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Trumpeter 1/72 scale Stryker
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 05:34 AM UTC
Jan Etal gives us a build review of Trumpeters 1/72nd scale M1126 Stryker IVC.




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spaarndammer
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 08:27 AM UTC
Hi Jan,

thanks for the nice review of this kit. I bought my self one too, together with the Eduard upgrade and slat armour PE. Building this one will be a challenge, but your review will help me out!

thanks!



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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 09:08 AM UTC
Jelger, thanks for the comment and it makes me happy if the review will help someone. I can't thank all the great people here whose reviews have assisted me in my builds. Just trying to give a little back. I shudder to think what applying slat armour to this little beast would be like. I don't think that I am up to that skill level yet.

Thanks for looking,
Jan
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:44 AM UTC

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I shudder to think what applying slat armour to this little beast would be like. I don't think that I am up to that skill level yet.



I guess i'm also not to that skill too, i keep postponing and postponing the project. Sometimes I take a look at the manuals of Eduard to figure out how to do the construction. It keeps me puzzling. Also bought a book about Strykers from Osprey and start collecting pictures from the web. The Stryker will be a true winter project, and I will probably start right after my Bradley for the small scale campaign.



Jelger
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I guess i'm also not to that skill too, i keep postponing and postponing the project. Sometimes I take a look at the manuals of Eduard to figure out how to do the construction. It keeps me puzzling.



I had a look at the Eduard slat armour and other accessaries and thought to myself "there isn't a chance!" I have recently been trying more and more PE but not to that extent.


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Also bought a book about Strykers from Osprey and start collecting pictures from the web. The Stryker will be a true winter project, and I will probably start right after my Bradley for the small scale campaign.



Jelger, if I recall correctly the Eduard site had pictures of the sets on the actual model (unpainted). I am not sure if they still do as the sight was VERY slow when I tried to check today. I was sure that I had saved the photos but I am sorry to say that I can't find them at this time. (after waiting a couple of minutes) I got a partial page with parts of the pictures but at least we know that the pictures are still there.

I'm building the old JB Models, now Airfix for the same campaign as you are building the Bradley.

Cheers,
Jan
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