Inspired by a series of pictures i found on the net i am building a diorama depicting the up armouring of Humvees in Iraq around 2004.

Wow. Absolutely amazing paint so far. Your effects and wear patterns are spot on. Excellent work!

Jim
Large Scale Armory

Great Work so far Matthew! Looking forward for the whole scene!

Cheers!
Stefan

Great... the details are amazing. I love the Hardox stenciling; is that Echelon decal?

Mario

Beautiful work, looking forward to more pics.

Some very nice details so far. Are the details bought or scratched. The little electric welder looks very cool. Love the markings on the rusty steel table top!

Hi guys, thanks for the positive comments. Yes the decals are from Echelon and they work really well. Most of the parts are scratch built with just a few of the smaller tools from Tamiya and Italerie.
Here are some photos of the pallets of stores and armoured plate that will be placed around the diorama.

Very nice work Matthew. Are these the pics that have inspired you ?

http://community.webshots.com/user/irocarmy88

Frenchy

Thanks Frenchy, yes those are the pictures I'm basing the dio on. It will be a mash up of the most interesting parts of those pics.

Looking very good. Especially like the fact that you are using Swedish steel...

Hi all, here are a couple more photos. Work on the Humvee next.

Perfect. The welding equipment is amazing!

Mario

You have true skill. I can't even imagine how many hours I would have spent on the tool box, alone.

Truly stunning work. Yes, swedish steel, but delivered by Maersk from Denmark...
Regards
Jacob

very cool work.great pics,i will wait and watch
all the great work you are doing.

Hi Matthew,

your toolbox and welding equipment are looking awesome!

Perfect weathering and a good eye for details - I will follow your thread for sure!

Cheers
Thomas

FRACKING OUTSTANDING!!!!!

Unbelievable! Some of those pics could pass for the real thing....

Now to the armoured panels that were added in Iraq around 2004. I traced the side of the Tamiya kit and made the panels from thin evergreen to suit. I added latches and hinges and painted it in various rust tones as well as adding the burnt weld marks.







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wooow matthew those welds are great iam a welder for 25 years and its looks just real keep up the good work
henk

Work stands for marking and plasma cutting the armour plate.


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I'm loving this build! It's a real pleasure to watch you work! Do I understand correctly that you scratch-built the steel plates using Echelon decals? And, what are the actual plates made of?

brilliant work so far! where did you get the tools and welder from? would also like to see how you do the metal work. the welding looks so realistic!

I believe the tanks are from Verlinden.

Hi all, the smaller tools are from Tamiya and Italerie, the welder is scratch built as is most of the oxy set. Oxy bottles started off as Italerie but were much modified. Ill put together a step by step how to soon.

Im actually looking to make both the Oxy kit and Plasma welder into kits, if anyones interested let me know. Does anyone know a good photo etcher?

I've also completed the weapons mount for the armoured box, in the end there will be 4 of these.



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