Project: Army Commeration

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

(NEWEST PICTURES AT BOTTOM)
Found an old gi joe hummer that i thought i could put a computer in... got to work today cutting it out and such trying to see if parts fit... the target is this

here is what i have so far... (reminder this mobo is a p3 and its very big... imagine the floppy drive as the hd... also the no vid card yet but i put my 9700 in there as a reference and it will work ... and the psu isnt in any pics for i do not have a micro atx mother board or psu yet*if u have one and want to donate it i would be verry apreciative*... and these are just the first steps)










Cd drive in humvee bed ^^^






Modded the frame to house the harddrive ^^^


A fan will be located under the hood maybe a tornado for some real horse power under the hood^^^






Large mobo seems to fit fine on top of the bed^^


Everything but the psu fits :O^^^.. prolly gonna put a fan in the rear drivers side window and leds for head lights... and get some cathode running lights (its gonna be a snazzy hummer)

Also if i cant fit everything in micro atx form i will use an old lappy lcd mod if that happens

UPDATES July 20_____________________________________________________________



Went to my local lowes and picked up my fav sprey paint^^^



If you look in the middle the canopy door is going to be a wm ^^^



decided to chop the roof before i painted it.. fits quite well and looks way better^^^


Now it was time to cut down everything else... used a soldier iron to weld the plastic to gether then sand it^^^


Hight comparasion smaller door after cut and bigger door before before^^^






Decided to paint everything but the undercarrage and the canopy^^^ (undercarage will remain black and the canopy needs cuts for the pci and agp slots ect.)


UPDATES July 21_____________________________________________________________

Put green paint on (couldnt find right color at lowes for desert camo, so decided to go forrest cammo)^^^




Drilled screw holes for fan and inserted an antec blue led fan (80mm)^^^




Cut down the acrilic for Windshield and cut new acrilic for windows^^^


Going to put an Lcd screen(if i can find one cheap enough *free*) or make a window mod








New pics of the completed body... decided to leave top black for contrast^^^ (not cuz im lazy... i may do camo designs on the top... who knows)

UPDATES July 23_____________________________________________________________

This is the last update until i get the hardware... all the painting is done... everything looks about 100 times better in real life that the pictures do... the only paint i used were sharpies (heheh my lil secret) and a little paitence with them and they can look damn good.

Door after detailing^^^

Door after detailing plus bullet holes^^^

Hood after detailing and making custom handles on either side of fangrill^^^

How to make bullet holes with a soldiering iron^^^

After soldiering iron^^^

Painting Process... color hole silver (metal)

After painting you get your finished bullet hole/scratch^^^











Paint Finished^^^

Btw if anyone has any white, orange, or red leds that i can use for head, blinker, brake lights i would pay shipping

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

WoW ppl realy love my work lol 1 replys, teh 1 being me... i feel loved

 

[Troney1169]

Looks good so far but i will wait ntil done to comment further hehe

 

[altec]

Didn't you already post this?

 

[CrimandEvil]

Well I was waiting to comment when more work was done.

 

[Monkey34]

Looks nice, but the body(canopy) is too tall. I know the toy manufacturer made it for a action figure to sit in, but it would look better "chopped" - it would be more to scale. The only thing is, I dont know how well it would come out. What is it, the standard plastic?

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

Looks nice, but the body(canopy) is too tall. I know the toy manufacturer made it for a action figure to sit in, but it would look better "chopped" - it would be more to scale. The only thing is, I dont know how well it would come out. What is it, the standard plastic?

gonna try and chop it but i need find my damn soldier iron to weld the plastic

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

Bump for updates.. found my soldier iron

 

[mikehotel]

just wanted to chime in and ask you to take a close look at the picture you posted, that is a Air Force Dude standing in the turret. He has Stripes on his BDU's.

 

[Shadowspawn]

Actually, there is no rank viewable in that picture. What the gunner is wearing is the arm band usually seen on MP's. That doesn't mean he couldn't be an SP (Airforce), but there is no rank visible on collars or arms due to the LBE and the armband, so it could be either force.

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

just wanted to chime in and ask you to take a close look at the picture you posted, that is a Air Force Dude standing in the turret. He has Stripes on his BDU's.

That picture is a referance... i found it on google... there is no way you could tell the rank or branch of military from that distance and resolution... Both of my oncles are in the military... on in Airforce... one in Army... the only one of them said they have rode in hummers like that was in the Army... (when it says Army Commemeration thats being a bit short i should have said military tribute as im going to either make an etch in the window mod or a plaque that says "This mod was made in rememberance of all the American soldiers who have fallen on enemy grounds... or somthing like that"

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

Bump for July 21st updates

 

[KatirZan]

sometimes you can see army hummer's with a (how you call it...) radio car thingy behind it...

mayb you could put your psu on there

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

somthing like this was what i had in mind... but much smaller.

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

bumpage for july 23 updates

 

[Monkey34]

Looking good!
One suggestion, maybe a strip of something for in-between the body and the roof assembly? Like the "squishable" foam that is used to seal windows/doors, or something similar. I'm not sure if it can be found small enough for the job, but it would "seal" the parts keeping any light from showing off any imperfections it the cutting job once you put LED's in.

Have you decided what your going to do with the PSU yet?

 

[V-e-l-o-c-i-t-Y]

yeah im thinking about wheni have all the hardware using bondo... either that or buy some black tubing and cut it so it will fit on the edges... but yeah i agree it needs to get fixed