"Cheap 1/48 Humvee Found" Topic

I have been looking for 1/48 Humvees for some ATZ action as that is the scale I like for cars. But all I could find was the expensive 1/48 Tamiya kits. Sweet kits, but too pricey for my wallet. Then I stumbled upon these by Maisto on Ebay. I got one for $6 USD and the other for $10 USD, and that included shipping.

Look for Spiderman or Hulk Humvees by Maisto with pull back action.
Be careful as Maisto also makes matchbox sized ones.

They come in at just about perfect 1/48 by my measuring.
3 7/8" long, 1 3/4" wide,1 1/2" tall

But they say 1/40 on the bottom.

1=RAFM USX Modern, 2=GW Guard 3=Hasslefree

4A=Eureka Marine, 4B=Eureka Marine on slotta [which is how I'll mount them]

Take out two small screws and you get…

Carefull though the Hulk Humvee had pink glass? :o

Luckily the windshield was flat and so got replaced with a piece of blister plastic

A quick spray of Testors Modern Sand, a wash & drybush and now my National Guardsmen have a spiffy new ride. Now to paint my National Guardsmen ::)

Enjoy.
Amalric

Nice find and tutorial. Did you remove the decals/stickers, or just spray oner them? Please share more as you shuffle along.

I just sprayed over the decals etc.

Wow.
Really nice find!

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

Huh. Nifty.

These are the same model that was released in both sand and woodland camo with a small GI Joe sticker ont he rear quarter panel. The Sticker could be easily removed.

You can still find the GI Joe one's on e-bay occasionally.

Thanks for the heads up.

Nice find! I can't remember if I found it here but, someone before posted about McDonald's toy Hummvees. I picked some up from Ebay. Your's are better though with clear windows and interiors. I love finding cheap alternatives like this that with a little work look great. Nice work.