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APC / AFV Campaign
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 01:11 AM UTC
Rob those PE sets look like the pages of a whole book!! You are a brave and patient man! It will be very interesting to see it getting built. I'll be watching and maybe learn a few things... Good luck.
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 01:13 AM UTC

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Thanks for all the encouragement guys!

Jeff, that's not 4 sheets there are actually 13 sheets and the ones for the slats are large.

This is the front runner now, I think it will look good on my M1070/M1000.

Cheers Rob.






Oh gawd! You ARE my hero!

Have fun!








~ Jeff
Nito74
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 06:09 AM UTC
Holy Metal !!!
That's gonna be a great build Rob !
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:19 AM UTC
I might stay away from PE for a Stryker...seems a little intense for a kid who's barely touched on it at all
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:29 AM UTC
I'm totally taken back by PE assembly. I have soldered a many a projects in the 20 years I have worked on or around automobiles, but that's not the same type of soldering.

Too bad this cannot be made by using styrene strips. I could go for that!

But, I WILL build an MGS one day with that type of PE.








~ Jeff
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:41 AM UTC
Hey Jeff S.!

I hear ya on that. I was a welder for nearly 20 years and i still cant solder for crap!

Gary
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:01 AM UTC
Jeff,
It can be made with styrene, took me a while to find it (why is there no list of the threads we are subscribed to. )

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/185680&ord=&page=5

shows some being made.

Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 01:15 PM UTC
Yeah, I've seen Joes work on the Husky ... it was very nice.

I'll have to look more into it for the cost and MO will be much more harder for me who has 0 experience with that type of PE work.

I'll need drawings, maybe pictures and even some measurements too. I read somewhere that the MGS has a different roof than the other Strykers, sooooo.








~ Jeff
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 02:34 PM UTC

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Yeah, I've seen Joes work on the Husky ... it was very nice.

I'll have to look more into it for the cost and MO will be much more harder for me who has 0 experience with that type of PE work.

I'll need drawings, maybe pictures and even some measurements too. I read somewhere that the MGS has a different roof than the other Strykers, sooooo.








~ Jeff


Yikes. I'm graduating high school to avoid measurements and math for the summer. So I'll stick to my good old out of the box kits. Can't go wrong with those.

-Conor
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 08:05 PM UTC

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Yikes. I'm graduating high school to avoid measurements and math for the summer. So I'll stick to my good old out of the box kits. Can't go wrong with those.

-Conor


I know the feeling Conor, I hated math while in school.

But you'll find (as I did) that learn while you can, when you DO need to use it it'll be for your benefit and it will be almost second nature, not like school that felt like work.

I chose to work in the automotive field and more specifically, I did mostly alignments where fractions, millimeters and degrees had to be factored in.

Taking overall vehicle measurements for modeling is ALL fun, once you start doing it so it won't feel like school work, where you have no choice.

Anyway, congratulations on getting out of jail (I mean graduating High School) hope your career path has been decided already and welcome aboard the best modeling forum on the Internet.








~ Jeff
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 - 04:40 PM UTC
John .. Here ya go mate ,,a few pics of the Trumpeter BMP3 with upgrade armour ,,as for the spures there is 2 sheets of PE and 14 plastic frames .. here's a few pics for the quality of the molds and the painting instructions .










Total amount of parts 828

Phill
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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 08:45 AM UTC
Man, that BMP3 is gonna look GOOD!!!

Can I say it again? COME ON AUGUST!!









~ Jeff
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 03:45 AM UTC
Since I decided to go with a Stryker for the Operation Afghanistan campaign, I'll build the Bulgarian variant of the M1117 for this one.
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 05:02 AM UTC
Oh yeah! nice kit Phill. That gonna be fun too watch.

Hey Matt, What kit brand is that? Thats goona be sweet as well.

Gary
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 05:17 AM UTC
Thanks Phill !!!

Now I got to have one of those...
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 02:52 PM UTC
Hey John, will the Steyr Tractor like this



work in your Campaign? Or how about the RSO Pak-40



be better? Are soft skins like the Steyr Type s.gl. Pkw Steyr Typ 1500A okay?




I've got to change mine. Let me know please!


Thanks!








~ Jeff
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 07:33 PM UTC
Jeff, of the 3 I think that the inly one that can fit the Campaign is the Steyr tractor.. hardly.
It isn't an APC, but with a few plywood benches at the back it could carry some troops.
Don't you have anything else in stash ?
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:43 PM UTC

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Jeff, of the 3 I think that the inly one that can fit the Campaign is the Steyr tractor.. hardly.
It isn't an APC, but with a few plywood benches at the back it could carry some troops.
Don't you have anything else in stash ?




Oh, no problem! No problem at all!! That's why I asked!

Well, it'll give me the excuse to buy one of those cool BTR's that I've been wanting then.

Always need an excuse first!









~ Jeff
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Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 04:47 PM UTC
Will it be ok if the model that i have purchased from a member of this site does not come with the box .
just don't wanna step on any toes here.

Thanks,
Jon
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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 04:31 AM UTC

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Jeff, of the 3 I think that the inly one that can fit the Campaign is the Steyr tractor.. hardly.
It isn't an APC, but with a few plywood benches at the back it could carry some troops.
Don't you have anything else in stash ?



Okay, okay! I dug down deep into the stash and had to get the vacuum cleaner out (they were in deep storage) and found this:













the LVT-(A) 1 AMTANK by Revell


How's this? It's both the APC & AFV ... all in one. (double ribbon, huh)

I forgot I had it!! Now that's pretty sick.








~ Jeff
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Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 09:02 AM UTC
Well, I guess not.









~ Jeff
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Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 09:41 AM UTC

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Well, I guess not.


~ Jeff



Hi Jeff. I for one think its pretty darn sweet! Very cool looking subject.

Gary
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Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 10:05 AM UTC

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Hey, everyone just enlisted. haven't decided what to do but it'll definitely have a Canadian flare. either LAV III LORIT or Grizzly late model.


Decision made! making the LAV III for the Afghan campaign, so Grizz it is. now to wait for it to be released.
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Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 10:31 AM UTC
Here is a lttle teaser.

Been putting this together over the last week or so at work.



Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 01:43 PM UTC
@Jon
It doesn't have a box ?
But do you have all the sprues / decals, and the kit isn't started ?

@Jeff

That's a cool LVT !!!
I know you need excuses to buy the whole BTR Trumpeter's...


What version is that Rob ?
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