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Well, now that the time has come that I am close to finishing my USS Essex CV-9 I thought it would be nice to get something new started. In late 2011 HobbyBoss released this beautiful looking kit and I couldn’t resist buying it. E.T. Model has been so kind to send me review samples of their products for the M1070 & M1000 HETS, so that is gonna be fun! I got these extras:
- PE Set E35-131 M1070 Truck Tractor
- PE Set E35-132 M1070 Truck Tractor Interior
- PE Set E35-134 M1070 HET CPK Cab
- PE Set E35-140 Vehicle Anti IED Device & Antennas
- PE Set E35-133 M1000 Heavy Equipment Trailer
- Resin wheels ER35-042 U.S. M1000 HETS
- Resin Wheels ER35-041 U.S. M1070
- RMA 35231 – Engine Set for M1070 HET
- RMA 35239 – M1070 HET Interior Set
I plan on buying some stuff from Voyager model as well. The anti IED sensor looks pretty nice I think. Any pictures of the real vehicle with this sensor are welcome.
Well, time for some pictures, what am I gonna use:
The PE set for the M1070 Exterior
The PE set for the M0170 Interior:
The PE set for the trailer:
The resin wheels for the HETS
The resin wheels for the M1070 truck
When you open the box you’ll be overwhelmed with the content:
All the sprues laid out
The 11 PE sheets from HobbyBoss itself (front and back), some clear sprues, decals and six bags of detail items and screws, spring wire, duct wire etc etc.
HobbyBoss has done a great job on this one! Thats it for now! time to get building, I can’t wait! Any comments or tips are very welcome!
The last days I have been busy building the Gooseneck of the M1000 trailer. Realising that this was the easiest part of the build, I know I will be very busy with this build!
But I like it, and that’s important!The gooseneck went together very well! and is detailed with E.T. Model E35-133 M1000 Trailer PE set
Here are the pictures:
Let me know if you have any questions or corrections.
Thanks for watching!
I have been very busy with the 1/35 M1000 trailer the last two weeks but am proud to say I almost finished it with ET Model’s E35-133 M1000 Trailer set as well.
The build of the Heavy Equipment Trailer is a lot of fun and very challenging because of all the duct, PE and aligning everything the right way.
Please scroll along with the following pictures to learn more:this was during the progress of getting the cables / ducts where needed.
The control box of the M1000 HET trailer (I guess?) the left one shows ET Model’s and the right shows how it would be without ET Model.
The hatch can be opened and closed.
The storage box on the left side of the M1000 trailer. again, left ET Model’s, right HobbyBoss.
Note the hinge and the lock.
one more shot of the storage box
The control of the front supports of the M1000 trailer (see next pics for more)
Everything done! except the road wheels, those will be attached after painting.
A shot of the rear
Note the locking system from ET Model
The control box and the wheel chocks
Now I would like to know what those things are!??? so I can place them accordingly
Same goes for these things, what are those?
A nice shot of the rear of the M1000 Heavy Equipment Trailer, note the chains and spring combination. see further for more shots
One more small detail. the pin can be removed and the ?? What are those?? can be taken out
A shot of the left side
A shot of the right side
Lots of detail here
Same goes for this side of the M1000 trailer
For some nice impressions, I placed my AAVP-7A1 on top of the M1000
The wheel chokes in stored position
They can be removed as well
Again, note the detail of the chains and how they are connected
Now were starting with the bottom of the trailer bed
Loads of detail here
The connection of the “gooseneck” with the M1000
the storage box seen from underneath
Detail shot of the hydraulic axles with all the cables
The last shot, the bottom of the rear left
I hope you guys enjoyed this update as much as I enjoyed the build of this beautiful kit and PE set.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated, so are the answers to the questions above some of the pictures.thanks for watching!
Painting the woodland camo on the M1000 trailer was a real challenge for me because of all the gaps and such. At first I painted the M1000 trailer’s bottom in NATO black, switched it around and painted the trailer bed and gooseneck NATO green. After the trailer bed was painted in base colour I found it the easiest to paint the rest by hand to avoid over spray and all the hassle of masking the trailer.
After the NATO black and NATO brown were applied on the trailer bed and the gooseneck I airbrushed a gloss coat on top of it to seal everything and make it ready for decals and weathering!
