Joined: August 29, 2007
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Posted: Friday, April 08, 2011 - 02:58 PM UTC
North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, April 08, 2011 - 03:08 PM UTC
Awesome!!! Its almost a shame to paint it....... Congratulations on a well built kit. It looks as though your 4-months was worth it.
Chris
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Friday, April 08, 2011 - 03:45 PM UTC
Great pe work! One little problem, the guards/shields you put on the tires were usually only seen on the LAV-III. (at least AFAIK-always available to be proven wrong!).
Jim
"Fire all weapons and open a hailing frequency for my victory yodel" - Zapp Brannigan
Alberta, Canada
Joined: July 20, 2006
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Posted: Friday, April 08, 2011 - 05:29 PM UTC
Antonio
The CFR plate number should be a 31###, as the 40 series would be a LAV-3 series. Nice build and good work.
Anthony
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
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Posted: Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:46 PM UTC
Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 02:02 AM UTC
Wow, nice work!
Like Jim said, the Coyote rims do not have the LAV III shields installed.
Where did you get the PE ammo cans from, they look awesome!
The rope on the front hull looks great, nice touch.
cheers
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 05, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 11:43 AM UTC
great work! tip of the hat to you sir.
Why plan when you can react?
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Posted: Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 12:01 PM UTC
Dear Rick...
The ammo boxes are the part of the old PE set from Voyager Model for the Lav-25...2 per box....
Best Regards
Antonio Velázquez
Joined: August 29, 2007
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 02:12 PM UTC
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 03:45 PM UTC
Antonio, beautiful display of workmanship and finishing, but for me the accuracy is still not there as (I'm pretty sure) the wheels are simply wrong.
*LAV-III* wheel covers YES:
*Coyote* wheel covers NO:
It is like fiction.
Jim
"Fire all weapons and open a hailing frequency for my victory yodel" - Zapp Brannigan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joined: June 16, 2010
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 04:40 PM UTC
Really great well done job!!!!
I love these 8 wheeled vehicles, all of those PE must have been a headache task.
The painting work is great too, and weathering looks very realistic.
This kit deserves a base to display it.
Congratulations !!!
Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
Joined: July 23, 2004
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011 - 08:30 PM UTC
Oh no... you painted it!!!! I was going to say you should keep it as it is to be a museum piece!
Just kidding.. the painting and weathering looks great.
Absolutely beautiful work!
Hisham
Joined: August 29, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 12:40 PM UTC
Thanks a lot for your words, friends...
Best Regards
Antonio Velázquez
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 12:57 PM UTC
I think the build is fantastic...very impressive work....except for the inaccurate wheel hubs.
The weathering is not my cup of tea. Maybe it is the photography but the colours and the weathering seem very muted and the detail blends in.
The camouflage net is a nice touch....but perhaps try and put some wrinkles into it....it looks to me like it just came out the factory and has never been used and just attached to the Coyote.
I am skeptical about having the turret windscreens mounted for this version of an Afghanistan Coyote.....did you see images of them mounted with the turret blast shields?
"We're not the public service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people."
July 2005- General R.J. Hillier (Retired), Former Chief of the Defence Staff
