I was looking at the Stevens International site and saw this,

TSM-1519 1/35 LAV III Kodiak Light Armored Personnel Vehicle $0.00 TBA

http://www2.stevenshobby.com:5641/ , search LAV then scroll down towards the Trumpeter section and there it is. Anyone have any word on this? I know that we've been waiting forever for T-62s and BMP-3s, but a Kodiak would be freakin' awesome.

Yes it would be awesome. I know most of us in Canada would be especially excited to see this vehicle in plastic even though the name Kodiak was never used for it.

The Real Model stuff is nice but a little out of my price range at this time.

Not going to get too excited though but at least there is a bit of hope.

Jeff

In test add an ASLAV-25 turret

Twins

Sweet

From Perth..

Trumpeter Future Releases

This is quite an ambitious list!

00387 Italian B1 Centauro Tank Destroyer Late Version
00391 LAV-M (Light Armored Vehicle Mortar)
00392 ASLAV25 Reconnaissance Vehicle (New Variant) (Mar)
00397 M1130 Stryker (CV) Combat Vehicle
00398 M1131 Stryker (FSV) Fire Support Vehicle
00399 M1134 Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) (New Variant) (Feb)
00419 PMC (Private Military Contractors) in Iraq Pt 1 Figure Set (4)
00420 PMC (Private Military Contractors) in Iraq Pt 2 Figure Set (4)
00421 German ISAF in Afghanistan Figure Set
00422 German KSK Bundeswehr Figure Set
00423 USMC M252 Mortar Crew Figure Set
00424 Modern US Army Armor Crewman & Infantry Figure Set
01004 M1078 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) Cargo Truck (New Tooling) (Mar)
01005 KZKT53L Soviet Cargo Truck
01006 MAZ537 Soviet Tank Transporter Last Production
01502 Canadian Grizzly APC Armored Personnel Carrier
01506 Canadian Husky Maintenance Recovery Vehicle Improved Version
01508 WWII B57 German Tank Transporter Rail Car
01509 WWII German Railway Cannon Car
01515 German VK 3001(H) Panzer IV A Medium Tank (New Tool) (Jan)
01516 WWII German Railway Tank Hunter Car
01517 WWII German Army Railway Gondola Car (New Tooling) (April)
01518 WWII German Railway Flatbed Car
01519 LAV III Kodiak Light Armored Personnel Vehicle
01521 LAVA2 IFV Light Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
01522 British Challenger II Enhanced Armoured Battle Tank
01541 M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle
01557 JGSDF Type 96 WAPC Armored Vehicle
01558 LAV III TUA (Tow-Under Armor)
01561 Russian KV1 Model 1939 Tank
02306 M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer (Early Version) (100% New Tooling) (Feb)
02307 Soviet B4 Model 1931 203mm Howitzer
02319 M198 Medium Towed Howitzer Late Version
06608 LAV II Series 8x8 Tires 325/85/R16XML (8)
06609 German 17cm K Gr39 Ammo Pack (April)
06610 German 21cm Gr18 Ammo Pack (April)
06611 Lav III Stryker Windscreens (New Tooling) (April)
06612 US Army Military Tow Bars w/Clevises (April)
06613 M151 Protector Remote Weapons Station (New Tooling) (April)

It looks like Trumpeter is out to single-handedly corner the modern armor market! It's interesting to see how few WWII kits they have slated for release. Makes me quite happy!!!

I feel the same way. Its a modern builders dream!

Just wonder how long it will take to see some of it.

Jeff

Obviously they've been paying attention to what people have asked for and seen what's been missing. Great choices. These are kits a lot of people are going to want.

a lot ahve also recently been done in resin.. Grizzly, Husky, LAV-III, LAV-TUA...

yes,but plastic is more easy to made and more cheap

It looks good.....if it is still in the development stages then you should consider including all the newest modifications as options.....the 'T' style antenna mounts, rear hatch extended armour plating, turret raised armour and vision blocks, lower hull suspension armour plating, extended jerry can racks, and addional add-on armour for the fuel tanks.

With four upcoming Canadian AFVs....Grizzly, Husky, LAV-III, LAV-TUA.....how about a set of modern Canadian figures?

I agree with Jason, if it's still in the development stage might as well make it as up to date as possible.

And could people please refrain from calling it a Kodiak, please. No one calls it that, it's just a LAV III, period.


cheers from the sandbox

Well i hopes these modern babies will be good sellers, lot of modellers dreams of new kits but when there're out, they don't buy and asks for another news.
All modelling shops i went says that and on internet forums i thinks it's the same and if plastic companies don't sell well they'll stop to produce modern subjects.

Personnally i'll for sure get most of the "modern subjects", and hopes to see more modern figures sets (i said it before but the new trumpeters sets are better than Dragon sets excepting heads).
The US army tow bars as separate items is a nice idea, i'll get a few sets for my AFV club strykers.
Golden ages for modern modellers.

It would be hard to resist to this very attractive new catalogue It just misses some French little things like a VAB and a VBL to go with the Leclerc !

Finally more modern and unpublished kits. No Pantheres were are already 100 of them on the market.

Lars

Trumpeter will be working very hard to produce that lot, but i think they are on a winner with these. Kits, Could i ask you to consider developing Land rovers & more recent Humvees.

Cookie

We definitely need some M1114 HMMWVs (need a vehicle to put my Misfits decals from the Echelon sheet on).

And in combination with the German Bundeswehr KSK troops in Afghanistan we also need this vehicle: AGF Sergal

Thomas

That concerns me when I see Kodiak...to me it means not a total understanding of the LAV III....will it be accurate, will they have based it off of demo vehicles?

The Kodiak is the Swiss AEV-3....based on the Leopard 2....hopefully Canada will be buying them (fingers crossed).....then Trumpeter feel free to produce a model of the AEV-3 and call it a Kodiak.

its certainly a good look release from Trumpeter and its on my list

what I would like to see pictures off are the following:

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00419 PMC (Private Military Contractors) in Iraq Pt 1 Figure Set (4)
00420 PMC (Private Military Contractors) in Iraq Pt 2 Figure Set (4)
00421 German ISAF in Afghanistan Figure Set
00422 German KSK Bundeswehr Figure Set
00423 USMC M252 Mortar Crew Figure Set
00424 Modern US Army Armor Crewman & Infantry Figure Set

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and certainly the US and PMC ones

cheers

keith

I will say it again well done trumpeter keep it up.

Yep. I couldn't agree with you more! I'm having a real good time building the Spanish Centuaro (okay, the bustle rack was a bit of a pain and I am holding off on the photo etch headlight guards and mirror mount until the end), but so far so good!

Gaoyue, from the pictures you supplied, it looks like this kit --- like the Centauro kit --- will also come with rubber tires. I'm not a fan of real rubber tires from any kit manufacturer. To me the rubber is always susceptible to oil washes, thinners and other chemicals modelers use. Is there any chance that Trumpeter would dump the rubber tires and start slide molding kit tires in plastic? As long as the detail is decent, styrene tires are fine by me and I'd rather not pay big bucks for resin wheels if I can help it, especially when they cost as much as or more than the price of the kit! :O

Keep those great releases coming --- can't wait to see the M1117 and those PMCs!

Regards and Aloha,

Johnny B.

+1 for styrene tires

And yes get rid of the rubber tires please.
Bill

WHEN??????????????????

hello everybody more modern armour...sweet.gaoyue will you marry me PLEASE