Humvee GMV Enduring Freedom
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Using a Pro Arts conversion kit for this one.
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A couple of hours work and most of the frame is done. As usual with Tamiya the parts fit very well.
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First resin parts glued. The winch has very good details, but it took a good part of 30 minutes to clean the part. It was both fiddly and difficult to clean it but i managed by being slow and carefull.
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Very good winch details at the rear as well.
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The original Pro Art kit comes with nice Humvee resin wheels, but I had a set of Super Swamper tyres in the stash and there is no reason not to use them 🙂
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An early mockup to check that all things are aligned.
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Making a simple base. To make a small base I have good results using air drying DAS clay. I mask of the area where I don´t want any clay and cover the area with white glue before I spread a thin layer of clay. The glue helps the clay to better bond to the base.
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Then I set the tyre tracks. Be sure to wash any clay off the tyres when done.
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I use a piece of sand paper to «print» some texture in the clay.
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The I add some rocks and press them into the clay.
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Last thing is to remove the masking tape and let it dry for 24 hours. When dry the detailing continues. Next step will be to add some AK acrylic texture.
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Mock-up. It starts to look like a GMV. The Pro Art parts are well detailed but extremly fiddly to clean up. I had to glue the ammo can holder on the passenger side before the final sanding (which is not done yet).
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Mk 19 as the Main weapon.
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The Pro Art Models kit is ok for its age, but I´m starting to get tired of facemask, vacuume cleaner and sanding.
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The upcoming operators need som weapons. The M4 rifles and DMR are from Blast, the M240 is from Legend.
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Allmost ready for some paint
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I will go for the rear doors since the crew is dressed for winter.
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I built some extra armor and added pedals and floor mats to the GMV
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The armor is scratchbuilt from styrene and masking tape using some reference pictures. The bolts is a bit over scaled, but it is what I had in my spares box.
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The same armor, but with some primer.
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And it can hardly be seen with the dash and windscreen attached
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I did not like the bolts so I changed them
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Working on the radio setup. (Mock-up picture)
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Built a satellite antenna. Figure is for scale only.
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Changed the radio for a better set up from MR Models.
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Moons out - Goons out!
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Heater system installed
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Lots of small details tonight. Fuel Line, sun visors, speakers, windshield viper motor, etc…
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«The Goons» at a very early stage of painting.
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The evolution of Goons. Some more paint added.
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Crew is more or less finished
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Finally got time to do some work on the GMV. Still a long way to go.
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Roof and gun mount is not glued. Need to work on the interior.
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Radios wired up and installed
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I´m quiet happy with how the PLGR GPS turned out.
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A bit of stowage. The tarp is made from Kleenex tissue.
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Crew has gotten their personal weapons and is glued to the seats
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Birdseye wiev
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Vehicle commander with his M-4 in a sling
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Rear wiev before the roof went on.
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Finally some progress. Interior is done and roof is glued on.
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Only a couple of more nights now
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Finished!
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Kommentarer
48 29 January 2023, 16:40
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It is not easy to find good reference pictures of a GMV, but I found this sweet walkaround
buypinzgauer.com/world-of-wheels-2020-humvee/
29 January 2023, 16:44
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The Norwegian Government just annonced the procurment of 54 Leopard 2A7. My GMV project might suffer a bit, since it is very tempting to start a Leo 2…
3 February 2023, 09:52
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What do you mean, Bobby? I more or less finished the crew yesterday 😉 . Now it is back to the vehicle!
14 March 2023, 10:27
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I was referring to your comment about building a leopard. Finish this one first as it has turned out really well so far. I am expecting a diorama.
14 March 2023, 20:51
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Be sure Bobby, this one will be finished. Started to paint parts of the vehicle this evening and finished the crew. Two of them now got BDU camo vests as I found it a bit boring with only green. The Leopard will not go anywhere…
14 March 2023, 21:04
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