interesting perspective on the rust, but the 1/1 isn't all beat up yet.
The rivets are made. It is suppose to look like slotted holes under the bolts for adjustment during installation. And they are all out of alignment on the 1/1 as well

The interior is done. Foot pedals in the kit part were molded into the floor. I didn't like the look so I scratch built new ones.
The gas pedal grip texture was simply scribed in with a knife.
The brake pedal had foil textured first then glued on.


Foil was burnished onto the knurl of a hobby knife


The piece of foil was then cut out and glued to the styrene pedal


This might be out of scale but once installed and painted, it will be ok under the dash and steering column



The steering wheel was built with scrap parts from an electronics unit


The wiper motor was also scratch built with scrap parts that were cut up and glued together

Wow sorry but I'm stealing the diamond plate idea good work man

Haha cool thank you. You won't be stealing it from though, someone else came up with that. I just used it too

I have the front and rear bumpers complete except for the bolt heads which are in the mail now

A lot of pictures follow because I wanted to show how I made them from scratch


I didn't have any styrene shapes like this on hand so I started with a piece of acrylic cut from a CD jewel case. I needed a solid core to glue the rest of the parts around and onto it in a laminate fashion
















The front winch guide rollers assembly


For the rear I made a drawing because I got tired of running back and forth between the computer and the bench which are in two different rooms









the bumper assemblies were clay tacked into place for the pictures. As soon as the bolt heads arrive, that will be the final details to add to these

thanks for looking

Mad skills man.
Watching your build progress makes me wanna speed up time for the EoD campaign.

Anyhoo.......
Here's a little sumptin' sumptin' you may want to try for bolt heads in the future. I figured this out while trying to make lugs for my scratch built tires and wheels.
You can buy a pack of allen wrenches anywhere for a few bucks. Pick out the appropriate size allen head to fit your project, push it into some self hardening clay to the right depth, and fill the indention with silicone. You can make a zillion bolt heads for next to nothing like this and even make a few different size bolt heads to add depth and realism to a project.


Hermon

Thanks Bro. Do you mean something like this?




thanks for the heads up, but how do you paint and glue the silicone bolt heads on the model?

Yeah, that totally makes NO sense. I didn't use silicone. It was actually the clear acrylic 2 part stuff used to make waterfalls and ponds and stuff. Can't remember the exact name of it but all the craft stores will have a version of it. Also, I DID use a silicone based spray gun oil in the indentions as a release agent.


Hermon

Ok, that makes sense. cool

I ordered some hex rod and they arrived yesterday. I'll finish the bumpers up this weekend and move onto the support out riggers

Thanks for looking in and replying.
yeah, this kit is dated for sure. I guess most of the focus will be on the boom arm area anyway

deadline approaching rapidly

more done this weekend



'dollar store' frying product for cheap for screen material

Hi Ko

Nice to see a real mix of materials coming together. Loving the detailing.

Nige

Thanks Nige.
The whole rear frame stabilizer subassembly should be complete by tonight or tomorrow

I'm diggin' the screen man. Great idea, only now the fried chicken will be really greasy.

I don't think you need to worry about the deadline. Murphy has been AWOL for a few months now.


Hermon

haha, yeah I bought two, so one is in the kitchen

AWOL? dang, I hope awol means toes in the sand somewhere with a drink in one hand, an exacto blade in one, and the current issue of MCM in the other... as opposed to the other three awol locations we all can sometimes find our selves in. One of which has bars and really bad room mates . . .

I finished the poles today and out riggers today. They were built then drilled like this

The whole subassembly is dry fit set into the HMMWV and it looks like weird, super sturdy bed frame. Only fine details such as the position set pins will complete this part of the model which I'll get to tonight



thanks for looking ....

KSO, Dunno if the original has this or not, but some baby moon upside down hubcaps would be pretty cool for the pads under the leveling legs. Just an idea. Nice detail on the legs and (brass?) holders.

Hermon

That's actually a great idea

There are flat plates secured with threaded bar for adjustments on the prototype. I'll make these tonight

These

Works for me man. Is that actual functioning threaded rod or did you just make it look that way?

Hermon

those are guitar string glued into drilled holes under the leg poles

Damn bro, I'd seriously like to live next door to you. Freakin' awsome ideas floating around in that brain basket of yours. Really nice.



Hermon

Haha, thanks bro, but I got that idea from someone else

now the next time my brother picks up his guitar ... well ... uh .

he'll say,

and then I'll say

details on this subassembly area is done



now onto the hydraulic arm