US Army

In searching the body spares box I found parts of several US Army troops.

Bits from Hasagawa, Esci, and others put back together in some semblance of order.

A new base, a new arm, perhaps.

I will primer paint these guys soon.

They they will likely be given an over all green color to match one or more of my WWII US Army sets and be returned to service.

Tanks and Support Vehicles

Fuel in five gallon cans, tanks use a lot of gas.

Refueling takes place wherever the tanks get low.

Tankers are always moving heavy loads.

Disperse the vehicles.

Submachine guns to the front.

Land Train

In the 1950's the US Army wanted a Land Train.  They needed to get supplies to Arctic and desert outposts with few or no roads.  So a giant vehicle that could carry up to 150 tons was developed.

I use several kinds of wooden parts I got from Hobby Lobby.

This is a diesel power unit from an HO scale train.  I got it used at a train show.

Add the wooden wheels.

And a bit of a cab from a caboose.

Quick mock up version to test the feasibility.  It's probably do-able.

Dune Buggy

I got this Hot Wheels vehicle to use as a sort of Hummer.

I will strip the paint and repaint it as a US Army vehicle.

The US Army looked at several dune buggy type vehicles before settling on the Hummer.

This vehicle has two spare tires on the back, which is not atypical for a military vehicle.

I think they have interesting lines.

I am considering adding window glazing to the window openings.

I got over 24 of them and that's enough, for now at least.

Hummers

Master Modeller Wayne Wanner continues to work on his Hummers.

I like the replacement door on the back of this one 1/72nd scale model.

Nice variety of weapons and storage.

WW used the Black Dog accessory set to customize these vehicles.

US vehicles often have a lot of storage on them, wire, tarps, camo, and personal gear.

Hummer Detail

Master Modeller Wayne Wanner is working on upgrading some 1/72nd scale Hummer models.

He is using some simple add on bits from Black Dog models.

They glue right on with super glue.

There are many Hummer kits out there in small scale from Roco, Matchbox and many others.  These kinds of bits can really dress up the vehicles.