twin motor hummer H2 scale truck project
Its been a little while since I got anything posted due to some unforseen issues in the real world ;) But in the rc world I got back into building a little, nothing overly ambitious yet. I used up some parts I had about, this Matracks hummer H2 body from a cheap toy was looking for a new home and I wanted it to have a stock stance and look so with a little digging in parts drawers I used a TD/blackfoot Xtreme/wild dagger chassis with Tl01 arms and Tg10 long wheel axles and hexes all around to get the right width, this type of chassis has been done many times by guys on TC and other forums as a very cost effective way to get a scale truck chassis which isn't to wide and many bodies will sit on it and look very scale from outside. I may have to adjust the WB just slightly by trimming the arms and adding spacers but it is very close right now and I'll likely just leave it be. I love the looks of the Hummer H2 and similar Heavy duty SUVs but I don't fancy bling bling on them so I painted this up how I would want a real H2 to look if I was going drive it myself. Flat tan and flat black with steel wheels and no lift kits, just rough and ready to go explore the back country where I live ;) Anyway I am not done yet but thought I'd share to see what you guys think. Troll my little cat seems to like it ;)
Comments
pagedm_f350
Looks great Seth, I like it that's the color scheme I am going to use on my Defender, if I ever finish it
Wyoming
A defender would look great in Tan Dan
SRB Bloke
Good work as always Seth. I really like the NO bling approach, looks great.
matman
Gee aren't we rich ! having your own r/c mechanic haha . Or is that the inspector .
Nice pussy you have there . AKA chef mechanic / inspector .
Very nice job , looks great & to scale .
ScaleXtreme
Looking awesome ! Most scale Hummer ever.
Dante77
Wow, very cool build as usual! The wipers look very heavy duty, lol!
Chain Driven
Love the look, I have a similar body in bright yellow that I need to do something with, here is the motivation for me, thanks Seth. Nice Cammo cat as well ;O)
MAD-BEE
Real mean looking and great work!!!
Love the cat!!!
beetleman
It seems that anything you touch turns into RC gold.
slimmy
Beautiful seth! A real piece of art.
Max Power
Very nice
Fernado Alonso
Very very nice again
The cat is doing his/her best to show off to
Very pretty Cat
Cheers,Alex
Charel G.
I´m not a fan of the Hummer but I like this one very much.
mikeekim
looks awesome Seth, I might go home and attack my wild dagger, where did you get the wheel and tire combo? are they off the Matracks?
Henk4Focus
Looks great. I agree whole heartedly, Humvees and H2's shouldn't be full of bling. The H3 that we get here are a real gangsta car. All bling and huge low profile tyres. No good.
joule
Looking good
BeetleOne
Great looking H2! Nice job! Very nice colour choice! That is something different and very well achived!
delux
Perfect! So nice to see a Hummer without all the stupid bling! Fantastic..
Skottoman
That looks great! I also hate H2's all 'Blinged' out with 30' chrome wheels and such... Great looking project!
Wyoming
Thanks fellers, @ mike The tires are 1.9 Yokohama geolanders from the HPI mini trophy truck on Tamiya Hummer wheels
pastimesteve
Wow, wow, wow. That's art right there. Amazing job Seth!
7.2inchdriver
prettty cool, nice to have a project where you didnt have to modify the Hummer wheels.
Wyoming
lol, yeah it felt weird to use stock hummer wheels and I almost started to cut the nuts off before I stopped myself and just painted them lol!
SteelRat
The Master shoots and scores. As always. You always make it look so easy!
GingerSpice
Great colour, almost desert storm
Orangemeca
An other great contribution, fabulous, I like the cat too
def4x4
Great to see the bling toy hummer in a better look. Great color, looking for the roofrack and the weathering meby!!
Tamiyamandan
Looks almost real...except for the gynormous cat !!!! Seriously though looks Awesome !!!!
tamiyaonebay
This is why you are a master of modeling/RC. Wow.
tamiyaonebay
...Wait, I might have worded that wrong...this isn't 'why' you are a master but this is an example of your masterful skills.
blackfoot dave
Looks 100% better than an urban street mobile.....gotta deduct points for the out of scale Troll though...Well done!!
CASE1
Very nice and interesting combo. The chassis in this set-up must drive like a heavy overpowered scale Hummer I suppose?
3SPD REKR
I was wondering where you were, pretty quiet lately. I hope all is well.
This H2 looks great with your more realistic durable look. Some of the stock bits are questionable like those driving lights, but I like it a lot. Figured I'd see an H2 from you sooner or later. Nice work.
Naxman
Very scale looking...the color looks great!!
Wyoming
Thanks guys, it drives very much like a CC01 with locked diffs but is still pretty quick with 55ts
crazyhare
Glad someone-else's cats love R/C too - I thought it was just mine .
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