ajrimmer42
09-12-10, 07:36 AM
Well, I'm off to Uni in a fortnight so I decided to get a kit to finish off the holidays with. After much flicking through modelhobbies.co.uk I finally decided on Trumpeter's 1/35 Stryker Fire Support Vehicle :D along with their upgrade set to bring the vehicle's equipment up to date, and a little set of 4 super detailed M4/SR16's to go with it. Surprisingly this is my first ever modern AFV, with the exception of a 1/72 Scorpion tank i did about 6 years ago.
Now before I carry on, the reason I'm doing an Afghan diorama is purely because all the Stryker's currently deployed in iRaq are fitted with slat armour to protect them from RPG fire, now I dunno about anyone else but I didn't fancy spending 50 quid on an etched slat armour set in order to spend the next 4 months steadily going insane trying to assemble it. So I took the easy option, there are curently a few Strykers in Afghanistan without slat armour, which perhaps has something to do with the fact they have the highest casualty rate, but I'll not go there... They do however have added blast armour, I didn't realise this until after I'd bought the model, SO it doesn't have any additional armour and is therefore slightly unrealistic. But balls to that, I cba to buy anything else for it.
Soooo, onwards and upwards, here goes:
This is probably the first ever project I've started where I began by making the diorama. This is purely because I was bored waiting for delivery of my Stryker.
I started with a double thickness square of card, anto which I added a pavement and kerbstones. If you're wondering what the random circles are, I used the card to spray some warhammer figures lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/0d7c64c4.jpg
(http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/?action=view¤t=6f67e190.jpg)
I then built up some buildings and a walled yard, and added a sprue telegraph pole.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/185f9e75.jpg
Once that was done I mixed up some filler, water, PVA and sand to texture it with
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/3758574d.jpg
And covered the whole thing
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/5072e9ed.jpg
TBC
Now before I carry on, the reason I'm doing an Afghan diorama is purely because all the Stryker's currently deployed in iRaq are fitted with slat armour to protect them from RPG fire, now I dunno about anyone else but I didn't fancy spending 50 quid on an etched slat armour set in order to spend the next 4 months steadily going insane trying to assemble it. So I took the easy option, there are curently a few Strykers in Afghanistan without slat armour, which perhaps has something to do with the fact they have the highest casualty rate, but I'll not go there... They do however have added blast armour, I didn't realise this until after I'd bought the model, SO it doesn't have any additional armour and is therefore slightly unrealistic. But balls to that, I cba to buy anything else for it.
Soooo, onwards and upwards, here goes:
This is probably the first ever project I've started where I began by making the diorama. This is purely because I was bored waiting for delivery of my Stryker.
I started with a double thickness square of card, anto which I added a pavement and kerbstones. If you're wondering what the random circles are, I used the card to spray some warhammer figures lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/0d7c64c4.jpg
(http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/?action=view¤t=6f67e190.jpg)
I then built up some buildings and a walled yard, and added a sprue telegraph pole.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/185f9e75.jpg
Once that was done I mixed up some filler, water, PVA and sand to texture it with
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/3758574d.jpg
And covered the whole thing
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/1%2035%20Afghan%20Stryker%20Diorama/5072e9ed.jpg
TBC