Canadian LAV III

[phildagreek]

Here it is all done, there is a WIP if you haven't seen it already. This was a Christmas present from the girls along with the update kit. This was supposed to be a summer project following my holiday of a lifetime after retirement, but hey ho. I started building on the 1st Feb and finally called it finished last week.

 

LAV 1 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 14 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 37 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

So here we go, this doesn't represent one particular vehicle but rather is an amalgamation of several hundreds of LAV photos I've discovered on the internet, but the pose of the figure does come from one particuar photo of the Canadians in Afghanistan. I'm pretty happy with it overall, but the figure disappoints me as I found the CADPAT particularly challenging, the sharp digital pattern has turned into a series of dots and blobs. 

 

LAV 78 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 79 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 80 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 81 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 82 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 83 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 84 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 85 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 86 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 87 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 88 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 89 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 90 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 91 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 92 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 93 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 94 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 95 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 96 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 97 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 99 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 100 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

LAV 101 by phil da greek, on Flickr

 

There we go, an enjoyable build of a good kit. Thanks for looking in!

[Kingsman]

I told you we needed to buy a roof box for the holiday luggage ..........................

 

Exceptionally nicely done.

[ivan-o]

That sir has turned out rather nicely 👌

The stowage really sets it off and gives a good used vehicle image.(the aslav wheels have worked too)

 

Ivan

Edited May 27, 2020 by ivan-o

[John Masters]

Outstanding!  What a beast!

[busnproplinerfan]

I don't know much about these but it looks good. It's your summer project and it's done for summer. Canadians sure come with a lot of baggage don't they?

[Bullbasket]

Lovely job all round Phil. The kit stowage looks really good, and I'm glad to see that you tied it down. Nice one.

 

John.

[phildagreek]

Cheers folks, appreciate your interest & comments.

Thanks.

[Shark444]

1 hour ago, busnproplinerfan said:

Canadians sure come with a lot of baggage don't they?

You would too if you were living out of your vehicle for weeks on end!  There's just no stowage sufficient inside the vehicle for 8 section members and their rucksacks, plus all the other kit like ammunition, rations, water, fuel, etc.  Plus, you need to be able to dismount quickly when you come into contact and don't want to be climbing over your kit.  I saw plenty of similarly equipped British Vikings and WMIKs in AFG, so...

 

And as any fellow infanteer will attest:  "any idiot can be uncomfortable..."  

 

 

[M3talpig]

Stunning simply stunning

[President Trff]

Nice work Phil, love the dangling ties at the front

 

John

[phildagreek]

Thanks, appreciate you looking in.

[LGEX]

Nice.

[FrancisGL]

Hi Phil,

very good finish on the model, all those add-ons have given it a lot of character and it looks like a real vehicle, loaded to the brim ...
cheers and TC
Francis.

[phildagreek]

Cheers Francis!