hey mate. love your work! i've been following your work for a while. thats one mean looking hummer. I'll post pics of my extended crane arms i've scratched for the end of days campaign.

yes, that would be great.

progress has been slow for the end of summer campaign in 1/1 but I'm getting more done this weekend. Thanks for looking in

Finally got this .. uh.. thing- um-a-jig fleshed out for detailing and cleaning up tonight

This was the hardest part to build so-far because everything had to line up together

Super build ! It's like a college level course in kitbashing and scrounging for materials and parts! Inspired !

Thanks for the comment. I like to show pictures of where I had problems and solutions to share

Hi guys,

I was wondering if there ever was such a vehicle as shown on page 1.
I still have the old crane from the Academy m579 Fitter in the sparebox and I was thinking of putting it on the back of a humvee.
Any real pictures of such a vehicle ??

Gé

Hi Gé,

Yes this is a real vehicle. Before I started the scale project I compared the Academy M579 Fitter crane assembly to the one on the HMMWV and they didn't look the same. This doesn't mean that it hasn't been mounted on one. I just haven't seen any.

I plan to get this model back to the center of the bench as soon as I finish the '55 Chevy PU.

Thanks for looking in and the bump...

great build,love the work that you do.cant wait to see it finished.

Hi KoSprueOne,

What I mean is this vehicle actually in use with the US army ?
I mean on the frontbumper you can see a small black star and something on the left that looks like the number D41 ????
Don't you have any more pictures of this vehicle ?
And what about a HIAB crane like on the M977 HEMTT ??

Gé

Thanks for your compliment, Bat-213

Hi Gé,

This vehicle was on display by the Naval Special Warfare Development Group on a US Navy base. I asked them if it had an "M-..." designation yet and they said not yet because it's a new specialty vehicle platform.

The bumper has a black star and the number '041'

I have 4X6 prints only right now and I don't have a scanner. These are the pictures I'm working off of.

I also have the Italeri M-977 HEMTT kit and it is not like that one either. The only option I've found is to scratch build the crane

If there were no photo of this thing I would not belive it. Grate work and it one grate Idea!

Haha, thanks, CCIII!

I almost didn't believe it either. First saw it at about 200 yards and had to do the couple steps left then a couple steps right to establish 3D visual reference.

As soon as I saw that the crane arm was mounted on the HMMWV, I headed right for it to get a closer look . . . and take pictures