IRAQ M1046 TOW HUMVEE progress pics....

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Well here is my progress so far on Tamiya’s M1046 humvee fixin to spray it tell me what you think , the rear ben is scratch built from styrene.

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Full view pics are a little blurry so it’s tough to see all the detail but at first glance looks like a nice build so far! [tup]

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Yeah Im still learning all the features on our camera sorry about the bad pics I will post some good ones when it get’s sprayed.

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Looking good to me. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Mark956

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[:D] looks pretty good to me so far.[:D]

gdarwin[roy]

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thanks for the comments guys I will try to get some better pics up when im done.

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Yes the pics are a bit blurry and hard to give a solid assesment, but I will say that the rack on the rear is way out of scale. Your choice of styrene is to thick by at least .20. The thickness of the rack is thicker then the hull in 1/35th scale. I would remake the rack using thinner styrene. Can’t recommend anything for I am not into modern AFV’s, but I would do some research and use some pics as a reference.

Cheers

Mo

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HMM… thanks for the input Moses but I did do very particular resarch for the bins even pics and advice from a fellow modeler who did the same thing on a diorama, it could be the angle at which the pics were taken or the bluryness but the styrene is pretty down to scale considering the thikness and size of the real bin (which in some cases is made from scavenged 2x4’s according to my friend in the Marines) but I do appreciate the observation and any criticism is accepted.
Thanks


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Ok jessiahkinnamon, I didn’t realise that it was meant to be 2x4’s. I thought the rack was supposed to be made of metal. If thats the case then deisregard my post. The build looks solid overall and look forward to more pics.

Cheers

Mo

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Hey jess,
Looking good my friend. Aren’t the Tamiya Hummers great!!! I have a few in my collection.
Foot n Mouth disease, aint it funny…[:p]
Flaps up, Mike

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Hiya jess,
Heres one of the Tamiya Hummers that I completed about 4mnths ago. There was a lot of lil things added to the kit. Did you notice that Tamiya did not include a brake & gas pedal??. That was made from scratch.
The motorbike rack consists of 15 parts which were made from various sheet stock. Sorry bout the pix.

Flaps up,Mike

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Butz that Hummer is saawewweeet!!

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Hey Moses,
Tank you to kindley for the words my friend. I think its sweet myself…!!! Your looking at about 7mnths of work.
I have a few projects right now on the burner but I see a few more variants in the near future.
Thanks again…

Flaps up, Mike

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WOW Butz that hummer is really a work of art I hope my finish just comes out as good as yours, the Tamiya Hummers are really clean putting together and a plan on doing a coalition hummer for Bosnia pretty soon.

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jess that looks great. you are making some great progress. keep it up.

joe

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Thanks for all the praise and advice guys I just sprayed it last night working on the weathering and details today.

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Hey jess,
The way your project is coming along, I would say that it will be a good looking build…[;)]
Just remember this is only a hobby!! Relax and have fun. Looking forward to seeing the finished Hummer.
Would it be possible to post some pix of your in the progress painting?? Just a wondering!![;)]
Flaps up, Mike