WIP : Hydraulic arm on an HMMWV

thanks 

That is some sweet scratch building right there!!!!

thank you and welcome to FineScale 

Step by step pictures follow because I wanted to show how I made the front and rear bumpers from scratch

I didn't have any styrene shapes like this on hand so I started with a piece of acrylic cut from a CD jewel case

This CD case parts was needed for a solid core to glue the rest of the parts around and onto in a laminate fashion

I used .010" thickness styrene sheet to cut out the parts and pieces for the bumpers

Plastruct stock square rod was cut, drilled and shaped for the rubber bumpers on the front

notice I inserted a scrap piece of the same acrylic of the same stock before drilling to avoid tearing and breakage of the fragile styrene 

brass wire is measured, bent and cut to size for the front bumper 

The front winch guide rollers assembly

For the rear I made a drawing because I got tired of running back and forth between the computer and the bench which are in two different rooms

keeping everything nice and square while the glue cures 

the bumper assemblies were tac clay tacked into place for the pictures

As soon as the bolt head arrive in the mail, that will be the final details to add to these

thanks for looking 

Nice sharing friend, Its very beautiful sharing. I am a newbie for this forum site and i hope that more good stuff i will get here. Thanks for this beautiful sharing.

Thanks for the kind words and looking in 

Yeah, I like it too, so far. Keep it up and have a nice day

Paweł

Things are scratching up nicely!!

Rounds Complete!!

Your scratching skills look great, good to see this one back on the first page!

door hinge detail added

Reworking and building up the interior details. 

The side running board was detailed with styrene and a rectangle was cut out of both sides for a foot step.

Tread plate from the spare parts box was cut to fit and inserted and glued in.

The (radio shelf)? part was made from sheet brass,cut and bent to shape.

Pawel and redleg12, yes there will be scratch!  

Pat, looks like light - medium duty work. I asked the guys there and they said, for fixing stuff and some construction assist out in the nowhere. 

Yeah, scratchbuilding - I like it and I'll be watching. Good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

Interesting vehicle. Nice start to a project that will be filled with scratch work.....I love scratch work!!

Rounds Complete!!

Interesting project, what was the main use of the boom?  I'm with the others, never saw this version either.  Good luck on 'er!

                                                                                Pat.

Thanks for the replies. Progress continues, however slowly 

Lookin good so far.

I've never seen this version before. Looks pretty interesting.

This is the first time I saw this version. Ambitious project but doable. Keep us posted. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a daunting task for sure. Great work filling that half hole, looks awesome!