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                        Humvee question,(pics)

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                        nicodemus
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: St.Louis, Missouri
                        Humvee question,(pics)
                        Posted by nicodemus on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:20 PM
                        Hello armor forumBig Smile [:D]

                        I just recently picked up the new 1/72 scale HMMWV from Revell-Germany.Low and behold, there's sprues for (2) vehicles, and optional parts for three different variants!


                        I loosely tape-fitted the parts to get an idea of the size of it when completed. Here it is next to a quarter:


                        I plan on painting it in desert camo.I am not sure what the interior color is on these vehicles. Also, I need some info on the underside color; the drive train, and body panels. Is the frame and drivetrain gulf sand color?, od green? or black or grey metallic range? I would appreciate any help you good folks could steer me in. One of these little dudes is going to be sent to an associate who was in the gulf war one, in 91'. I want to do a good job on it for him!Wink [;)]

                        I'm mostly a prop head on the aircraft forum, but I do like armor too. Thanks in advance for your technical assistance,

                        Steve-
                        a humble ham-fisted modeler in the midwest-
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                        Rob Gronovius
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Fort Knox
                        Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:40 PM
                        Follow the link in my signature block to see some detail photos of the undercarriage.

                        Interior color differs on whether or not the vehicle was originally NATO scheme (forest green inside) or factory sand (then sand inside too). If it was over painted sand, the interior remains solid green.

                        Soft tops carry the camouflage pattern inside, hardtops remain solid green inside.
                        The frame underneath is black and would have a green underside if NATO schemed and sand underside if it was factory sand painted. A NATO scheme overpainted sand would still have a green underside.
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:41 PM
                        For ODS (1st Gulf War) the interior color would be three color NATO scheme or dark green. The vehicles were repainted when they were sent to the gulf and the interiors wer left alone. The underside, chasis, and running gear is usually flat black. Fuel cell is white or black plastic, transmission, other engine parts vary from black, to grey, to steel.

                        Good luck, I'm sure he will like it.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

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                        nicodemus
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: St.Louis, Missouri
                        Posted by nicodemus on Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:38 PM
                        Many thanks to HeavyArty and Rob Gronovius for the tips!Big Smile [:D]

                        Much appreciated, thanks for the great site Rob!
                        Here's a couple of 1/72 Dragon kits I built for my friend already, He says he has them proudly on display at his home. I think this little humvee will compliment his collection.




                        Thanks again for your help!
                        Happy modeling,
                        Steve-
                        a humble ham-fisted modeler in the midwest-
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                        Duke Maddog
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: Rowland Heights, California
                        Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, November 15, 2004 5:54 AM
                        Nice M2 and M1! I just recently got the 1/72 scale Dragon M2, but was hoping to build it with NATO three-tone camo. Still, yours gives me a standard to work toward.

                        I want one of those Humvee kits too! I may buy two!
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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Monday, November 15, 2004 6:45 AM
                        Man I can't beleive the detali o those littel hummers and you get two! i gotta pick that up!. I just learned something too. i didn't know the fuel cell could be black or white. I have 6 1/35 hummers in progress on the kithen table now! Some genious around here placed or knocke one onto a kitchen cahair lat night and I sat on it! "Luckily" all I got was a broken wheel! I love building hummers even if the wheels suck on the 1/35s [excluding the new Tamiya of course].
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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