CDWs' Hummer 1025

[Guest]

Looking very nice Colin, fantastic work.

Polux

[Guest]

I hope I'm not to late, but that motor, looks like it might be from a Hummer, the civilian car, not a Humvee, the Army one. The military one is a bit more robust.Loads of lovely photos here:

HUMVEE Maintanance/ onderhoud « HUMMER huren

Ian M

No you're not too late mate

The site that i found that picture on said that that " H3T - Alpha" engine was fitted to military and civilian vehicles.

However the link you provided lead me to find this .... much more like what you'd expect for an army engine .... a bit more work needed to scratch it up, but it'll look much better eh?

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Ta muchly Ian.

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[Guest]

after a few hours surviving the apparent ice-age conditions (i.e. nipping to shops and playing snowballs with the dog) i got to the bench

weathered the interior a bit as a start before adding all the interior.

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Spent half hour or so separating the doors, picture shows before and after.

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Got the seats covered in laggers tape to give a bit of texture, painted them up and stuck them in position.

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as the bonnet is going to be open i've had to stick the lifting rings on the chassis as they would be in reality and not just glued to the underside of the bonnet in the case of the model.

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added the windscreen and cut away the mounting for the snorkle that was moulded in the bonnet and fitted in position. there's enough room under it to fit the hose i'm scratching up with the engine.

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[Guest]

That's a fantastic and good work so far!!

Is coming on very nicely colin!

Cheers

[Guest]

Had an afternoon trying to create seatbelts, this is the end result. research indicated that the early models had no passenger restraint then they added three point belts in the front and lap belts in the rear which is the era i'm going for (just coz it looks ok really )

Also took some wires from the back of the radio through the bulkhesd under the dash for connecting later to some engine electrics, and added the side struts so the belts attach on the inside and the rear door hinges have an external fitting point.

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[Guest]

Wow! This seatbelts are fantastic, and a great idea too!

Cheers.

[flyjoe180]

Great job on the interior. I agree about the seat belts, they are awesome.

[Guest]

Colin like what you've got done so far,nice touch adding the seat belts. BTW whats laggers tape? cheers Trey

[Guest]

Thanks chaps, the belts (although not in any way perfect) turned out better than i expected.

. BTW whats laggers tape?

Its Aluminium foil tape, adhesive on one side with a peel off paper backing. it's used for heating, ventilation and air conditioning to stick insulation sheets and metalwork together. The guys who do this job are nicknamed "laggers"

i "borrowed" two full rolls off the laggers on the last electrical installation job i was on

looks similar to this

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[mossiepilot]

Cracking looking work Colin, the interior is very impressive and the paint job so far is beautifully done.

Tony.

[Guest]

did a little more to the interior ... added some fuel cans, tent material, ropes, rifle & spare MG with ammo, couple of bits of headgear and a pair of bino's

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Looks as though you'll see a fair bit when the lids on too which makes it worthwhile doing it

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(PVA glue still needs to cure ... you can just see it in some places .... i was impatient to get the photies done so i can go to bed)

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[Guest]

Love your added complements!

Looks very good so far.

Polux

[MORIARTY1177]

Looking very good, nice work.

Regards

Chris

[spanner570]

That is some serious scratch building you have there Colin, really nice work.

My Hummer is in the post.....has been for two weeks!!!

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

Looking very good Colin, think I will build mine with a tarp covering it having seen the detail you are adding lol.