Building my Hummer (lots of pics, beware dailers!)

[DeeMiller]

dahhhhhhhh...(temporarily speechless). That's looking great! (ok, better now)

You do us Yankee vets proud Dee (sniffle).

[]

best,

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Ok, next batch: I made some real progress this morning:

Plenty of space at the back so I fitted the body post in the sparewheel case. 

Parts for the wheel arcs (boaring job...).

Front wheel arc.

Rear wheel arc.

It's soft black plastic (ABS?) and works very good with the glue.

I also stripped the camelbar and it's ready for painting again.

More to come.

 

Grtz Dee.

[DeeMiller]

Body reinforcements:

Front

Rear.

Tomorrow I'll start on the mud flaps.

I haven't figured out yet what material I'll be using...

 

Grtz Dee.

[MikeT]

This is gonna be one of the nicest bodies i've seen, good luck with it fella!

[DeeMiller]

This is gonna be one of the nicest bodies i've seen, good luck with it fella!

I'm glad you like it![]

 

Ok, last pic for today:

Bump stops.

As I don't want to raise the body any more (as it is already raised 5mm) I added two 1mm O-rings in the shocks to prevent the tire to touch the body.

Good night gents!

 

Grtz Dee.

[Martin71RS]

schitterend Dennis!! I whish I had the time, patience and skills....

[DeeMiller]

Bedankt Martin! Hebbie wat te kijkuh int weekend...[]

New parts:

The exhaust, "soft" alu thick wall tube (same as the extended air intake).

Painted and polished.

Mud flpas...flps...plfps....flpflppllsslslrrrrrrrrrrrrsssss!!!!.............well, those mud and rocks and stone catch thingies...

Made from some kind of vinyl...don't know, I just use what comes by.[8-|]

Can't show them on the car yet as they will be attached with double adhesive tape after the painting of the body.

If that isn't strong enough, I'll use thin iron wire, drilled through the wheel arcs.

I think some sponsor logos looks good on them, still waiting for them.

 

I'm going out this weekend so no updates till monday, sorry.[:$]

Have a good weekend gents!

 

Grtz Dee.

[MikeT]

Dee, it's FLAPS

Dee, we neeeeeed updates!

How about a mockup pic as it sits now?

[Bigwheels_inc]

Looking good Dee

but if it were me i would keep the spare wheel holder side panels and hold the spare wheels in with scale leather style straps so you can still see them or at least the tyres

Pete

[Guest joelvardy]

this would have been a great blog in the new blog section.

You are making a fine job there,

  Sooo unfair why dose everyone else get all of the engineering talent and most of all PACIENCE []

[DeeMiller]

I'm back and had a wonderfull weekend: A1GP down at Zandvoort!!!

I'm want to put some new pics up this evening so be patiened...

Looking good Dee

but if it were me i would keep the spare wheel holder side panels and hold the spare wheels in with scale leather style straps so you can still see them or at least the tyres

Pete

I have thought about that but there isn't any room to fit the wheels anymore.

I also thought about cutting one tire in half and let them stick out the back.

On second thought I just leave it as it is now, it looks better with the striping...and saves me from more work (although I like your idea).

I just went nuts on detailing the rear bumper...

Stay tuned!

 

Grtz Dee

[DeeMiller]

As promised:

Put adhesive alu-tape on modeller's stucco plate to copy it.

Added them to the side bars.

Other stuff: filling up the screws of the roof bar.

 

The making of the 12V and 24V(=ABS) connectors:

Parts...no, don't walk away...watch as they will become something completely different...

Now do you still recognize the bolt in it?

Filling up the other bolt with polyester putty.

Hmm...doesn't look right...

I replaced the "big" bolt by a smaller one (round headed screw, puttied...).

Note the (intentional) holes at the right, just for scale looks.

Better.

A close-up.

****, now I see I have to redo the painting!

Aw 'ell, that's pretty close...won't do that again, lol!

Drilled holes in the back to simulate "thin plate" looking from the front.

 

Grtz Dee.

[Guest joelvardy]

looken wicked mate

more people would have sen but Chris has stopped the E-mail notifications[] (no honest he has done well[])

well done to you too

[richytanimal]

Dee, this is absolutely fantastic, can't wait to see the final result.

Rich.

[DeeMiller]

Yeah, that makes two of us!

Some more:

Front is now finished.

I replaced the wood glue by "headless" nails, looks better now.

The mudflaps seem to have seen my Nicads as they are immitating the "memory effect"...

No problem as I have an iron...

Didn't work out...

They just don't want to stay flat....[8o|]

Ok....now the mudflaps are made of rubber.

A moke-up.

The cables are "iron wire" so they will be strong enough for use outside.

They prevent the flaps to fold back and tough the tires when driving over rocks backwards.

Last things to do:

-Prepare the body for painting.

-Paint the camelbar and the rear bumper.

-Making the whipers and paint them.

-Waiting for the decals (or better: stickers) so I can determine the measurements of the striping.

 

Grtz Dee.

[mr_pushrod]

Sweet!

[mr_pushrod]

Sweet!

[DeeMiller]

Thx.

 

[DeeMiller]

Thx again![]

[mr_pushrod]

Whoops [:$]

[DeeMiller]

Whoops [:$]

[Y]

Some more:

The bolts for the mounting of the sandplates.

A close-up...

The trick is to "camouflage" the used bolts by another shape so they don't give away their origin.

 

The making of the windscreen whipers:

Iron rod, 2mm

Hammered and filed into shape.

I'm gonna solder a small 1mm iron bar on the windscreen side.

Hope to show you when finished tonight.

 

Grtz Dee.

[Unique1]

amazing work, i've been watching for a whiley, but am now inspired to reply.

 

What will this car be a crawler maybe? 

[Guest sk8te-penguin]

i think its going to be a racer/ paris dakar copy. like the race touareg only a hummer.

[DeeMiller]

i think its going to be a racer/ paris dakar copy. like the race touareg only a hummer.

I think too...[]

 

Last ones for today:

Soldered the 1mm wire to the whiper, sanded.

Assembled.

Filling up the hole as the civil Hummer doesn't have the extra light.

More filling has to be done on the body so I'll be quite busy the next few days...

I'm a bit worried about the covering of the green body by white.

My plan is to spray Tamiya fine primer (white) and finish with gloss white.

Anyone knows if the primer can handle automotive paint?

 

Grtz Dee.

[Stefan(2)]

You take detail-building up until the next level,

very nice idea's comming around.

I hope you did not take a © opyright on the way you are making the towing hooks, as the "plan" here is stored for further (ab)use

Very nice project!

Stefan 

 

[DeeMiller]

You take detail-building up until the next level,

very nice idea's comming around.

I hope you did not take a © opyright on the way you are making the towing hooks, as the "plan" here is stored for further (ab)use

Very nice project!

Stefan 

 

Thx for the compliment![]

Copyright? On the contrary, it's there to share!

I learned some things myself by watching other modellers (IF they take the strain to show pics of the building).

Enjoy![]

 

Grtz Dee.