Hobby Boss Armour releases

[Maverick]

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/hobbyboss.htm 

[Jschmus]

Ooh, I always wanted a Fast Attack Vehicle and a (non-Verlinden) V-150.  With a couple of them, I could finally do that diorama of The Guardians.

[Scooterman]

Oh yeah, sign me up for a few FAVs.

[jcf]

The Guardians.

Jon

[Jschmus]

The Guardians.

Jon

Jon,

The Guardians was a series of military scifi books written in the 1980s by Victor Milan, under the pseudonym "Richard Austin".  The titular Guardians were a sort-of elite unit made up of just four(!) servicemen (one from each branch).  The series ran between 1985-1992 or so, and was set sometime in the not-too distant future.  The United States was being overrun by some combination of economic ruin combined with foreign interference.  The European powers were tied up in a war with the Soviets, along with a big chunk of the American military.  The government had a plan for fixing everything, called the "Blueprint for Renewal", which would be implemented if the Guardians delivered the President to some middle-of-nowhere underground bunker out West.  As the first book opened, the White House was under siege, and the Guardians and a small contingent of Secret Servicemen stage a breakout using a pair of Cadillac Gage "V-450 Super Commandos".  The Super Commandos were essentially souped-up V-150s with NBC protection and all sorts of advanced commo gear.  The Guardians' mount was armed with the up-gun turret that was fitted to the Marine AAV7, with an M2 machine gun and 40mm grenade launcher.  The Secret Service vehicle was a little more standard, with a turret mounting and M2 and M60 co-ax.  The premise was that they were supposed to drive the President to Andrews AFB, where he they would board a C-130 and go west.  The C-130 was sabotaged, so they ended up having to make the journey cross-country overland.

It took them four books to get the President to his hidey-hole.  Then, the Guardians were tasked with trucking around the country and searching for buried tech and whatnot to make the "Blueprint" work.  The stories were fluffy, but they were chock-full of military hardware, and they were perfect recreational reading for a military gearhead teenager.