Special Forces Gmv

[Guest]

Hi again!


Some years ago I watched an interesting series called "Generation Kill" about a reconaissance unit in Irak. The vehicles this unit used to move around the terrain were heavy modified HMMVS and I really liked the look of them so some time ago I started this project, mixing a Tamiya HMMV with some resins from a czech trademark called Black Dog.


This is more or less the look I expect at the end:










And here you have the "raw material":










First step: building the front shaft:










Once the front shaft is done, I mount it in the suspension bars:






Then I complete the chassis with the transmission gears, exhaust...






Then, it's time to attach the suspension system to the chassis, first the rear part:










And then the front:

[takeslousyphotos]

That looks good to me I'll be watching your build

[Guest]

Next step was completing the chassis with the extra resin parts.


Usually resin upgrades tend to be extremely fragile and they come attached to huge chunks of resin from the mould:






To release the parts, I always use a miniature drill with a sawing disc, since for me it's easier to control and I've broken less resin parts with this device rather than with an scalpel or pliers:






The only problem? It needs extra sanding:






The parts attached to the chassis are a tray to carry water and fuel, placed in the rear part of the vehicle and a winch on the front. Here you have the mount for the tray:










I placed the angles:






And finally I glued the whole tray piece to the rear part of the chassis with the beams:










Here it is the winch:










And with the winch and the tray, it's time to place the suspension springs:






And then, it's time to put the transverse beam placed in its place:










I had to use these small bits of plastic to fit the frontal grid:






I hope they won't be very noticeable at the end:






And that's it!


Chassis done!

[monica]

nice start to this one,do like the added resin bits,

[Guest]

Iteresting subject Javi!! And nice start as well

[Guest]

A very promising start.


I have one like it, although of a lower quality and mounted, and that in the future, update it somehow. Cheers

[papa 695]

Nice idea and a great start

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your kind comments!


Since the rear part of the vehicle is going to be full of stuff...






...and I don't want to get bored too soon, I've started painting some of the equipment. First of all, I've applied Tamiya primer to help the paint to get something to attach to. Then I defined some of the main lines with a mixture of brown and black:






I've watched carefully some pictures of real military equipment and you can imagine it's all olive drab, dark green and black:






I wanted to give some life and variety so I just googled some "desert camos" and tried different patterns and techniques:






Here's how I usually paint the camouflage: I usually start defining the piece, using really dark brown (nearly black) for the deepest shadows:






Afterwards, a lighter brown for the more superficial borders:






Then, the first colour, a sand tone:






Let's apply some shadows with dilluted brown:






Then some lights with flesh colour:






and mixing white and flesh, I applied one more highlight:






Then, with a mixture of olive drab and dark gray, I painted the pattern:






Mixing light gray and olive drab I got the highlights:






And finally I drew some lines with terracotta brown:










Now I thin it will be just a matter of google references, imagination and patience...


Thanks for watching!

[Guest]

What a great project. Black Dog resin is good but very heavy on the casting blocks, well worth the effort though it really is quality. I have always avoided those 'blocks' of luggage because I struggle to paint it. However, the way you define the borders of parts before painting each part is something I had never thought of. I will certainly be trying that idea out.

[monica]

looking good I,do like all that gear and so well painted so far,

[Guest]

Looking very good so far Javi...


This resin item will give you infinity paintwork possibilities


You will weathered it...?

[Guest]

What "potato" of supplies, you have a lot of patience, but the result will be worth it, Greetings

[Guest]

Looking very good so far Javi...
This resin item will give you infinity paintwork possibilities


You will weathered it...?

Thanks Polux. My idea is to weather the vehicle with some oil washes and dust. We will see how it finish. Regards

[Guest]

Hi everybody!


It has been tough and dull, but I have finished painting all the bags and boxes. Here you have some pictures of the process:


Sleeping bags...






Camouflage covers...






MARPAT backpacks...






A New York cap, and some bright coloured bottles just to give some coloured notes...






More backpacks and ammo boxes...






And some pictures of all the pack:


















I wanted to give some live to the whole set and not making it too boring.


To avoid boredom, I combined painting with building the roof of the vehicle, but I had a problem. It just doesn't fit with all the cargo, so I decided to cut deep:














But as you can see, it still doesn't fit:






So just a little bit of sanding and some carefully applied heat, and it's ready!


















Hope you enjoyed


Regards!

[Guest]

Very nice modification and paintwork as well.


Keep the good work coming, Javi