Finnnaaaallllyyyyyy........the Humvee is done! Decided to blitz this the other day and try finish it for the MAFVA nationals on Sunday, didnt get anything for it, but ahh well, im pleased with it!

Heres the old thread for anyone who missed it:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/116411#959130

Heres a pic of the M1097A2 I based this build on.


and the model:




















Thanks for looking!

Wow, great job and very realistic weathering.

Very nice!

I really like the way you captured the look of the original.

I have two questions:
- How did you recreate the data on the metal plates?
- Where did you get the M240 with plastic barrel protector?

Thanks!

hi rob, your humvee looks really good.i like the weathering on the tires. what did kit you use, and where did the m240 come from? great work

Man I love this model, saved it to my favourites! Great work

Wow nice work Rob! Nothing for that? It deserves a prize mate!


Good job.

Thanks for the kind words guys! Really appreciate your interest in my work.

To answer a few questions.
The M240B is a HobbyFan resin item, its included in their modern equipment set.
The kit Tamiya M1025 converted with Verlinden M998 conversion and scratch built details (see previous thread)
The plate markings where painstakingly hand painted. Basically I put 2 strips of masking tape on the plate with a gap in between where I wanted the lettering. I then got a very fine brush with a tiny bit of white paint in the tip and created the markings by painting tiny dots to make up the letter. It takes ages and requires constant cleaning and thinning of the paint but is the easiest way of going about it. Personally I just dont think a decal would cut it for this kind of thing.

Great job on this build. I'm gonna add it to the Gun Truck Website.

Thanks Charles, I only learn from a master such as yourself though! Yep, please feel free to add it to your site. I hope to start work on an ASK humvee soon that might have an odd gun mount in the back....

hey rob you just reminded me to get back to my ASK humvee, the whole thing got smashed by my cat A.K.A cattus-felinus-battus-the-modelus-aroundus. so i put it away for some time and remembered it just now by your post.

Great finish- that's a cool model - don't listen to those blind judges. That was my inspiration to try a modern subject. Congrats!

This is really a great build. The paint job and the details are so real. This is an enjoyment to see the finshed model - same applies to the WIP thread.

Paul

For what it's worth: top marks from me!

Was the gun pedestal scratch built or from a kit/set?

Cheers,
Sean

excellent finish and great build.....I'm using the Calibre 35 conversion to do a desert storm version...

BTW, where did you get hold of the Hobby Fan US accessories? From the UK or elsewhere?

Thanks for all the positive comments guys!

To answer a few more questions-The gun pedestal and mount is scratch built from plasti card and scrap from the spares box.

And the Hobby Fan equipment set was sourced from Taiwan from someone I know, but you can find it on lucky model (with free shipping) much cheaper than any UK seller and is a set well worth getting!!

Very nice model. Somewhat disturbing though. I still can't believe that we sent troops into harms way in a POS like that. How many kids never made it home due to lack of decent equipment? Sad.....

i was thinking of the same thing, my fathers friends was in OIF 2 , and he died by a rpg round penetrating the humvee. but still 1/35 scale humvees dont need any protection at all do they?

simply superb.

This is just awesome. Great job.

hi rob
that really is a very very impressive humvee,, excellent build and paint job with fantastic weathering,, can i ask were did you get the six pack of water from ??

Great build. SSAB Oxelösund, swedish steel, nice.

Torbjörn

hi rob, very nice...i like the markings on the steel plate. simple and impressive. thanks for sharing. ed

Very cool. I am impressed the lettering was done by hand. Like the coke can in the dash, nice touch.

Tony

time and time again i seen many like that or rebult nightmares i like that its cool

Well done build and paint job. The weathering is looking absolute realistic. Most I like the stenceling on the armor plates.

Congratulations and thanks for sharing.