Building the Academy Models 1/35 M 1151 up armored Humvee 

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

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

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!

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

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

@ 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.

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!

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.

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.

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

Great job. Looks just like the one's I was in, in Iraq.

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 .

my sort of subject. nice work Andy

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!

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

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

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

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

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! 😀

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.

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.......

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

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.

Thank you. Brazilian hugs.

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

yet another excellent build and great weathering Andy

Love the music so much

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

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

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

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

As always another fine build. Nice music as well.

GREAT WORK!

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..........

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

Very nice paint job, and very nice kit

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

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

Awesome looking kit, I wished someone made more MRAPs

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. :)

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?

Good job Andy! greetings from Mexico

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

A great build and great video.

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

Again Andy a great video.

Great job! Looks super!

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

Another outstanding video thanks

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.

Just bought 2 of them.

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.

Nice video , and a very nice kit.

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

Very Good work ! So nice, Yes

Very satisfying

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

Sold i will buy this 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..

Fantastic.looks great.

Amazing

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

idk how i got here but that's cool! AWESOME!!! Now make some transformers :)

Super jugetes padrisimos

Looks great!

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

I need to know on what did use for the weathering?

Nice work!

another good video as always cannot wait for the next one

Andy, HELP! I am building this model for my son who spent many hours in one in Iraq. I am using airbrushed Tamiya Acrylic paints that look great. When I used the panel liner I used a bit much and wanted to clean up some. When I used a Q-tip with water it removed the paint down to the plastic. I tried clear coating with lacquer before doing the panel line which protected the acrylic, but it looks yucky. What sequence should I use to "personalize" my model after applying the base paint? BTW, the black with white accents looked great. I see many comments about clear coating but it never says what to use. I have both flat and gloss acrylics but don't know which to use and if it will protect the base paint when trying to detail when too much liner is used.

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" 👍😎

"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

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

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!

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

really good mate

Build you a modern warfare diorama? Nice video and model

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.

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

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?

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

great job.

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?

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?

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

Really nice!

Very interesting build looks good did an earlier tooling of this kit. What did you mean about the M1A2? I am doing the Meng Version at present and it is the nuts like every kit I have done from Meng!

Great vid thanks

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?

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

How many parts did you mix the desert yellow and buff?

Hi andy, been a subscriber of this channel...thank you! What are the paints (brand and #) you use in this video, including those you use for weathering. Thank you!

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