of the other things should be an easy fix i will be watching your next build but won't be able to give any help since i don't know a thing about the vehicle your going to be building maybe just a few pointers along the way. Your stryker did build into a very nice finished vehicle and will look great on the shelf.