Hey, I'm an Iraq Vet, (OIF 06-07), in Ramadi. I drove both this, and the M 1117 ASV. Seeing your final results really took me to a melancholy place! I might recommend, as a further dive into realism, take some random parts, on the main Hummvee body, and paint them your green mix. Paint a random wheel, headlight cover, hoodlocks, whatever some random parts that were replaced between missions. But, good job, regardless, and thank you!
I haven't built models since being a kid in the early 70's ...Holy Moly has the hobby progressed! It used to be Testors tube glue and paint bottles/bushes! Fantastic models- blown away!
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
@Adriel Marley Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Im a long time model railroader, but have been watching your videos for awhile now. We go to a military hobby shop for paint etc. Well yesterday I took the plunge. I bought the 1/35 Takom King Tiger with the full interior. I have bookmarked the 3 part video you did on this build and will refer to it through the build. Thanks for doing these videos, they are very informative
Just one tiny note, you can see out of the front and sides, you have dusty tires but the front windows are not two pie slices in the dirt made by the wipers, also that interior is practically factory. Great build lots of fun to watch.
Another great build Andy! I fully agree with what you have said several times about how this is for fun and while we try to build for some degree of accuracy depending on one' s tastes it is still for fun. I see a lot of guys go too heavy on making sand colored vehicles look weathered where the desert sand color almost appears brown because they go so heavy with washes. You avoided that misstep and yours came out spot on man! As an OEF veteran who spent a lot of time driving M998's and M1114's in country I love seeing subjects like this built, especially when they are done this well! Great work!
one small detail to point out, the small areas on the hood where the sing load hooks stick out are black rubber. Great build as usual cant wait till im settled in my new place so I can get back to building
Im gonna need to get this kit, thinking of doing a paint scheme of the Kurdish Peshmerga and try to find a good quality 1/35th DSHK to mount instead of the M2
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters Ducati121 is correct, Andy. Also, the reinforcing plate between the roof & door pillar should be a single piece, not 2 pieces, as the kit depicts. To do this 100% correctly requires either minor scratch building, or Academy molding a seperate piece. And, c'mon, Andy! All that work to slap some silver paint on the mirrors? You don't have bare-metal-foil? Well, it's not like you're gonna enter it at AMPS, right?.... Hey, good job, Andy, and my so-far single order from you guys was EXCELLENT price & service, - Takom M-60, w ERA.... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....
Great job Andy! One thing about the bullet-proof glass...it normally has a sort of green tinge to it. I usually mix Tamiya Clear Green about 50-50 with a little bit of Future; but that's just me. Not trying to bust your stones! I wish my kits turned out half as good as yours!
Drove a few of these over there before moving on to bigger things. Liked the vid need to add a rhino. We got assigned MRAPs at one point but I always felt safer in the 11 better controls and response. I still have my 1151 data plate. The truck took three blasts head on and kept ticking. end of tour I took the data plate, she was slotted to be handed to the Iraqis. Thank you for doing a vid on this machine.
@ Andy. I was a Bradly mechanic in the Army for 15 yrs. But of course I worked on everything in the motorpool. If you ever need help with something or confused with what something is. Feel free to message me and I will do my best to explain things. Thank you for the video man.
I'm really liking academy's models . at the moment I'm doing the tiger 1, 1/35 early production , with full interior , lot's of part's super detailed , and incredibly cheap .
Really cool looking Humvee Andy. I've been tempted to get this kit a couple times but have always held off. This vid may have just convinced me to add it to the ever growing collection. Cheers!
