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!

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

Seriously, that airbrush must be on the top tier. It sprays so well...

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

This was very therapeutic to watch lol it feels great how a model comes to life, such a satisfying feeling

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!

That turned out incredible looking. Love the weathering and details. You've got some serious talent sir.

my sort of subject. nice work Andy

never had the tamiya glue hold like that unreal BEAUTIFUL DONE MODEL

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!

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!

Building this at the mo! So helpfull cheers Andy 👌🏼

yet another excellent build and great weathering Andy

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

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.

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.

@ 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.

As always another fine build. Nice music as well.

Great job! Thanks a lot! I have 2 of these to build so now I'll dig them out!

Very nice paint job, and very nice kit

Awesome job, my one has just jumped up the build queue!

GREAT WORK!

Loving the modern armor series. Good work and happy holidays!

Love the music so much

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 .

Great video Andy i just got into modeling and your videos really help i just finished the USS Enterprise great build lots of fun

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.

Best one I've seen yet. It looks like you took the real thing, shrunk it and "poof" here's my model.

another good video as always cannot wait for the next one

Thank you. Brazilian hugs.

A great build and great video.

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

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!

Great job! Looks super!

This or look wonderful, Andy! Keep up the good work!

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! 😀

Nice work!

Good job Andy! greetings from Mexico

Very Good work ! So nice, Yes

Beautiful job. Looks like a lot of great detail. Happy holidays.

Hi your Humvee looks like a Frag 5. A bit like the ones I worked on in Kuwait

Awesome build! Hoping to see you do some aircraft in the future.

really good mate

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..........

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.......

For like a holiday or something you should make a massive diorama

Really nice!

Build you a modern warfare diorama? Nice video and model

Looks sweet!! love the build you do! :D Keep it up :D :D

Again Andy a great video.

Another outstanding video thanks

Nice video , and a very nice kit.

Nice and cool as always!;)

Fantastic.looks great.

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!!

Awesome!

Bagus banget/in English "so cool" Im from Indonesian

Looks great!

Hi Andy, what type of paint do you use? Cool video!

Very satisfying

great job You can make a video of your collection? Greetings from Chile

Awesome looking kit, I wished someone made more MRAPs

next video..can you please do a shop tour?

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?

great job.

Nice model Andy i also have the same model yours and it took me 2 days to finish

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. :)

Super jugetes padrisimos

Amazing

Great job Andy really well thought out and cleverly executed looks superb. Can you let me have the name of the reference book you used for the wheel weathering please it looks really informative with great colour pics. Keep up the great work, watching you build is good for the "Mo Joe" 👍😎

Andy, what do you use as a dull coat?

Exelent video, I hope you do an afrika korps tiger paint tutorial.

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

"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

Sold i will buy this kit

Thanks! I am working on a Battle of Washington D.C. in a fictional Russo-American war set in 2024

I’m putting mine together for the first time. This is stressful!! Lol

excellent! Like!

Great vid thanks

I like your work. Very good. Thanks for the vid. By the way I like this tweezers, where do get them. Greetings from Germany

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.

GreatJob, In Tamiya acrylics what colors and mixture do you use to get the U S desert color?

You should add a soldier covering the exhaust pipe with his hand so his buddy can get the damn thing to start.

Hi, what type of glue do you recommend for a beginner ? That if a mistake is made it can be altered.

Have you built the M41 bulldog?. Btw i like the layout of your store. To bad its not where i live ... lol

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 need to know on what did use for the weathering?

Great build! Question, do you have issues with Academy decals? I recently built the Academy Captured T-34/76 and all the decals would not stick. Ended up using some spares from a Dragon kit, but overall a great kit.

I just started the Tamiya Humvee M1025, I'm using yours as a paint reference :-) Thanks for ALL the info, tips and work. Do you have a page where your viewers can post their work? Thanks again Brother, I've enjoyed most if not ALL your videos..

HI Andy. Great video. Quick question. Is the buff and the desert yellow 50/50 mix ratio?

Can i recommend you on my website? Also nice video

Where'd u put the "c24" part of it? We're building the same model right now. Thanks

Before you weather it and apply the clear coat, what are you using for the clear coat? I'm new to this

As someone who is wanting to get back into modeling, I was looking at getting the Academy 1/35 Abrams Tusk. Would you recommend it for someone with not much experience?

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

Very well!!!

Hey Andy, if I am airbrushing and getting a dusty texture, is this the paint drying before it hits the model? I use Mineral Turps to thing mainly Humbrol and Tamiya paint. Love your channel, your models are great!

Just bought 2 of them.