And no blast panels for the ammo hold either… 
Yeah. That’d be bad if it goes.
It’s well known to be 14.5mm AP protection for Strykers. 105mm MPF armor is Classified.
Great discussion. Lots of info.
Can anyone ID what these are that I pointed out? They were not included in the AFV kit but are on the Eduard PE set.
Also, anyone know what this antenna is?
Some other Stryker questions if anyone can help as I also plan to do an M1126 and M1132.
Does anyone have any better views of the gun mount by the platoon leader’s position? I have seen either the M240 or M249 mounted on a PLATT swing arm by the hatch but no clear images showing where exactly the swing arm is mounted. It is attached to the blast panel or attached to the upper hull? Looking for cleared images of how and where the mount sits.
Also, is it only the M1126 version that uses the rear hatch gun mounts or did other versions like the M1132 ESV fit them as well? This image shows the rear hatch mounted M240’s and Blast Models has a resin set.
I think I found the base plate for the gun mount on the blast panel by the platoon leader’s hatch. It is included in the Eduard M1134 blast panel PE set. They are parts 4 and 20 shown on the upper right corner of the Eduard instruction sheet. So far I only see it available on that specific PE set. I also pointed it out on the Eduard product image. Should be easy enough to scratch build.
You can see the PLATT swing mount attached on this Stryker with the blast panels in the same position as shown on the Eduard images.
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I also found an image of the M1132 with the rear hatch mounted M240’s.
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Is this video accurate?
It seems that the army wants to have it’s cake and eat it too-ie- have mobility and firepower and not lose vehicles due to its lack of armor.
Personally, I think these wheeled vehicles are a '90’s era fad that should go away.
I wonder how the BTR series are doing cross country in Ukraine now vs the BMP?
Give them to the airborne and get guys in a Bradley or a new infantry vehicle.
My 2 cents.
PS-I love the look of the vehicle!
@Dan The video is based on open source intelligence gathered from Defense blogs, soldier comments, websites, and official government sources. It may not be 100% accurate, but it coincides with most of what I’ve read.
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Its a shame as lots of money was spent on it and it has had a short life.
I still think its a cool looking vehicle.
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Great to see you back in armor modeling action, Terrance! Nice work so far.
I have been wanting to CAD and 3D print some slat armor for Strykers but there was no demand and I don’t have the bandwidth to CAD new things at the moment.
Will be watching this thread for your continuous work.
Thanks James! I have been on and off that MGS kit for around 4 years now. I am a notoriously slow builder because I am dependent on the weather as I can only paint outside.
The slat armor for the MGS is a little different from the other Strykers. The MGS slat armor bulges out on both sides and Eduard doesn’t make a set for it. The best way to do the MGS slat armor is to use the Eduard PE and probably 3D print the bulged side areas. You would have to modify the PE slat armor to fit the 3D printed bulged sides. 3D printing the entire slat armor will probably be really expensive and probably too brittle. The Eduard PE slat armor isn’t cheap either and mixing and matching PE and 3D printed parts will be even more expensive.
I found this image of an MGS and the caption said Kandahar, Afghanistan. It doesn’t have the slat armor so I will more than likely do mine like this. I just need to find that short, fat antenna and how it is mounted.
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terminator, thanks again for the information to GD Kits for the Eduard PE set. It finally arrived.
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I am back on this kit. I finally started the kit supplied PE and the Eduard PE set. I was looking for the PE before AFV announced their 2010 upgraded version was announced and I also got the PE before the 2010 upgraded kit was released. The 2010 upgraded kit is way more expensive than I expected. I was waiting for the parts to be released separately but so far it looks like AFV has no plans to do that so I stuck with the Eduard PE and just started it yesterday.
The gun shield doesn’t fit on the turret properly because the smoke grenade launchers interfere with it. The reference photo below shows the second row of smoke grenades not fitted so I removed mine. Eduard gives you PE mounts for the smoke grenade launchers so used those. I already glued the kit plastic smoke grenade launchers on back in 2020 way before I got the Eduard PE so I had to break them off to fit the PE parts.
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Awesome job with the photo etch! What glue did you use?
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Thanks! I use Starbond odorless thin CA and BSI insta set. The Starbond thin sets immediately upon contact so no time to move the parts around so you need to be precise on the first try. Sometimes though, rarely, it doesn’t set immediately so I use the insta set.
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Great job so far. I have this kit and will be checking in from time to time.
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Thanks! I actually started this kit way back in Feb. 2019 and have been on and off since then. You might actually get yours done before me.
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Got the Blast Models DEK on. The resin parts were warped and took some time in a hot bath to get them to fit. The covers for the wishbone suspension were also warped and one was broken so they aren’t on yet.
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With the added photo etch it looks fantastic.
Cheers,
Ralph
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