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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Schriv on August 17, 2017, 03:07:05 PM

Title: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Schriv on August 17, 2017, 03:07:05 PM
General, you may begin your landing.

Here are my 1/48 scale AAV-7's.  These are the excellent resin casts from Empress Miniatures. I added the stowage racks and cargo, but other than that they are pretty much right out of the box. I decided to do one of each in the camo schemes used by the USMC to make them easy to keep track of on the game table. I may do a third in the near future with the add on armor kit being done in factory new green over a worn NATO camo scheme. The bolt on armor degrades due to salt exposure and gets replaced more often than the vehicle gets repainted.


(http://i.imgur.com/IcbkXuE.jpg?1)

(http://i.imgur.com/nAyb4uw.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/8xDQe1H.jpg?1)

(http://i.imgur.com/9BsVx0N.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/9jGOsMR.jpg?1)
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Lowtardog on August 17, 2017, 04:29:25 PM
You have made a great job of those, absolutely spot on :-*
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Cherno on August 17, 2017, 05:41:10 PM
Certainly one of the strangest-looking vehicles on the modern battlefield. I had one of those long ago, they are cool models and your stowage and antennas look great.
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Keith on August 17, 2017, 06:49:40 PM
Beautifully done. Always fancied doing one in NATO camo with sand coloured add-on armour as seen during the second Gulf war.
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on August 18, 2017, 04:26:05 PM
Looks like it should be operated by diminutive figures with glowing eyes wearing hooded robes...
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: ChargeDog on August 18, 2017, 04:41:56 PM
Looks like it should be operated by diminutive figures with glowing eyes wearing hooded robes...

I'm sure there is a joke about Marines to make here...
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on August 18, 2017, 05:38:13 PM
I forgot to mention, nice paint jobs.
Title: Re: USMC AAV7's
Post by: Schriv on August 18, 2017, 08:37:15 PM
Thanks! 
Trying to follow the NATO paint template for that vehicle with all of the angles from the add on armor kit is a real pain.
I actually bought enough of the Black Dog stowage sets to cover the sides with crew/occupant gear, but decided not to after finally getting the pattern to look right.