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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Taffydude on 04 February 2014, 12:18:10 PM

Title: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: Taffydude on 04 February 2014, 12:18:10 PM

A recent issue of Military Vehicles Magazine, here in the UK recently profiled the M1126 Stryker ICV, and gave away a 1/72 die cast model of it. Whilst being nice and shiny, and  more importantly, the right scale :)
it just didn't look right, so I gave it a repaint, and dirtied it up somewhat, to go from this:

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/initial_zps97bec61a.jpg)

to this:

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/stryker06_zps6ad84e28.jpg)

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/stryker05_zps8154265f.jpg)

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/stryker04_zps6b5b0e56.jpg)

Here's some shots, with Elhiem figures :

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/stryker01_zpscf805fbe.jpg)

(http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/Taffydude/moderns/stryker03_zpsbdabe1e5.jpg)

Hope you like. It was an enjoyable little project to paint up :)

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: Barbarian on 04 February 2014, 01:11:36 PM

The tires doesn't look right too me.
Don't understand why.

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: Taffydude on 04 February 2014, 01:19:10 PM

Probably because they were crappy vinyl ones on the model.

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: Barbarian on 04 February 2014, 03:22:50 PM

This is a fine paint job.
Maybe the "splash" on the tires are a bit too big ?
Don't know.

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: sundayhero on 04 February 2014, 04:16:12 PM

For me it's just good. Watch some operations pics and you'll see that depanding the location of the OP, vehicles dirt and weathering are very similar, even worse sometimes.

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: CptJake on 05 February 2014, 01:43:08 AM

I love it.   Great job.

Title: Re: 1/72 Die Cast Stryker repaint
Post by: Doomsdave on 05 February 2014, 03:10:06 AM

That looks great!  The pic with the minis is really convincing.  Well done Sir.