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Armor/AFV: What If?
For those who like to build hypothetical or alternate history versions of armor/AFVs.
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Humvee w/ M242
r2d2
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England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: April 13, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 06:53 AM UTC
Just sharing my old build. This is a what if Humvee in service. Kit is from the old Tamiya/Italeri M242 Bushmaster. Just added an enlarge wheels, raised up the chassis and added a scratchbuilt rear bumper based on the current M1114. Interior is a total guesswork, scheme is the 70's-early 80's MERDEC. Nothing serious here just having fun.










grimmo
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 01:26 PM UTC
Thats a good build. Did you sratch build the spare wheel carrier?
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 03:58 PM UTC
nice 'what if' assault rock hopper! How did you SB the rear bumper? Your paint and weathering looks good




vonHengest
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 04:08 PM UTC
Why have an old Toyota minitruck with an mg on in the back when you could have one of these? It'll take out the Toyota and all nearby ground forces
Nice one Val, looks balanced too.
sgtsauer
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 04:17 PM UTC
Great build Val. You did a great job with the interior! I may use your interior as inspiration for my own project that I'm currently working on.
ti
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Posted: Friday, September 03, 2010 - 02:59 AM UTC
Absolutely gorgeous
r2d2
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 12:32 AM UTC
Thanks gents!

The rear bumper and spare wheel carrier are all scratchbuilt base on the M1114.
Here are a couple of WIP pics on the rear bumper and spare tire holder.





Hey Charles, haven't heard from you in IPMS BAC for such a long time. How are you?
35th-scale
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 07:42 AM UTC
It looks very good! I really like it.
dvarettoni
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 10:39 AM UTC
great build love the paint and the wearthering great sb as well
dave
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 11:20 AM UTC
where did the wheels and tires come from ?
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 03:45 PM UTC

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Thanks gents!

The rear bumper and spare wheel carrier are all scratchbuilt base on the M1114.
Here are a couple of WIP pics on the rear bumper and spare tire holder.


That looks very clean and detailed, Thanks for sharing the pictures




r2d2
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 04:43 AM UTC

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where did the wheels and tires come from ?


The wheels are from the new Tamiya Humvee which has a better overall detail than the wheels that came with this old kit. The tires are from the XL tire set from Trumpeter intended for the USMC LAV.
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