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Following with definite interest.
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Looking great so far 
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Nice start.
Olivier
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AFV Club kit holds various weapons, .50 cal. m.g., Mk.19 and Javelin missile. An extra is the transport container for Javelin and a turned missile body with PE fins.
weapons
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Looking forward to seeing the finished model , it’s great so far .
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Since a picture tells more than a thousand words, here are some good reasons NOT to buy a Trumpeter Stryker kit. Hull is too short and too wide. The same goes for Trumpeters LAV III kit.
Now I have to wait for my order from Blast Models with Stryker update parts.
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wow … thats a big difference when see them side by side …
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I always like H-H’s builds. But something’s going on with those photos. The top one I get - the AFV Club hull is up on its suspension, distorting the image. But the bottom one? I’m baffled. Did Trumpeter realize their mistake on earlier hulls and redesign them?
The ones I have are all just slightly over 2 mm shorter than AFV Club’s.
Yes, there is a difference. However, given the fact that Trumpeter is the only producer of several interesting variants, that’s what we have to buy.
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Hi Rob, your comparative pics are better than mine, thanks for this. If I want to have some of Trumpeters variants, I simply adapt the to a AFV Club hull. That´s modelling for me. Real Model makes some versions for AFV Club kit.
M1133 MEV
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/real-model-rm35126-us-m1133-stryker-medevac-conversion–677153
M1127 RV
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/real-model-rm-35146-m1127-rv-conversion-set–1120901
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A little Christmas update. Voyager PE light add some touch. AFV Club kit has the transport container for Javelin with complete markings.
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I finished the “plastic part” of the build. The rear mirrors and the deflectors will be attached last. Now I wait for BlastModels resin updates.
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Real Model isn’t always correct either, they did a New Zealand NZLAVIII update kit and got lots of it wrong as they picked to many details from the Stryker still instead of doing it correctly.
i have written a guide over the last 4 years with at present over 13,310 words and over 400pictures showing the conversion i did from the Canadian LAVIII to the NZ version and what is wrong with the Trumpeter kits.
Real Model NZLAV the main top engine deck is wrong as based on Stryker deck
even for the Canadian version though there are parts of the hull the wrong shape.
this shows how much needs to be shaved to make the angle parts correct
AFV Club got the suspension underneath correct as the Trumpeter kits are quite wrong like the pivot points of the steering arms
AFV Club top and Trumpeter bottom - with trying to turn the wheels i cut and reset the steering arms and rods but the arms are too long and pivoted to far towards the middle
because the lower half of the kitset started as a Stryker hull it also has errors like the front plates
Stryker left has more plates at the right side the LAV have only 4 plates on the front also the side lashing points are horizontal on the LAV but the kit has them like the Stryker
main difference between the Canadian LAVIII and NZLAVIII is the engine deck but there are lots of other small subtle differences
Stryker deck is still different to the NZLAV
still trying to get around to the last few details to finish off this kit after 4 years (was working on a real M113 and also lost my wife so lost mojo for a while)
all mods on this have been made from scrap and the occasional spare part
even made the 2.5mm long wipers for the gun sights
even got a bag of Maccas on the turret, and kids ride in the back so he has a Happy Meal
Based on one of our LAV’s deployed in Afghan
always thought it strange on the Stryker that they chose to have the winch only go forward instead of backwards or forwards like on the LAV
Stryker which block at side is fixed
LAV one is reversable you un-pin it and flip over to feed the other way
when you flip it over the bock sits up higher at the front end due to the slight angle in the support bracket making it feed better to the block next to the drivers hatch. feeding forward it pins into the back 2 holes.
you can see the feed out at the very back corner it can go out through - it is unclipped from being above the side hatch when pulling.
feeding forward
some of our LAV’s they have put a new system on for holding the cable up over the side hatch and removed the solar panel off the side
if anyone wants a read of my guide i can post a download link.
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The build looks good.
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Are you building this for the NTC or some exercise?
Ken
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I build it like I saw it on exercise over here in Germany. You noticed the BFD? 
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Yes I did!
Ken
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