| snodipous | 15 Feb 2015 12:53 a.m. PST |
Sometimes I like to take a break from gaming models and work on something a bit larger-scale, and a lot more complex. I've been working on this one for more than a year (with several large breaks to do other projects) and it's finally done!
Many more photos at my phlog: link |
 chicklewis  | 15 Feb 2015 2:33 a.m. PST |
WOW ! Astonishingly fine BIG diorama !! |
| chicklewis | 15 Feb 2015 2:34 a.m. PST |
Love the dust effects, and the blown-plastic "cooler". |
| Redroom | 15 Feb 2015 7:39 a.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 15 Feb 2015 9:21 a.m. PST |
Excellent attention to detail, very fine work! |
| Jamesonsafari | 15 Feb 2015 9:23 a.m. PST |
Very cool!
I've pinned a few of your pics for reference as I ponder how to stow up my 1/72 scale LAV IIIs.
Q: what's with the plastic bottles taped to the antennae? |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 15 Feb 2015 10:50 a.m. PST |
Looks like a good place to toss a chem-light in without having to find a roll of tape every time. |
| Jamesonsafari | 15 Feb 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
Interesting idea, except they are upside down. |
| troopwo | 15 Feb 2015 11:14 a.m. PST |
The folding toilet seat on the side is the ultimate detail. Don't worry about the bottle upside down, not everyone throws away the screw caps. |
| troopwo | 15 Feb 2015 11:16 a.m. PST |
Spare wheel blocking the back ramp??? |
| snodipous | 15 Feb 2015 11:36 a.m. PST |
RST, you are correct, the bottles are there to hold IR chem lights for vehicle ID at night. They are upside down because it would be a pain in the rear to get spent ones back out if they were right-side up! The spare wheel is attached to the back ramp, so it doesn't interfere with its operation:
There are photos of LAVs with the spare tied to the side or the front glacis instead as well:
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| troopwo | 15 Feb 2015 12:32 p.m. PST |
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| snodipous | 15 Feb 2015 1:07 p.m. PST |
This model is the LAV-III with LORIT upgrade, which adds various bits of armour shielding around the turret and rear hatches, plus other bits and bobs. The radio masts show up in a lot of the pictures of later-deployment LAVs, though whether they indicate a reconnaissance or command vehicle, I don't know. I wasn't in Afghanistan and I haven't fought in a LAV or anything else. I had to rely on the internet and my own best judgement (guesses) for a lot of the details. I also got a really good book full of excellent reference photos here: link |
| Jamesonsafari | 16 Feb 2015 1:42 p.m. PST |
The Coyote is closer in size and shape to the LAV-25.
The LAV III is considerably larger. |
| Dawnbringer | 28 Feb 2015 2:21 p.m. PST |
I believe some of the antennae at the back are for the jammers. |
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