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Here is my completed 1/35 Academy Hummer.
I went right off on a limb and had a look at different variants, and with a few bit and bobs from my bits box - even bits from a Tiger Tank - I came up with this one off Hummer.
No specific country, I just imagined it patrolling far behind enemy lines, living off the land and the crew scrounging what they could, when they could. They have come across what looks like a road block and are investigating....Why no gunner? He's inside sending a coded message on the radio!! No I.D. on the vehicle either.....just in case.
I dispensed with the supplied doors and replaced these with roll down tissue paper 'blinds'. I also left off the kit's plastic cammo nets and scratch made my own out of kitchen roll with a bit of herbs sprinkled on, the other is a bit of mesh from a bird seed ball holder, plus things to shove in the sand if they got stuck, and a shovel. As well as other bits which looked the part.
I used a small diorama base I already had and used the MIG MUD John kindly sent to me. The figures are nicked from my mini 'Afghanistan' G.B. dio. and repainted.
This has been a good bit of free spirit modelling and I hope you like the pictures of Ron's imaginary version...
Polux, sorry it's not a specific type...I got carried away! Also thanks for organising this SIG...
Cheers all,
Ron
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I went right off on a limb and had a look at different variants, and with a few bit and bobs from my bits box - even bits from a Tiger Tank - I came up with this one off Hummer.
No specific country, I just imagined it patrolling far behind enemy lines, living off the land and the crew scrounging what they could, when they could. They have come across what looks like a road block and are investigating....Why no gunner? He's inside sending a coded message on the radio!! No I.D. on the vehicle either.....just in case.
I dispensed with the supplied doors and replaced these with roll down tissue paper 'blinds'. I also left off the kit's plastic cammo nets and scratch made my own out of kitchen roll with a bit of herbs sprinkled on, the other is a bit of mesh from a bird seed ball holder, plus things to shove in the sand if they got stuck, and a shovel. As well as other bits which looked the part.
I used a small diorama base I already had and used the MIG MUD John kindly sent to me. The figures are nicked from my mini 'Afghanistan' G.B. dio. and repainted.
This has been a good bit of free spirit modelling and I hope you like the pictures of Ron's imaginary version...
Polux, sorry it's not a specific type...I got carried away! Also thanks for organising this SIG...
Cheers all,
Ron
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