AAV-7A1 Amtrac

[Belt-Buckle-bill]

Hi, does anyone know if one of these exist as a plastic model kit and could they please provide a link to it. It does not matter which scale it is in.

Thanks

[Dads203]

Hobbyboss in 1/35 scale ..

[Centaur95]

Depends if you want a bells and whistles full interior...

1/35 scale:

Hobby Boss offer just about every variant of the vehicle, from the early LVTP 7 through to the AAV7 RAMS variants - with or without external reactive armour (ERA). They also all (I think) come with a complete interior. Nice kits all round.

However, Tamiya also offer an older (but still very nice) kit without any interior. This is the LVTP 7A1 (also released as the later AAV 7A1).

Finally, Academy offer an early LVTP 7 (which is based largely on the Tamiya kit).

The HB kits are the newest on the block and are probably better detailed in some areas. However, the Tamiya kits are still excellent (in my opinion), despite their age.

1/72

Dragon/DML offer the beastie in 1/72 scale but I am unfamiliar with the offerings in that scale.

It really depends on whether you wish to portray a specific vehicle or period - that will determine which variant would be most appropriate.

Cheers,

Centaur

[Belt-Buckle-bill]

Thanks guys for all the information, I think I will look into the Hobbyboss kits because I have just looked at them on their website and there are many different variants and it is in a large scale.

[magman2]

HobbyBoss kit can be seen here with instructions.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10117801

[thomastmcc]

is it for modelling or wargaming mate ..

as there is diecasts ... in 1/72

thomas

[Belt-Buckle-bill]

Modelling.

[eng]

I've a Dragon 72nd scale kit and they're pretty neat even has nice glue-able flexible tracks and some etch for exhaust shields and some of the hatch handles. Mines still a work in progress and I haven't any pics I'm afraid. I've a diorama base started which will portray the vehicle coming out of the sea onto a beach next to a short pier with a stunned fisherman looking on, and some sun-bathers making a run for it.....purely fictional for a bit of fun.

Can recommend the Dragon kit if you want a smaller build.

Eng

[Belt-Buckle-bill]

Thanks for telling me about this but I would prefer the bigger build.

[zed]

I have one of the Hobbyboss kits. They are really nice kits and I can confirm that they come with a complete interior. We have 5 of them in our store for sale.

To see how they look made up, check this out. Not mine.

http://www.amps-armor.org/ampssite/reviews/showReview.aspx?ID=830&Type=FB

Graham

[Belt-Buckle-bill]

That looks very good and I am glad to see that it comes with a complete interior, the last model I bought of this scale was the Trumpeter LAV-25 SLEP and I was a bit dissapointed it did not have an interior.

[Graeme]

The interior on all of the kits is very good but brings with it it's own problem, in that getting the top and bottom hull parts to meet mate without any gaps is quite difficult...and you may want to go with the AFV Club boxing of the kit, as it comes with vinyl tracks rather than the multi-part individual link ones in the HB boxings.

I've had one stalled for more than a year as I can't be bothered with the tracks

[Kingsman]

You don't say what nationality you're thinking. If US since the late 80's then you want anything but the Academy. Most export customers bought the original version with the round headlight clusters and low-level commander's cupola. Italy bought some A1's for the army Lagunari, but the San Marco marines kept the original. I built the Tamiya version in 1988/89 when it first came out (yes, that old) and wrote it up for Military Modelling or Scale Models: can't recall which. Needs a lot of detail work, but the arrival of etch sets has covered a lot of that. Potentially useful for Gulf War 1, Lebanon, Somalia, Panama.