Milan Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) Hello, Here is some 98% progress of my new MOC, Hummer H1, 8 wide. I did not want to build any kind of military vehicle, but simple city car, and since I plan to build one Hummer H1 in ModelTeam scale, I thought it would be nice to have one in minifig scale, also. It has accurate proportioned shape from PDF sheet, chromed wheels, openable hood, smoked windows and optional wagon upgrade. It can house 4 minifigs, and bunch of load at the back, or with wagon version, it can take 6 minifigs! I havent build anything in this scale for about 10 years, but this little project may back me into the minifig scale again... Ok, here it goes, Pickup version: The wagon version: A friend of mine asked me why not make few more of them in different colors and sell them... I may have start that if I find people here which are interested, will have to think about it.... C&C welcomed! Edited November 18, 2009 by TheBrickster Quote
BrickMonkeyMOCs Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) Hey, that looks great! You've really captured the proportions and overall look very accurately. And I love the curved bricks for the roof. Looks like you need an engine though! I'd also recommend using grille bricks for the black bit on the hood, and maybe adding an 8-wide bull-bar on the front like in your reference pics (if you can do it without it getting in the way of the hinging mechanism). Edited November 12, 2009 by SpaceMonkey Quote
wooootles Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 wow, the entire thing is SNOT it seems like. The proportions are definitely impressive. Can a minifig (or 2) sit in? Quote
Big Cam Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 That is awesome, in minifig size! These would be priceless in Riot scenes or anything military. Does each post come with a complimentary set of instructions for these badboys? Quote
lightningtiger Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 I prefer the wagon over the pickup - ten to one. You have done your best to try and put as much detail from the real to the plastic Hummer. I agree with SpaceMonkey on the extra details you could put on and in the Hummer, I would like to recommend a spot light bar across the roof top and smaller door handles if possible (the ones on there look too big). I guess if you were not going for a SNOT look you might have used plates, wing plates and 2x1 grills to make the front bonnet. Quote
Sammael Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 Both versions look great! Two small nitpicks> It'd be nice to replicate the hood vents, but my MOCing skills are poor so I don't have any specific suggestions. I agree that the door handles are a bit too big, but I don't see how they could be improved (other than modding the door to just incorporate a black 1x1 plate in the construction). Quote
MetroiD Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 This is absolutely brilliant! I'm sure lots of people would love to buy those, have you discussed that with your local LUG... To be honest, I don't know if there's a LUG in Serbia, but I tell you mate - this is GREAT!!! Quote
Sammael Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 This is absolutely brilliant! I'm sure lots of people would love to buy those, have you discussed that with your local LUG... To be honest, I don't know if there's a LUG in Serbia, but I tell you mate - this is GREAT!!! No LUGs in Serbia... yet. Quote
prateek Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 Yes! Finally, a solution to the Hummer hood. Overall it looks really awesome! I think we need a pic of the front of the car Quote
Minifig Lecturer Posted November 13, 2009 Posted November 13, 2009 Very nice Milan.. Would love to see it in military colours, baige preferably. :) Quote
Piranha Posted November 13, 2009 Posted November 13, 2009 Nice job! Is this suppose to be like the MINI Racers? Otherwise I was thinking it was too small and where does the minifig sit? Any plans to attempt a SYSTEM scale version, perhaps 6 wide? That would be very nice. Quote
MetroiD Posted November 13, 2009 Posted November 13, 2009 Is this suppose to be like the MINI Racers? Otherwise I was thinking it was too small and where does the minifig sit? Any plans to attempt a SYSTEM scale version, perhaps 6 wide? This is 8-wide mate...!!? Quote
Milan Posted November 13, 2009 Author Posted November 13, 2009 Wow, so many nice comments! Thanks, guys! I am going to take advices and try to make smaller door handles, and to place bull-bar and roof lights, and see if it looks right, I don't want it to be too crowded... I sold my first Humer, acctaully, I gifted it to that rriend that suggested to sell them to the local Hummer fans. Of course, I have immediately build one more for myself, and to show it around. He showed it to the couple of his cousins, and they were impressed, and immediately asked can it be converted to the millitarry version Looks like HUMVEE is more popular than plain HUMMER! Quote
Selander Posted November 16, 2009 Posted November 16, 2009 Great realistic look, it's really easily recognizeable. Personally I am not so fond of such "wide" vehicles, so I would prefer making it in 4- or 5 studs, but I assume it'll be very hard to keep any resemblance with the original as you successfully achieved with your 8-wide version. Quote
prateek Posted November 16, 2009 Posted November 16, 2009 Wow, so many nice comments!Thanks, guys! I am going to take advices and try to make smaller door handles, and to place bull-bar and roof lights, and see if it looks right, I don't want it to be too crowded... I sold my first Humer, acctaully, I gifted it to that rriend that suggested to sell them to the local Hummer fans. Of course, I have immediately build one more for myself, and to show it around. He showed it to the couple of his cousins, and they were impressed, and immediately asked can it be converted to the millitarry version Looks like HUMVEE is more popular than plain HUMMER! I actually like this over the Humvee. IMO, they are an excessively common subject for MOCs (No offence to anyone that builds Humvees ) Quote
Piranha Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 This is 8-wide mate...!!? lol Looked small to me in the pic. I see where he mentioned it in the post Quote
Taseden Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 Nice hummer. Love that there are not studs present on your model. Do you have any pics with minifigs inside either truck? I am all about vehicles that can hold more than one minifig. Again sweet models! Quote
Ralph_S Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 I didn't respond to this any sooner, although I should have! Very nice model. It's very hard to actually judge the scale from a first glance at the pictures. To me it looked much larger at first than eight studs wide, which tells you how nicely proportioned and detailed it is! Cheers, Ralph Quote
ACCURATEin Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 This is a highly accurate rendition of a hummer through LEGO! Excellent work here. One of my future minifig vehicle MOCs is a military tan hummer. It will be hard to build it on your level! Quote
CommanderFox Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Very nicely done Milan! I really like the curved pieces on the roof and the rims are Chrome! The shape of it is spot on! Well done! CommanderFox Quote
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