"Midnight Raid in Mosul" Dio & Write-up....

Two issues that I have with the bulb idea .... 1) heat. And 2) I don't want the bulb to give me a "lantern" effect. With the FO, I flared the tip to try and draw out a little more light, but the idea of using the FO was that I was going to get a focused beam out of it. The GoWB would work great if I was doing this build in a shadow box, but I'm trying to stay clear of that (if you're wondering why, go back and read the novel this thread has become.)

I'm not going to fill the hole I drilled for the flashlight until I know that I'm not going that route. If I place the LEDs inside the torso, that's going to help out tremendously! ... at ALL the ends of the FO. The biggest problem with that, is that it takes me "back to the drawing board" as far as the blinking/ strobe LED goes.

Yeah that makes sense, I understand.

No need for a giant shadow box if you don't have to, this FO has turned out to be quite the complex predicamen

btw model...here is your hmmwv!!!!! LOL....j/k not using it just threw it in b/c you asked for me to put it in!!!

Nice looking Hummer!! The TOW gunner looks like he's short a head- but other than that- very cool!

At least we know your road is to scale!!

psstoff995 wrote:

At least we know your road is to scale!!

yeah that it is...although i'm starting to like the larger curbs...kinda draws the eyes to the ground level especially with the color...LOL. sorry model....didnt mean to interrupt your post...just that u kept wanting me to put a hummer in there so i threw one in real quick!!

SEE!!!! IT WORKS!!!! And what is that HMWWV doing otherwise .... you obviously haven't had plans for it .... until now!!!! But seriously ....

Take a second to think about it on the serious side. Look at how it helps offset the building height. It puts something "heavy" down on the ground and helps it balance out. Plus it would really help tie the dismounts in to the base. The only thing that I would change for it, is I would scratch a turret and .50 cal to go up on top. Not too my TOWs in the urban areas.

But seriously ... just look at it.

And of course, as always .... IMO/ my 2 cents.

humvee .... humvee ...

Ooooop! Got you thinkin' about it!!!! HEHE!!!!

And screw that "build for yourself" BS ..... You build to make other like you! Face it ... and we won't like you until you build the HMWWV!!!

HMWWV ..... HMWWV ..... chug, chug ... I mean, HMWWV ... HMWWV!!!!

(hehe)

disclaimer .... none of the above is actually true, and no animals were harmed in the making of this post.

 ok, u guys are posting and typing faster than this dial up can keep up....LOL. stop it!!!!!

i tell you guys what....i'll surprise ya...how 'bout that!!!

modelchasm wrote:

Ooooop! Got you thinkin' about it!!!! HEHE!!!! And screw that "build for yourself" BS ..... You build to make other like you! Face it ... and we won't like you until you build the HMWWV!!! HMWWV ..... HMWWV ..... chug, chug ... I mean, HMWWV ... HMWWV!!!! (hehe)     disclaimer .... none of the above is actually true, and no animals were harmed in the making of this post.

ok...lol...somewhere during the night i missed this post...you guys need to get back on track and quit using this wonderful service the fine folks at fsm allow us to use for our own personal amusement and for your own dang chat room!!! . as far as whether or not u guys like me....hey....who cares....my mom says i'm cute ....all that matters.... so yeah, its back to build it for yourself!!!!

Yeah, psst ... this forum is for model postings ONLY!!! ....

... yes ... dad ....

**UPDATE**

Uhhh .... not really an update, but I bought another McF figure as I needed a few more parts to work with. I came in the mail yesterday, so that's good. I've got a little more equipment to work with now, INCLUDING a dang PEQ-4 .... so that's awesome ... now I don't have to work with that sorry-arse scratch-built one I did ....

But, it's pretty clear that McF ... along with everyother manufactuer out there ... that if you were to buy said 2-3 different kits of theirs, you pretty much have all the parts there to make ALL their kits. I've especially found this to be true of Verlinden's 1/35 "modern" pieces (i.e. everything that they have for US OIF/ Iraq soldiers.) THAT'S why I make my own castings ... although, granted, it's sometimes just cheaper to get another kit. Boo....

modelchasm wrote:

Yeah, psst ... this forum is for model postings ONLY!!! ....

  ouch!!! sorry p.o. he's kinda got ya there buddy!! (j/k) LOL.

Aw you're right! sorry guys lol

That makes sense on the parts getting reused. No real point in them reinventing the wheel every time... although it would be nice.

..I dunno I thought your PEQ-4 was nice!

camo junkie wrote:

what exactly is a peq-4? sounds like a weapon but not sure?!?!

It's the little rectangular IR laser aiming devise thinger that’s mounted to the Picatinny rails on the handguard. I think it’s a little higher tech than that because it’s huge compared to a reagular laser... It can probably blink and do all kindsa fun stuff. Actually- here ya go! It’s on Wiki

That’s a PEQ-2 dunno bout the 4... probably just a different model name for the same basic thing. From what I can tell, it’s two lasers, one like an IR flashlight, the other like a high power beam to aim...

Let me know how your casting goes! Always wanted to get into that, now that I picked up some nice OOP Dragon figures I'm going to have to learn

Where can I find photos of this build? The military I work with want to see how authentic it looks, compared to how it really looks here in Mosul.

Cant wait to see this, how can I?

Ok I see.

If you need any pictures of real streets in Mosul or buildings to help out your projects, I have tons. We have several road projects and the QA pictures of before during and after are pretty interesting. I would be interested to see if your dio's include the poor wiring and construction as a touch of realism.

This has given me an idea of doing one on my own to show a before and after project. We have been relying on pictures, but I think our CG and even the press would get a better idea if they saw it in 3D.

No opsec violations as the projects are complete and we have moved on to others.

btw mao, here is my NON finished dio...still much more work to be done.

ignore the hmmwv in the pic as well, i may put one in but not with a tow launcher (thanks model/p.o.!!) .