Great build Andy, you did a great job building, painting and weathering this wonderful kit from Academy. I hope that you and your friends and family have a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Keep up the great work and have fun, Joe
Same humvee I served in as a gunner in Iraq 07-08 OEF-OIF, can't find one online here in NC, my TC, had white dice above the MTS console between him and or driver, be nice to find a kit like that one. Nice job! 😀
FYI, my Son was in Iraq in 07-08 w/101st. Their vehicles started out new and no one ever took the BLACK vinyl shipping covers off the seats in any vehicle. That kept the fabric from being destroyed by sand and it was easier to slide in/out. All their vehicles with fabric seats were left like this. Also, the step up for the gunner between the front seats usually had a couple of .50 cal ammo cans on it for easy access. As far as I know, no one makes a usable version of the cool harness the gunner wore.. or the quick release that was used on newbies to drop them inside.......
This type of hobby is all alien technology for me. I happen to come across a few of these models on eBay and I couldn’t figure out the $230+ price tag. 😳 I’ll be honest I was expecting it to be at least made out of steel. I understand the level of detail but Holy cow. $200+ for less than a pound of plastic... they aren’t even that big either Edit: My bad the ones I saw first on eBay were some really fancy top notch award winning models that apparently come already painted and all the ultra details. 😂 the one in the video I just saw them for $20! just ordered one and I’ll be hopefully following your guide!
Andy as always a Great Build! You are getting me back into Modeling Armor and soft Skins again. Maybe I should take a break from model Railroading? Hummm will have to think about that one..........
Just so you know, All 1151's I have ever signed for had OD Green interiors with Tan Exteriors, they did not EVER Paint the interiors Tan, it was impossible because they would have had to mask all the ground points and all the guages off, it was so time prohibitive that it was never done. In Afghanistan, the ANA had Green Vehicles sometimes but usually not the 1151's Mudflaps were also not used, they were required for ONLY stateside vehicles, some European vehicles used them too but not the 1151's the antenna for the DUKES system is wrong too, ours all looked like a wiffle ball bat that was stepped on, like a cricket bat.
i don't want to be a critic but when i was deployed for oif all the 1151's we had were solid desert tan inside and out no black on the vehicle at all.... that said great model looks like a fun kit
I remember one model of the M998 back in the 80s that felt like the parts were made in different factories and the seams looks like russian tank turrets.
Excellent video Andy! I like this one a lot. I think you might have been okay to dust it at the end cause it would have made the glass look like they were a little dusty. Going down those sand and dirt roads I bet they are not clean. Great video though! I just ordered the kit. Thanks and I look forward to the next video as always!!
I love your videos. I wish you would put the model #s or a link to the kits in your description so we could buy them. After i see your videos I want to buy the kits almost immediately at times. You get me that psyched to build them. :)
Is the Rhino Airlift Bumper correct on this model? It seems like it is sticking out way to far. On mine it lowers down to part of the bumper then locks on.
Wonder if the doors are operating? Lots of details that can't be seen, looks good though! Used to build and test drive them. Noticed a few details not right, but minor. Needs a better air cleaner cap assembly, a desert style that stands much taller, that one is a standard version.
I have been looking for one of these for a while to replicate my senior scout truck when I was in the service, but I can not find one with no crows nest, and with an LRAS attached. Have any ideas on how I can find a kit to build my service truck?
One question about the color ratio. What was the color ratio between Buff and desert yellow that you used? Was it a 1 part buff, 1 part desert yellow and 1 part thinner?
Hey, I'm an Iraq Vet, (OIF 06-07), in Ramadi. I drove both this, and the M 1117 ASV. Seeing your final results really took me to a melancholy place! I might recommend, as a further dive into realism, take some random parts, on the main Hummvee body, and paint them your green mix. Paint a random wheel, headlight cover, hoodlocks, whatever some random parts that were replaced between missions. But, good job, regardless, and thank you!
I haven't built models since being a kid in the early 70's ...Holy Moly has the hobby progressed! It used to be Testors tube glue and paint bottles/bushes! Fantastic models- blown away!
Seriously, that airbrush must be on the top tier. It sprays so well...
Great work! Only thing I saw missing was the broken door gaskets that are always dangling out of the door on every Humvee I've seen xD
More like the gasket hanging out from under the rear hatch
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost the password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
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@Adriel Marley Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Adriel Marley it worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my account !
