Completed Hummer

Nice clean build and truly excellent presentation. I love the plaque and patch!

The one thing that looks off is the white in the ditch on the passenger's side. Is that supposed to be snow? If so, keeping it to one side and adding some to the correspondind shadows of the rocks would tie things together a bit better.

thank you aj. the ditch is actually a creek i wanted to try water for the first time so i went with a sandy bed with rock at the bottom. after looking at it once i poured it i pulled a homer and said DOH !!! i should have made it a muddy bottom. lesson learned for next time :)

thanks again aj always value your opinion glad you liked it.

kenny

I just did a step by step over at Armorama involving a stream. have a look here for what I did. I think it came out okay. Here's one shot of it.

that came out excellent aj it looks very realistic. thanks for the link next time i try water i will try the way you did it.

thanks again

kenny

Hey Kenny, Nice hummer. It came out quite well. To be honest, I didn't even really notice the white and when I did look at it I figured it had something to do with the lighting. So it isn't too distracting, at least from my perspective.

Again, nice job, and I'll see you over at the 'stash' GB!!  Does this mean you'll be able to start that big ol' monster for that build??  I gotta be the front-runner for the turtle...

hey thanks boyd for the comments. i guess you havent started your build either. i am now debating to finish up my F16 GB which i am way past the deadline date or go for that turtle award myself.

see you over at the stash boyd :)

kenny

thanks Gino i tried making her dusty never really weathered before some photos you can tell there is a little but otherwise it does look assembly line new. i dont want to over weather may try to add a little more dust to her and see what happens.

thanks again

kenny

ajlafleche wrote:

I just did a step by step over at Armorama involving a stream. have a look here for what I did. I think it came out okay. Here's one shot of it.

   A question for ajlafleche......... where can i find your article in Armorama on how you did that stream? That is just awesome! That close up photo from such a low angle is just magnificent!.

   And Kenny, nice diorama mate! I love the base, very effective. I don't think your dry creek bed is too light. Alot of dry creek and river beds over here in oz are about that colour. Maybe a light wash of the same colour as the bank may blend it in a little better.

   What do the experts say?

Boomerang wrote:

ajlafleche wrote: I just did a step by step over at Armorama involving a stream. have a look here for what I did. I think it came out okay. Here's one shot of it.    A question for ajlafleche......... where can i find your article in Armorama on how you did that stream? That is just awesome! That close up photo from such a low angle is just magnificent!.

Click on the word "here" just above the photo, that's a direct link.

hey boomer thank you for the comments. the creek bed actually has woodland scenics realistic water in it but it is hard to tell. hopefully i get better at it.

look through that comment of AJ's again and you will see the word here highlighted click on it and it will bring you to the article in armorama it is very good.

thanks,

kenny

ajlafleche wrote:

Boomerang wrote:  ajlafleche wrote: I just did a step by step over at Armorama involving a stream. have a look here for what I did. I think it came out okay. Here's one shot of it.    A question for ajlafleche......... where can i find your article in Armorama on how you did that stream? That is just awesome! That close up photo from such a low angle is just magnificent!.  Click on the word "here" just above the photo, that's a direct link.

   You have to laugh. I was just having one of those moments....... I found how to do it straight after i sent off my question....lol. Sorry aj. Maybe i should go back to bed....

thanks IYAAYAS i tried a little weather around the wheel wells rear and front bumper and bottoms of the doors but it didnt come out that pronounced. i think i was more scared to over weather than under weather it. i have to practice some more hopefully my weathering will get better.

thans for stopping in ,

kenny

delta company huh? would you happen to know any of these people?

COL George

COL Caracillo

1SG Ayala

no rooster . i was in the 101 from 93 to 95 and when i was leaving D. Co. was being phased out as 11H's. They have now been moved over to 19D's which are scouts . All the people i knew are probably long gone by now.

kenny

when i was leaving they gave us the option of choosing any MOS we wanted and off  to school they went. I didnt change my MOS cause i was ETSing when they were doing the change over. you also had the choice of staying and just changing over to a 19D wasnt forced to go 11B.

our platoons were set up like this two command vehichles the LT's and SFC , the 4 more hummers. each was set up like this i will use my platoon as an example.

D41 TC M16A2, Driver M16A2 w/M203, Gunner M16A2 sidearm 9mm , TOW + 50 cal

D42 TC M16A2, Driver M16A2 , Gunner M249 sidearm 9mm , TOW + Mrk 19

D43 would be the same as 41 and D44 would be the same as D42.

we were heavily armed at all times

yeah that is how we were set up when we were 11H's. very armed. i think we were 80% of the battalions firepower. now the TOW is gone, and we basically have the same setup as before, except there are no more TOW's and the PSG and LT's vehicles have mounted 240's. still alot of firepower, but you can't beat the TOW or the sights. bad thing is even if we had the TOW's, we couldn't use it. everything is so micro-managed to striclty. it takes a battalion commander just to fire off 60mm illum at night! HE? you better wait for awhile, because it takes the brigade commanders approval. and by the time he wakes up and gets the sit-rep, and gives the OK, its too late. take care kenny. as we used to say in my old hotel company: "kill 'em all!"

roo

i don't think they are completly phased out. from my understanding, all the 11 series combined, and you eventually serve in each position, or unit, 11H, 11B, 11M. the only exception is the 11C, they are still a MOS all to their self. but i think some units still have them. so being that all infantry are combined, some also let go of the TOW's. it was more of a unit transition i think. don't quote me on it though.

roo

thanks roo . i saw on the army web site it is now 11X all the others combine like you said .

I always loved doing the 25 mile roadmarches with the 11B's you know they called us Tired of Walking (TOW) but it never failed no 11H ever fell out but a bunch of 11B's always did. Always made me feel so much better to be a 11H

Hey Kenny

I was reading through this thread with interest until I realized that I didn't understand at all what you guys were saying

Anyways- great job on the dio. The base is outstanding.

As far as weathering, Mig pigments are really easy to control, just started to play around with them myself.

Steve 

thanks steve i will have to pick some up and try and see what happens. any questions about what we were talking about feel free to ask :)

thanks Gino , I know the MOS 11H is gone just wasnt sure if TOW's are still being used or not been out for awhile now. I assume the 19D's are the TOW platoons now ?? or is 11X still in control of them?

kenny

thanks Gino i have to say you are a walking encyclopedia and i am glad you help out so much . thanks again for the info :)

kenny

....have to say you are a walking encyclopedia...

Or "a wealth of useless knowledge," as my wife says.  It's pretty bad when I can remember all this stuff, but can't remember the name of someone I worked with for a couple years at a prior post, especially when I see them again.

Oh well, your welcome either way.