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My first HEMTT - the Italeri LHS
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 09:58 AM UTC
Last night's productivity: the hydraulic assembly for the dump bed.
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 10:07 AM UTC
Cannot take credit for the engineering. I just followed the exploded drawings in the FUERMA catalog and eyeballed the overall model dimensions to fit the large truck.
(Fuerma online images reproduced here for discussion and research only.)
(Fuerma online images reproduced here for discussion and research only.)
Stickframe
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Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 11:05 AM UTC
Hi Mike - that looks great - good work, very nicely done!
Cheers
Nick
Cheers
Nick
mother
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Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 11:48 AM UTC
Real nice detail and scratchbuilding Mike...quick question, the wood sides for bed...evergreen and scratched using xacto?
Joe
Joe
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 12:12 AM UTC
I use both Evergreen and Plastruct styrene (whatever is available) then drag a medium fine saw blade, long ways over the "wood" a number of times to create the grain. (If you rough up the strip too much just hit it with a little course sand paper to knock some of the grain off.)
I "distress" the styrene strip one board at a time so the pattern on one board never flows over onto the next. I love the "see through" effect between the boards when building something board by board. (I only put glue where the actual attachment points would be on the structure as in the end braces and the riveted metal straps. I never glue the boards along their edges, side to side.)
I "distress" the styrene strip one board at a time so the pattern on one board never flows over onto the next. I love the "see through" effect between the boards when building something board by board. (I only put glue where the actual attachment points would be on the structure as in the end braces and the riveted metal straps. I never glue the boards along their edges, side to side.)
mother
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 12:42 AM UTC
Nice...thanks. How did you make out on the brake chambers. I took the ones from Trumpeters HEMITT and casted a boat load for my builds.
Happy Modeling,
Joe
Happy Modeling,
Joe
Bigred69
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 12:55 AM UTC
Hello Mike, I like what your Evil mind comes up with. Who knows, maybe one day we will sent older HEMTT's civil colors with different bodies in the back. Just think of the left over vehicles from WWII! Keep up the good work, you are a guiding light to the Truck building side of military vehicles. Ronnie 
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 01:08 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Nice...thanks. How did you make out on the brake chambers. I took the ones from Trumpeters HEMITT and casted a boat load for my builds.
Happy Modeling,
Joe
One gentleman here on the site was nice enough to send me sufficient brake actuators to do two trucks, so for the moment I'm good. Also the actuators are now available from Mike Goldberg, on the Shapeways digital printing site as well. (See link below.)
https://www.shapeways.com/product/UWGL7XN6U/1-35-hemtt-brake-cylinders-msp35-027?optionId=61301053&li=marketplace
mother
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 01:16 AM UTC
Was that Matt, he live nears me and he does a lot of CAD and Shapeways stuff. I also did other truck bits and conversions for American Army Trucks and Engineer Vehicles. I also have the 800 series 5ton trucks.
Joe
Joe
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 01:34 AM UTC
No not Matt.
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 10:24 AM UTC
HEMTTs in civilian service:
I think that first photo is a real beauty - a lot of chrome and a very nice paint job!
I think that first photo is a real beauty - a lot of chrome and a very nice paint job!
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 09:20 PM UTC
Other examples of the distressed styrene "wood" technique:
Heavy duty scratch built 7 1/2 ton loadbox for Mack NO.
Under body flooring detail added to resin US 20 ton flatbed trailer.
Scratch built four ton US trailer.
Scratch and vac-formed Bussing-Nag truck.
Heavy duty scratch built 7 1/2 ton loadbox for Mack NO.
Under body flooring detail added to resin US 20 ton flatbed trailer.
Scratch built four ton US trailer.
Scratch and vac-formed Bussing-Nag truck.
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 06:26 PM UTC
Not exactly civilian:
Camp Atterbuey Joint Base HEMTT Fire Truck
CAFD HEMTT Fire Tender (Water Truck) - Check out the steering angles of the front tires.
