M1126 Stryker ICV Vignette

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March 29, 2023
Establishing the overall layout of the vehicle and base. As the vehicle is stopping, two of the infantrymen are casually sitting on some stowage atop the troop compartment
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March 29, 2023
For the base, I cut a piece of wood giving me a solid base to work upon. The terrain features are supported by some cheap styrofoam and everything will be framed by some thin styrene sheet for a clean modern look.
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April 16, 2023
Further along now... I did not use al the PE, as much of it would require major surgery and will be covered by stowage items. Also, the kit details are rather nice in places
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April 16, 2023
A more "subtle" piece of soft stowage
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May 7, 2023
Some paint done... I primed everything and will focus on the vehicle first before quickly painting up the base
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May 7, 2023
The permanently attached stowage will be brushpainted. Also, there are going to be some extra highlights on small features like bolts and handles
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May 15, 2023
Wheels were painted using the airbrush and some of the really nice details were highlighted by slightly drybrushing a grey colour.
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May 15, 2023
I have lightened up the overall paintbox by adding more yellow-green to the Tamiya NATO green for a roughly 50:50 mix and concentrated this around individual panels. In addition to this step, acrylic paints were mixed to an even lighter green shade for highlighting bolts, handles, rivets etc. using a fine paintbrush
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May 15, 2023
Shown here are the basic colours on the base. Some stones will be painted individually with acrylics later on and there will of course be the vegetation element to be added.
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June 1, 2023
So far so good... most of the work is done here, though I may add some different vegetation elements as well as some markings on the road
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Finished project 👍

Comments

42 29 March 2023, 14:37

Zsolt Czegle
Looks good so far! I like the figures!

31 March 2023, 05:16

Harry Eder
Nice start! 👍

31 March 2023, 05:33

Tom B.
Welcome in, both of you! The figures are from MiG Productions and are really high-quality which should make them a joy to paint later 👍

31 March 2023, 06:18

Finn
Well done, will follow

1 April 2023, 16:08

Peter de Bruin
Following! 🙂

2 April 2023, 09:10

Simon Nagorsnik
Hey, cool project!
I´ll follow!
Would you also say that this kit is better than the Stryker that Dragon offers?
Even if it's older, I think the quality of the details is worlds better.
Ps.: nice PE work 😉

17 April 2023, 17:44

Tom B.
Welcome in, Simon 👍 Unfortunately, I am familiar with Dragon´s Stryker only from pictures... for a standard M1126 ICV arguments can be made for either Trumpeter or Academy, although the Academy wheels need replacement. In case you want a M1128 MGS or a Dragoon, just take the 3R kits, as Dragon´s offering appears to be "bulky" in places

17 April 2023, 18:57

Simon Nagorsnik
The Dragon kits are easy build, but the ones from 3R are really great (except the tires), I hope that their pickups will be available one day 😉
Anyway, good luck!

18 April 2023, 17:38

Mirko Römer
Following! Did Trumpeter's rendition and it was really nice.

23 April 2023, 16:15

Simon Nagorsnik
Good looking base so far!

14 May 2023, 15:25

Tom B.
@Simon: Using plastic sheets for the sides is my first try to bring in a more „sleek" modern look. Currently the sides are masked off for the further painting process, but I am curious how it will look in the end. For non-modern subjects, I will however stick with wooden sides for the base (also painted in black).

15 May 2023, 11:07

Simon Nagorsnik
You may want to take a look at this:
obi.at/kunststoffbed..m-x-100-cm/p/7687304

I discovered this by chance in the Obi store and it works quite well.
It is stable and can be excellently processed, glueing, cutting, grinding etc.
It's a bit softer than regular plastic sheet, but works really good for making straight sides for bases or even for use in diorama construction- and it's cheap.

If you have the opportunity, I would recommend you to try it.

15 May 2023, 17:10

Simon Nagorsnik
Ps.: really like your shade of green 👍

15 May 2023, 17:12

Neil Patrick
Very nice work Tom. The figures, stowage and base really bring it all to life. Lovely job! 🙂

2 June 2023, 09:32

Finn
Awesome!

2 June 2023, 14:24

Tom B.
Finished the project yesterday, just have to take some final photos 👍 Next thing will bes small and naval...

4 June 2023, 17:33

Mr James
Really nice work. Great paint job and lovely figure painting.

4 June 2023, 17:48

Landlubber Mike
Great work Tom, especially impressive at such a small scale!

8 June 2023, 13:08

Simon Nagorsnik
Again a really awesome job here!
A simple scene, but it absolutely convince 👍
Nice paint job, especially on the figures!

10 June 2023, 05:31

Tom B.
Thx for the encouraging comments 👍 The project did indeed end up being a lot like what I´ve imagined when starting. Got a place in my new display cabinet right next to the DAK dio I did before 🙂

13 June 2023, 16:42

Album info

Building Academy´s 1/72 M1126 Stryker ICV with quite a bit of extra "bling" in form of PE and resin detail sets including stowaage and wheels. Some figures from Mig Production´s 1/72 US Modern Crew set will give some life to the vehicle. As for the base, I will go with a somewhat beaten up small country road and some low vegetation.

M1126 Stryker ICV

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Completed

1:72 M1126 ICV Stryker Wheel Set Early Pattern (MR Modellbau MR-72141)

M1126 Stryker ICV

US Army (1784-now)
E Co., 2 Sqn., 2 Stryker Cav. Reg. (SFC Fercusson/PVT Sleeth)
Germany

Overall field green

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