and Big Ed
This project consists of an AFV Club Stryker M1126 Infantry Carrier
Vehicle and a "Big Ed" set of Eduard photo-etched detailing parts.
The AFV Club Stryker M1126 kit is pretty straightforward. A whole shitload of parts, rubber tires, decals and a
small fret of photoetched parts. Heh. I laugh at your puny PE parts. I have a cool sister...she got me a Big Ed.
The Big Ed set has six individual Stryker detailing sets all rolled into one.
M-1126 standard parts to detail the hull and upper surfaces.
Each of these two frets of parts are about 3x5 inches.
M-1126 additional armor set, three frets of parts to
increase the armor protection of the Stryker.
M-1126 storage racks to be added to the additional
armor, plus tiedown straps to secure stowed crew gear.
The mother of all photo-etched part sets, Stryker slat armor. The two large frets are about
5x7 inches. This set makes the slatted "birdcage" found on Strykers used in Iraq.
Yet more straps and storage belts.
Last but not least, the exhaust deflector and front deck tiedowns.
(I later found out that there are two more sets of photoetched parts that were released after this kit came out.)
I made this rig to hold the upper hull in place while I worked on it. It frees up both hands and lessens the chance that I'll drop it while working. A wooden spool is superglued to the underside of the hull. An old ball-head photo clamp is attached to a decapitated tripod and is threaded into the spool. A small knob locks the ball head in position.
For added safety, I rigged up a new catch basin on my workbench. This consisted of yet another of
Dad's old T-shirts strung across the notch of my bench. The tripod post was pushed up through a small
hole, and the clamp assembly reattached. If any small parts fall off, they end up in the shirt, not the floor.
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Construction begins
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