(Both photos Chris Allen - used here for discussion purposes only.)
Camp Atterbuey Joint Base HEMTT Fire Truck
CAFD HEMTT Fire Tender (Water Truck) - Check out the steering angles of the front tires.
(Both photos Chris Allen - used here for discussion purposes only.)
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 08:14 PM UTC
Black Dog has a resin set to build the first HEMTT fire truck you posted.
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 10:33 PM UTC
There was a review thread about this fire engine conversion posted recently on Armorama at:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/232592
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/232592
165thspc
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Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 02:20 PM UTC
Brief Sidebar Regarding Bulkhead Flatracks: - A couple of detail photos:
Looks like another place for me to use my distressed plastic wood technique. - I know I didn't invent this, it is a very common method for creating wood grain but I thought perhaps sharing some finished examples might help some modelers new to the hobby and also encourage more scratch building.
Plus more reference photos on the Prime Portal website at:
http://www.primeportal.net/odds_ends/m1_pallet.htm
Looks like another place for me to use my distressed plastic wood technique. - I know I didn't invent this, it is a very common method for creating wood grain but I thought perhaps sharing some finished examples might help some modelers new to the hobby and also encourage more scratch building.
Plus more reference photos on the Prime Portal website at:
http://www.primeportal.net/odds_ends/m1_pallet.htm
165thspc
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Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 09:07 PM UTC
I am still thinking about modeling that Hippo water carrier as a possible load for one of my LHS. Additional top view photo found recently online:
More photos and info on the Hippo back on page 23.
More photos and info on the Hippo back on page 23.
165thspc
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2017 - 02:35 AM UTC
165thspc
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Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2017 - 02:14 AM UTC
Has anyone heard anything further on Trumpeter's release of their HEMTT LHS with the container handling device?
RotorHead67
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Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 05:55 PM UTC
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My latest distraction: I got it in my head that I wanted to build a non-standard HEMTT, so I concocted a free-lanced civy HEMTT with mid-ships mounted crane and a hydraulic dump bed.
The US Army has PLS type Heavy HEMTT'S with a dump body,cement mixer,and bituminous liquid plant,water or fuel plant rack
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 06:29 PM UTC
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The US Army has PLS type Heavy HEMTT'S with a dump body,cement mixer,and bituminous liquid plant,water or fuel plant rack
Yup...
M1075 PLS with Engineer Mission Model (EMM) "Concrete Plant" flat rack.
M1075 w/ Dump Bed flat rack.
M1075 w/ Water/Fuel Distribution flat rack.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 12:41 AM UTC
Well again you guys are talking about a 10x10 PLS with the dump body. My "distraction" vehicle was just an exercise in freelancing a different sort of HEMTT as an experiment and also to make use of an over-abundant supply of spare HEMTT parts.
Would the PLS dump body fit the HEMTT LHS ??????
Would the PLS dump body fit the HEMTT LHS ??????
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 12:47 AM UTC
It should. The above are all standard flatrack size. I don't know about the weight limits though.
sgtsauer
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 11:53 AM UTC
I have photos of the concrete module, dump module and asphalt module available on Prime Portal.
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_asphalt_module/
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_concrete_module/
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_dump_module/
I can also provide a link to my 'One Drive' site where I have the photos stored as well.
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_asphalt_module/
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_concrete_module/
http://www.primeportal.net/hemtt2/brent_sauer/pls_dump_module/
I can also provide a link to my 'One Drive' site where I have the photos stored as well.
Stevie64
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Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 05:46 PM UTC
Thank you so much for the links to the manuals.
I'm making a 1:10 RC M984-A0 (The early wrecker with the short cargo bay and the fixed-height crane)and the details shown in the manuals are yielding hard-to-find images.
I'm making a 1:10 RC M984-A0 (The early wrecker with the short cargo bay and the fixed-height crane)and the details shown in the manuals are yielding hard-to-find images.
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