Here’s a shot of the gooseneck:
An overview picture of the M1000 trailer:
Another angle
The trailer bed from the top:
Painting the rear with an airbrush would have been very difficult with a lot of masking. painting by hand was the solution
When I find some time I will continue with either the M1000 by applying decals and weathering it, or I’ll continue on the M1070 truck tractor.
I hope you guys like it! if you do please let me know by liking or leaving a comment, I’ll appreciate it 🙂
Thanks for watching!
BorisThe M1070 Tractor build is a very time consuming build. All the aftermarket PE and other sets make the progress go very slow, but I have some pictures for you for now.
The chassis is as good as finished. Some detail need to be added after the base coat has been applied to make sure I can easily reach everything with my airbrush. I started with the rear of the M1070:
The towing system with a lot of PE:
A storage box with pressure bottles:
Note the straps on the bottles
The mud guards
The mud guards for the front wheels
The rear of the front mud guards
One highly detailed storage box for under the cabin
The bottom
The box can be opened
Another small storage box for under the cabin
This one can be opened as well
A ladder for getting on the back of the M1070
One more beautiful ladder:
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- 067 One more beautiful ladder M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 068 a lot of detail on the ladder M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 069 The top of the ladder M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
The exhaust of the M1070
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- 070 The exaust of the M1070 M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 072 The top of the exaust M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
The little pulley like thing (how do you call this in English?
The resin intake from Real Model with PE and the horn attached
The resin engine from Real Model
Some putty was needed at the bottom, but the rest is great! Good job Miloslav!
Created all the steel cables from scratch. HobbyBoss gives you rope for this but the small ropes are way to “hairy”
More detail on the rear of the M1070
A dryfit
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- 080 The first part of the M1070 M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 081 Another view M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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A dryfit with the chassis, engine, intake and back of the M1070
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- 084 This is the current state M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 085 Another angle of the M1070 M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
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- 087 The current state M1070 Truck Transporter M1000 HET
A lot of pictures in one update, I’ll try to update more regularly in the future.
How do you like it so far? At this moment I started with the cabin and it is ready to be painted.
Let me know what you think about it, thanks!
BorisI made some progress with the interior of the cabin. ET Model’s interior set and Real Model’s interior set came to great use and add some nice detail to the cabin of the M1070 truck.
I made a start with the Crew Protection Kit (CPK) by ET Model and found it easy to be used. The CPK is nicely detailed but its a pitty you have to put all the bolts on the plates yourself.
The M1070 cabin without the seats:
With the seats:
Another view
The frame of the seats is made of ET Model’s PE set
Added some wiring under the dashboard
A dryfit:
Some PE was used to replace some HobbyBoss parts:
The Crew Protection Kit (CPK) was dryfitted:
The detail on the inner side of the doors. The window can be slided open and close
The window is closed here
Note the air intakes
I hope you guys enjoyed this update! more will follow soon as I made some big progress the last weeks!
Thanks for watching!
The interior of the M1070 truck has is fully painted, weathering next!
I did some work on the mirrors, mudguards and some CPK stuff as well.The interior:
I used Real Models Interior set for with the colored PE for detailing in combination with ET Models HET Interior set!
This is some kind of fan that comes with ET Model’s CPK PE set and is placed on the rear platform
All the bolts had to be placed manually, lots of work but nice detai
One CPK panel, with the door, handle bar and lift points. Bolts are missing and will be placed later on. (count them, pff)
The mudguards that will be placed on the back of the M1070 HET truck
The other side!
The mirrors of the M1070, cleaned and added detail. the mirrors are moveable when attached just like in real life
That was it for now! progress is going fast, so be prepared for more pictures in the coming weeks!
If you like it I would appreciate if you let me know.
Thanks for watching!
In this update of my M1070 Truck Tractor build I will show you guys the in base coloured chassis, the installed Crew Protection Kit (CPK) and the painted resin engine created by Real Model.
The chassis is painted in base color and is ready to be painted in the three color NATO camouflage pattern
Here are the pictures of the chassis with the rear deck:
Next up is the painted M1070 resin engine by Real model. This engine is a work of art and soon a review of this engine will be published on MSM. The engine is ready to be weathered and attached to the chassis of the M1070 truck. After installing the engine, a lot of extra wires / hoses etc have to be scratched to represent the correct engine installation.