This was very therapeutic to watch lol it feels great how a model comes to life, such a satisfying feeling
never had the tamiya glue hold like that unreal BEAUTIFUL DONE MODEL
Im a long time model railroader, but have been watching your videos for awhile now. We go to a military hobby shop for paint etc. Well yesterday I took the plunge. I bought the 1/35 Takom King Tiger with the full interior. I have bookmarked the 3 part video you did on this build and will refer to it through the build. Thanks for doing these videos, they are very informative
Just one tiny note, you can see out of the front and sides, you have dusty tires but the front windows are not two pie slices in the dirt made by the wipers, also that interior is practically factory. Great build lots of fun to watch.
Another great build Andy! I fully agree with what you have said several times about how this is for fun and while we try to build for some degree of accuracy depending on one' s tastes it is still for fun. I see a lot of guys go too heavy on making sand colored vehicles look weathered where the desert sand color almost appears brown because they go so heavy with washes. You avoided that misstep and yours came out spot on man! As an OEF veteran who spent a lot of time driving M998's and M1114's in country I love seeing subjects like this built, especially when they are done this well! Great work!
one small detail to point out, the small areas on the hood where the sing load hooks stick out are black rubber. Great build as usual cant wait till im settled in my new place so I can get back to building
oh thats good to know I will change it
Im gonna need to get this kit, thinking of doing a paint scheme of the Kurdish Peshmerga and try to find a good quality 1/35th DSHK to mount instead of the M2
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters Ducati121 is correct, Andy. Also, the reinforcing plate between the roof & door pillar should be a single piece, not 2 pieces, as the kit depicts. To do this 100% correctly requires either minor scratch building, or Academy molding a seperate piece. And, c'mon, Andy! All that work to slap some silver paint on the mirrors? You don't have bare-metal-foil? Well, it's not like you're gonna enter it at AMPS, right?.... Hey, good job, Andy, and my so-far single order from you guys was EXCELLENT price & service, - Takom M-60, w ERA.... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....
@@Ducati121 maybe the Tamiya T-72?....altho I'm sure you found 1 by now!....
That turned out incredible looking. Love the weathering and details. You've got some serious talent sir.
Great job Andy! One thing about the bullet-proof glass...it normally has a sort of green tinge to it. I usually mix Tamiya Clear Green about 50-50 with a little bit of Future; but that's just me. Not trying to bust your stones! I wish my kits turned out half as good as yours!
Thank you that's a good idea i will try it out, thanks for watching
sick burn
my sort of subject. nice work Andy
Thank you for watching
Great job. Looks just like the one's I was in, in Iraq.
Drove a few of these over there before moving on to bigger things. Liked the vid need to add a rhino. We got assigned MRAPs at one point but I always felt safer in the 11 better controls and response. I still have my 1151 data plate. The truck took three blasts head on and kept ticking. end of tour I took the data plate, she was slotted to be handed to the Iraqis. Thank you for doing a vid on this machine.
If you want to see the truck in question I'll email pictures
@ Andy. I was a Bradly mechanic in the Army for 15 yrs. But of course I worked on everything in the motorpool. If you ever need help with something or confused with what something is. Feel free to message me and I will do my best to explain things. Thank you for the video man.
I'm really liking academy's models . at the moment I'm doing the tiger 1, 1/35 early production , with full interior , lot's of part's super detailed , and incredibly cheap .
yet another excellent build and great weathering Andy
thanks for watching
Really cool looking Humvee Andy. I've been tempted to get this kit a couple times but have always held off. This vid may have just convinced me to add it to the ever growing collection. Cheers!
Great job! Thanks a lot! I have 2 of these to build so now I'll dig them out!
Thank you , I was very impressed with the quality of the kit have fun.
Building this at the mo! So helpfull cheers Andy 👌🏼
Great build Andy, you did a great job building, painting and weathering this wonderful kit from Academy. I hope that you and your friends and family have a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Keep up the great work and have fun,
Joe
Thank you Joe merry Christmas to you and happy new year
Loving the modern armor series. Good work and happy holidays!
