Humvee Resuscitated to life.

[papa 695]

Fantastic work

[minitnkr]

Very nicely done so far. 'Hillbilly armor' was quite common early on. Only limited by availability of raw material and imagination. PaulE

[rtfoe]

Hi, thanks Mick, Ian and Paul,

I hope it turns out ok after painting and I like the way it's called "Hillbilly armor". Nice to know something new.

The reference showed wing mirrors that didn't come with the kit so out came the wire, pla strips, rod and putty. The wire was bent with a flat nosed plier.

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I lathed a piece of rod inserted in a power drill for the antenna base.

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Thanks for looking in.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Great scratching. I do like the little turned aerial base.
Jim

[BigGreg]

Well Richard in the early days of IRAQ 2003 you could see Humvees like this...
Either in the Army or in the Marines (2nd pic 1St Recon Marines)

[BigGreg]

or like this SF i think here its the 5th SFG

[rtfoe]

Hi Greg, I think it's this one...nice picks, I can reference them for stowage attachements, thanks.

The jerrycan rack looks similar to what I've done and the exhaust pipe sticking out on the left.

Hi Richard
Great scratching. I do like the little turned aerial base.
Jim

Jim, they're quite easy to lathe on a motor tool. Used a sharp chisel for the cuts. Thanks.

Cheers,
Richard

[BigGreg]

Hi Greg, I think it's this one...nice picks, I can reference them for stowage attachements, thanks.

The jerrycan rack looks similar to what I've done and the exhaust pipe sticking out on the left.



Jim, they're quite easy to lathe on a motor tool. Used a sharp chisel for the cuts. Thanks.

Cheers,
Richard

THEN 1ST RECON MARINES (well since you did Peleilu.... it figures... :-) ) very good choices.. if you need pics of USMC equipment and stuff let me know...

[Steve O]

Your doing well now Richard, i use bakofoil on my mirrors but maybe you know of better.

Steve.

[JR]

Wow.
Bit late but better than never ! Richard weaving your magic I see, like it a lot.
John.

[rtfoe]

THEN 1ST RECON MARINES (well since you did Peleilu.... it figures... :-) ) very good choices.. if you need pics of USMC equipment and stuff let me know...

Hi Greg, Roger Wilco...thanks. It's probably coincidance that it's the same regiment but nice to know.

Steve, thank you kindly, haven't got to that part yet...I've always used foil too but normally added after painting.

John, ah...another one that didn't see this before and I'm not surprised as I may have posted this way before you joined the other forum (the one that shall not be named). I took it for granted that that forum would last beyond my days and didn't keep dates on my builds. Glad you've caught it here.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

I'm staying near the Straits of Johor about to cross over the causeway to Singapore to attend a cousins wedding anniversary dinner so there will be a delay to the response. Before the trip to Johor I rummaged the stash to locate the forgotten Humvee. It's looking good having been kept in the box for the last 3 or so years, the sand pigments still untouched since the last application.

Anyway here's the continuation...

At first I found this wire at a hardware store and decided to use it as barbed wire ...

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It didn't look right so I substituted it with Verlinden etched barbed wire. Looks a little malnourished and will need an extra one or two wound lengths.

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The Humvee is all primed.

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Including the accessories here...

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There will be pre-shadowing next...

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Very nice Richard. Very nice indeed. I will pull up a chair with the rest of the rabble and watch you work your magic:thumb2:

[Si Benson]

Someone say rabble? :smiling4:

Richard....this is excellent work, great job:thumb2:

[rtfoe]

Thanks Steve and Si, glad you guys like progress so far. My photography and presso were better last time my camera was working...now it's just done with my handphone.

Both of you must have missed the blog in the past forum. I lost steam on building it 3 years ago...can't remember what I switched to...could have been the revival of Harry Tate.

Cheers,
Richard