Please check the following pictures:
Next up is the Crew Protection Kit also known as the CPK. This kit is designed to protect the personnel in the cabin from attacks. The CPK exists of thick armour plates that are mounted around, on top and underneath the M1070 Truck cabin.
The CPK put on the chassis as a dryfit with the engine as well. During this build I had to carefully check if everything fitted all the way trough with all those different aftermarket sets.
That were all the pictures in this update! I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you have any questions or corrections, feel free to ask.
More soon as this build continues in rapid speed
Thanks for watching
In this update I’ll show you the blast panels that protect the side of the M1070 CPK cabin, the ladders and some more PE stuff. The Blast panels exist out of three plates with rods in between them . see the following pictures to understand the construction:
The last storage box is finished! ready for painting:
The beautifully created ladders by ET model have great detail! those ladders are ment to enter the cabin from both sides and will be attached very late in the build
Final picture for now, this is some kind of detection device I guess? anyone who knows its purpose, let me know.
That was it for now, small update but better than nothing right? the next updates will be big and impressive! so be sure to check regularly!
Thanks for watching
The past time I have been busy handpainting the remaining two NATO colours on the M1070 Truck. I used the following colours:
- Vallejo Black Grey 70.862 (NATO Black)
- Vallejo Russian Green 71017 (NATO Green)
- Vallejo Saddle Black 70940 (NATO Brown)
The green was applied by airbrush and the black and brown by brush. I choose to do this by brush to save myself a lot of struggle masking the fragile surfaces (lot of photo etched details). Even without the PE the masking of this truck would have been a hell, and airbrushing freehand would not get me the hard edge camouflage I want.
I installed Real Model’s engine as well! with all the extra hoses etc around it. I used Miloslav’s build as a reference for the hoses, the rest is just fantasy. Anyway, Im very satisfied with the result!
Here are some pictures of the chassis with the installed engine:
Some close-ups on the engine installation and hoses around. Good reference pictures for you guys right!?
That’s it for the engine and chassis! do ou guys like it?
next up is the dryfit of the painted cab with CPK around it:
Personally Im a big fan of the following two shots:
a sneak preview of the weathered interior! lots of dust inside!
Ow, forgot to mention, the decals are applied as well, so next up is the weathering of this monster! after that the remaining parts like blast panels, antennas, mirrors etc etc will be applied.
Do you guys like it this far?
p.s. the road wheels and engine hood are dryfitted so might be slightly of axis.
In this update on the massive M1000 trailer I show you the attached road wheels, decals and final satin coat before the weathering process can start!
A picture of the left side of the trailer:
The right side:
A nice shot from the right front:
Some decals can be seen here:
Decals on the gooseneck:
close-up of the rear side of the M1000 trailer:
close-up shots from the gooseneck:
finally some shots to show the installed road wheels:
That was it for now! next up is weathering the M1000 trailer! looking forward to it as it will be a real challenge to weather this trailer nicely.
Thanks for watching!
i know its a long time since you did this build but i have only just started modelling and have bought this kit and was wondering could you tell me about all the after market kits you bought
regards keith
Thanks for asking, I’d be happy to assist you. What do you wanna know in detail?
I used the following aftermarket sets:- PE Set E35-131 M1070 Truck Tractor
- PE Set E35-132 M1070 Truck Tractor Interior
- PE Set E35-134 M1070 HET CPK Cab
- PE Set E35-140 Vehicle Anti IED Device & Antennas
- PE Set E35-133 M1000 Heavy Equipment Trailer
- Resin wheels ER35-042 U.S. M1000 HETS
- Resin Wheels ER35-041 U.S. M1070
- RMA 35231 – Engine Set for M1070 HET
- RMA 35239 – M1070 HET Interior Set
I have the feeling I forgot one, but I think thats it.
please let me know if you have any more questions.
could you tell me what you used to make the wire on the winches at the rear of the cab
regards keith
Sure, You mean these?:
I used copper wire in various diameters. I have a large amount of them here from .2mm to 2mm and they are great for detailing.
to create the twisted cables, cut a few x diameter wires in the same length and put the end in the head of a powerdrill. Once in, slowly start rotating and the wires will twist beautifully (-:
It’s very easy to do, let me know if you have any other questions
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