Thank you
As always another fine build. Nice music as well.
Great video Andy i just got into modeling and your videos really help i just finished the USS Enterprise great build lots of fun
that's great thanks for watching
Awesome job, my one has just jumped up the build queue!
Thank you
Same humvee I served in as a gunner in Iraq 07-08 OEF-OIF, can't find one online here in NC, my TC, had white dice above the MTS console between him and or driver, be nice to find a kit like that one. Nice job! 😀
Very nice paint job, and very nice kit
Thank you
A great build and great video.
GREAT WORK!
Love the music so much
Thank you. Brazilian hugs.
Truly amazing work, dont think i have the patience for that however i make 3D models for a living, keep up the good work and models.
next video..can you please do a shop tour?
shop tour would be awesome. it looks really nice.
I'd just like to see all those tank kits
nice
I will be doing a FAQ video and I will include it.
Andy's Hobby Headquarters っっっっs
Nice video , and a very nice kit.
Thank you.
Thanks! I am working on a Battle of Washington D.C. in a fictional Russo-American war set in 2024
plz make vid of that it would be cool
also 2 late
why did you have to do that? I feel like you are going to jinx it...
Best one I've seen yet. It looks like you took the real thing, shrunk it and "poof" here's my model.
Awesome looking kit, I wished someone made more MRAPs
That's an up armored HMMWV, the MRAPs are even cooler than this
@@davidbrunner4413 yep, finding the plastic can be an issue
Another outstanding video thanks
Thank you
Again Andy a great video.
Thank you
For like a holiday or something you should make a massive diorama
yeah, not so huge but like decent big with modern armor patrolling in the middle east or something
Very Good work ! So nice, Yes
Beautiful job. Looks like a lot of great detail. Happy holidays.
Thank you happy holidays
Great job! Looks super!
Thank you
Good job Andy! greetings from Mexico
Awesome build! Hoping to see you do some aircraft in the future.
Thank you
I need to know on what did use for the weathering?
FYI, my Son was in Iraq in 07-08 w/101st. Their vehicles started out new and no one ever took the BLACK vinyl shipping covers off the seats in any vehicle. That kept the fabric from being destroyed by sand and it was easier to slide in/out. All their vehicles with fabric seats were left like this. Also, the step up for the gunner between the front seats usually had a couple of .50 cal ammo cans on it for easy access. As far as I know, no one makes a usable version of the cool harness the gunner wore.. or the quick release that was used on newbies to drop them inside.......
This type of hobby is all alien technology for me. I happen to come across a few of these models on eBay and I couldn’t figure out the $230+ price tag. 😳 I’ll be honest I was expecting it to be at least made out of steel. I understand the level of detail but Holy cow. $200+ for less than a pound of plastic... they aren’t even that big either
Edit: My bad the ones I saw first on eBay were some really fancy top notch award winning models that apparently come already painted and all the ultra details. 😂 the one in the video I just saw them for $20! just ordered one and I’ll be hopefully following your guide!
This or look wonderful, Andy! Keep up the good work!
Thank you
Fantastic.looks great.
Thank you.
Hi your Humvee looks like a Frag 5. A bit like the ones I worked on in Kuwait
Sold i will buy this kit
Looks great!
Thank you.
Nice model Andy i also have the same model yours and it took me 2 days to finish
Nice work!
really good mate
Build you a modern warfare diorama?
Nice video and model
Super jugetes padrisimos
Really nice!
Just bought 2 of them.
Andy as always a Great Build! You are getting me back into Modeling Armor and soft Skins again. Maybe I should take a break from model Railroading? Hummm will have to think about that one..........
