crispyandtherocketman 8 Posted March 8, 2016 Hi guys Im Rocket, big brother to Crispy who I understand is a regular villain on here. We are currently building up to our own Tamiya recon force. My Humvees been around for a few years now, Crispy has another humvee and a Lightstrike in build and I managed to pick up a battered original XR311 back end of last year. The Humvee The XR311 Out of the box And under heavy Plasticard attack. Now the final version wont look anythinh like the original tamiya XR311. Ive been digging around in the picture archives and looked at so many test pictures of the beastie I see it in my sleep. Im heading for what i think it would have looked like if it had been accepted into service by the US special forces Thats it for now. More when I get some time. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taliesin 260 Posted March 8, 2016 Nice projects! Wish I had some modeling skills to match yours. That Hummer looks awesome with all the extra details! Welcome to the nuthouse (It is OK, we're all Tamiya junkies here anyway). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Percymon 2184 Posted March 8, 2016 When i saw the first XR311 photo I thought (hope he can get that back to nice original condition), but I see it will actually be something much better Welcome to the madhouse / wallet emptying club / Tamiya homage / fill in as you like ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisRx718 4464 Posted March 8, 2016 Love it. I only have an FAV as far as military vehicles go (if it can be counted as such!) and have much admiration for the Hummers. You don't see many of the JSDF Ground Defence vehicles either - maybe a future model in the pipeline for you and your brothers little 'fleet'!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Ax 9149 Posted March 9, 2016 Awesome work on the XR311 Out of interest, how did you bend the tube around the windscreen? I've been trying to make roll cages from plastic tube for a while but my bends never look right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispyandtherocketman 8 Posted March 9, 2016 Hiya. Took plastic tube and glued rod inside then let it dry. Then rolled the tube on the edge of a bench undervachot hair dryer till it sags. The rod inside the tube stops it kinking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Ax 9149 Posted March 10, 2016 Neat trick Rocket - I might give that a try! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispyandtherocketman 8 Posted March 10, 2016 Love it. I only have an FAV as far as military vehicles go (if it can be counted as such!) and have much admiration for the Hummers. You don't see many of the JSDF Ground Defence vehicles either - maybe a future model in the pipeline for you and your brothers little 'fleet'!?! Been there already but in 1/6 scale! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chevelle 997 Posted March 13, 2016 Wow really nice skills you have there, I'm loving the scale look down to the rack's, packs and crew looking forward to the XR311 updates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites