High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle HMMWV (Hum-Vee)

Recensione del Modello Matchbox in Scala 1:70

Missile Carriers con StarWars Pilots in attendance. The local toy store is an excellent source of ready-made veicoli e painted soldatini for an ultra-modern o science fiction army. A variety of Jeeps, trucks, civilian veicoli, autoblindi, troop carriers, tanks, hovercraft, space transports, battle droids, alien creatures, movie heroes e fanteria soldatini can be found, even if they are not always perfectly scaled to match. Some brightly coloured toys may have to be painted e weathered to achieve the proper military look, others may be used straight from the box.

Contenuto

• M996 TOW Missile Carrier, Basic Armor

The Matchbox die-cast Hum-Vee is ready to play, although it could use some detailing e repainting to make the model appear more realistic. The sturdy metal body can be drilled e sanded to convert the vehicle. Wheels should be superglued to the axles to prevent the Hum-Vee from rolling around on the wargame table.

Valutazione

• The die-cast vehicle is a cheap ed easy alternative to a plastic model kit o resin casting of the Hum-Vee. The model may satisfy the wargamer, but it will require a lot of additional detailing to meet the standards of a discerning modeller e diorama builder.
• The black semi-gloss windows look realistic, e they eliminate the need for crew soldatini inside the vehicle. Covered Hum-Vees are relatively dark inside, when viewed from the front, making it difficult to see the crew.
• Working toy con sprung wheels ed accessible cargo bay.

• The TOW missile launcher is not very detailed, it should be replaced by a similar part taken from another 1:72 scale model kit.
• The wheels are modelled incorrectly, although the problem may be corrected slightly by filling the wheel hubs con putty e carving them into the proper shape.
• The unique inverted V-shape wheel suspension of the Hum-Vee has not been recreated correctly, because the model is designed as a toy. The appearance of the front suspension may be improved by carving the excess plastic away. The rear suspension will be more difficult to fix, because the part is not detailed at all.
• The vehicle is sold in a dark olive green base colour con white recognition stars on hood e doors, as well as a large white serial number over each rear fender. The standard 3-colour pattern della NATO o a desert sand colour will be more appropriate.

Conversioni Possibili

• M998 Command Vehicle con Canvas Top
• Civilian o paramilitary Road Warrior Vehicle. The metal cover of the cargo bay may be removed to convert the vehicle to a pick-up con additional passenger seating space.

This Matchbox toy lends itself to a number of interesting Road Warrior vehicle conversions which may be used in conjunction con popular table-top simulation rules. The model is cheap enough to form the basis of an entire fleet of trasporti leggeri e veicoli da combattimento for wargame purposes.

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– Pubblicato: 25.01.1998 – Aggiornato: 23.05.2007
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