That's great thanks for watching
Amazing
Just so you know, All 1151's I have ever signed for had OD Green interiors with Tan Exteriors, they did not EVER Paint the interiors Tan, it was impossible because they would have had to mask all the ground points and all the guages off, it was so time prohibitive that it was never done. In Afghanistan, the ANA had Green Vehicles sometimes but usually not the 1151's Mudflaps were also not used, they were required for ONLY stateside vehicles, some European vehicles used them too but not the 1151's the antenna for the DUKES system is wrong too, ours all looked like a wiffle ball bat that was stepped on, like a cricket bat.
i don't want to be a critic but when i was deployed for oif all the 1151's we had were solid desert tan inside and out no black on the vehicle at all.... that said great model looks like a fun kit
I remember one model of the M998 back in the 80s that felt like the parts were made in different factories and the seams looks like russian tank turrets.
Great vid thanks
Thank you
Excellent video Andy! I like this one a lot. I think you might have been okay to dust it at the end cause it would have made the glass look like they were a little dusty. Going down those sand and dirt roads I bet they are not clean. Great video though! I just ordered the kit. Thanks and I look forward to the next video as always!!
Hi mike I was debating on the dust I was just very happy the wash and didn't want to mess it up, I still might , thanks for watching
another good video as always
cannot wait for the next one
Thank you
Any recommendations on spray paint color for this? Ak sand yellow for example?
You should add a soldier covering the exhaust pipe with his hand so his buddy can get the damn thing to start.
Before you weather it and apply the clear coat, what are you using for the clear coat? I'm new to this
Exelent video, I hope you do an afrika korps tiger paint tutorial.
great job.
Thank you
How many parts did you mix the desert yellow and buff?
Thank you for your movie, how about the dimension of this kit after assembling, thx
GreatJob, In Tamiya acrylics what colors and mixture do you use to get the U S desert color?
I love your videos. I wish you would put the model #s or a link to the kits in your description so we could buy them. After i see your videos I want to buy the kits almost immediately at times. You get me that psyched to build them. :)
what mixture of xf57 and xf59 do you use for the paint?
Nice and cool as always!;)
Thank you.
Hi. pls tell me what is the mixture when u made shadows in little details in the end of this video?
great job
You can make a video of your collection?
Greetings from Chile
I’m putting mine together for the first time. This is stressful!! Lol
What brand are those locking tweezers around the 4 min mark please? Look like they are good quality
Andy where did you get the poly parts for inside the wheels? Do they come with the kit or did you glue the wheels on so they can’t roll?
Where did you get those locking tweezers?!
Awesome!
Is the Rhino Airlift Bumper correct on this model?
It seems like it is sticking out way to far. On mine it lowers down to part of the bumper then locks on.
Very well!!!
Thank you
Wonder if the doors are operating? Lots of details that can't be seen, looks good though! Used to build and test drive them. Noticed a few details not right, but minor. Needs a better air cleaner cap assembly, a desert style that stands much taller, that one is a standard version.
Would this kit be suitable for a beginner scale builder? My only past experience with scale was building a 1/10 scale sakura D5 drift RC car
I have been looking for one of these for a while to replicate my senior scout truck when I was in the service, but I can not find one with no crows nest, and with an LRAS attached. Have any ideas on how I can find a kit to build my service truck?
"It scares me when I see so thiny thiny parts".. You should make a 1:144 plane :D
F/A-18 from Revell is a good one xD
Andy, what do you use as a dull coat?
I use Testors 1260 spray can or Tamiya ts80 depending on whats near me lol
Love your work. Only thing I would like to comment on is the color of the M2 is too dark it needs more of a nickel dull finish
so the kit has radios but no antennae? I see the MTS/BF unit on the back and the warlock but no regular antennae. Did the kit come with any?
idk how i got here but that's cool! AWESOME!!! Now make some transformers :)
One question about the color ratio. What was the color ratio between Buff and desert yellow that you used? Was it a 1 part buff, 1 part desert yellow and 1 part thinner?
What airbrush do you use?
Im interested in this piece alot! Will you work on commision? Please lmk asap