Military Veterans GB II

OK, I know this GB is deceased, but 14 months later I pulled this puppy out and am finishing it up. I added the bumper codes with some Verlinden Dry Transfers. Not an easy task on the tight area those are applied. Apologies for the weak alignment.

Then I made up the antennas for the vehicle's VRC-47 system-one shorty and one full length.

and finally I started work on scratchbuilding a pair of the later style rear view mirrors.

almost there...

I'm out.. Got too many things going...

Bump- My HMMWV is near the end of the assembly line...

kenny_conklin

stick why the tri-color scheme inside the hummer ? when i served in the 101st the only thing that was in a camo pattern was the outside vehicle . the whole interior was nato green . especially the seats would be a almost khaki color or nato green not cammie . if you are going back and respraying and i jumped the gun sorry . just curious as to why you painted it that way .

I've seen both... The ones that come from cold-storage (and might wind up in another country's army) were green, and got the rest of the camo paint done at the OMS paintshop when they got assigned somewhere, the ones from the factory had the camo inside... 

Yours looks great Kenny! Mine will be the soft top 4 door..I forget the nomencalture offhand. Have to look it up... But I am pretty sure its the 998.

cool thanks for the reply . and boy do i know what it is like to live out of them not too comfy but did the job . but once you got use to it not too bad. slept pretty much everywhere in my hummer .  are you building a 998 ? ours were definately just nato green inside . but who ever knows what other untis decide to do lol .

this is the hummer i built for the Military Veterans GB i held

Kenny, that was just the initial camo painting. I have not gone back yet to paint the seat cushions and all the other interior goodies (nice nomenclature huh? LOL) I am pretty certain that this particular HMMWV had a camo inside. at least on the metal parts. I was around it much of the time installing and removing the radios, but did not "live" in that one very much. I had a 1037 with a shelter. Many of the ones we had in the unit were hand me downs that came back stateside from Europe by way of Desert Storm and were repainted from NATO camo, to Sand, and then back to NATO camo.

stick why the tri-color scheme inside the hummer ? when i served in the 101st the only thing that was in a camo pattern was the outside vehicle . the whole interior was nato green . especially the seats would be a almost khaki color or nato green not cammie . if you are going back and respraying and i jumped the gun sorry . just curious as to why you painted it that way .

I haven't quit either... Just not doing much armor.. The M109 HAS been started and the turret is about 50%...

This GB is not dead !

A little ill, perhaps, but still staggering along.

I plead guilty to neglecting my GB as moderator.  The Winter Warriors kinda dragged me away for a bit there.

I'm actually stalled because of my crappy airbrush.  I'm using one of those Tamiya Spray Work AB and the battery goes flat after a couple of minutes.  I gotta either find an AC adaptor, or bite the bullet and buy a decent AB.  Australian Lustreless olive drab doesnt come in rattle cans, so its AB or nuttin'

I think part of the problem might be that I'm trying to charge a NiM-H battery in a Ni-cad charger.  

Tri Color camo finished

Camo painting almost done! Today I will get the brown on and the NATO tri color camo will be complete.

Yeah I am still plugging away slowly. Today I finished applying the green base color for the tri color NATO scheme, and also painted the soft top in a similar olive green. More pics coming soon.

Thanks, Stik

Good luck with the HMMWV.  Glad you're still here!

Ken

My HMMWV is stalled but not dead... planning on finishing it up in the near future. Too much stuff got in the way over the past few months.

I guess this GB died a slow death - doesn't seem to be any activity.  That's really too bad - I thought there would be more vets participating in here. 

First an update, I took the USS Tullibee to the Kalamazoo IPMS show a few weeks ago and left with an out of box, and second place in the submarines category awards.

Ken,

Nice job on the F-89!

Stikpusher,

Looking good so far.  I will keep checking back in to see the finished product.

That Scorp looks fantastic!  Is it too late to join?  Was a Centurion tankie, but my particular model (Sh'ot Mk.4) isn't out yet by AFV Club, so, if OK, I'd build a Revell Merkava III, as I was there during the transition to the Merkava III, and the Revell kit has the right badge for my unit.  I never actually drove a Merkava III although, just saw them, and watched the 120 smooth bore being fired at night (an amazing sight!).  

If not, I flew in a Herc, and guarded AH-64As (got to know them very well), and worked with the crews of AH-64A and F-16 A&B (and sat in the cockpit of an F-16A!), been in jeeps, command cars, trucks, and Gawd knows what else!  I could even justify, just, a Hotchkiss 2 seater or a T-62, as we had both examples on my base, or, the earlier Sh'ot, as mine was a development of these earlier ones, and AFV Club do produce one of those.

Helloooooo!!  Did all you guys re-enlist and go off to war? 

Ken

And here she is so far. Base coat of NATO green on the interior, bottom, and sides. Chassis, suspension, and wheels in Flat Black. Detail work due up next.