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Published: 2004-12-02 01:56:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 6378; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 326
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This is our 6x6. It's big, it's loud, it's military, it goes just about anywhere, and it was about time I drew it. And I'm glad I did, as I think this must be the best thing I've ever drawn. It's not perfect, but I'm damn proud of it.
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yeah!!!my husband would die seeing this truck!!
this drawing is very gooood!!!
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Thank you muchly!
(But i still wish i could draw what you can draw the way you draw it...hehe)
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lol!
I can understand this,even if I'm not this good,I feel the same for other deviant artists!
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Nope. It's definitely the 2.5 ton version, the deuce and a half. I own this truck. ^__^
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really? I thought they were made for miletary use
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They were, but the government eventually decommissions them and sells them to the public. This is a military vehicle.
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So does the US army, but lucky for us they sell them when they decide they are too old or worn out (even if they're still perfectly usable) so we civilians get to play with them too.
Are civilians allowed to own military vehicles there in Israel?
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Thanks! 
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Wow, that is hardcore sweet! I LOVE big rickity military trucks and tanks, they just have just a tough and hardcore look to them (I'm not into the streamlined boring vehicles of today as much), you did a really good job on perspective, shading, and all the above. The only thing I could see as an improvement would be if you didnt make it in your backyard, and instead put it in a hardcore battle (it even looks like its splashing through a mud puddle on its way to the front line 
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Thank you!
Heh, that's a good suggestion! Hardcore battle...lol, how about a bunch of scud missiles flying around above the trees and a giant mushroom cloud in the background, with little bits of radioactive fallout landing all around? 
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I have a few pictures of that in my gallery (incase you're interested)
great work.
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Heh, thank you!
*goes to look at your pictures*
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Dad went to mississippi to do debris removal after the hurricane; the truck had the original head gaskets. Unfourtunately, we did not know that the original head gaskets needed to be re-torqued every 100 hours (it had been several thousand since the'd been tightened). One day dad was on his way back to camp (a median between north and south bout I-90) when he noticed it was somking; all the gages were fine so he figured he'd check it out when he got back to the camper (about 300 yards down the road). The head gasket sprung a leak in the number 4 cylinder (leaving no oil pressure in #4 whilst the temp/oil pressure stayed the same in the other 5). Long story short, the piston melted (along with the cylinder walls).
Its was an honest mistake on dad's part. Hehehe, he'd gotten a hold of some bad diesel about a month before (clogged 2 of the injectors) and the difference between 4 and 6 was barely noticible; grant you he fixed it that week......oh well, the next one can't be more than a couple years away.
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Egad, that sucks! 
It sounds like your old truck was put to pretty good use there anyway.
Hope you can get ahold of another one soon!
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we got paid....for awhile. I swear, that place is cursed (so does everyone else who's attempted to work at debris removal down there); there were days when entire trucking companies would be shut down due to multiple flat tires (per rig)....it was nuts.
Funny story tho:
The C&D dumps down there (Construction material and Debris) are located in valleys. The entrances are on a hill overlooking the valley; trucks dump the load near the edge where it forms piles which are burned and then pushed over the edge (thus filling in the valley). In the first few weeks of work it had rained alot and the dump was rather soupy; dad had just dumped a load, walked around the back to close the tailgate, and was begining to walk back to the cab when another truck driver comes running up behind him screaming, "WAIT!"
The guy proceeds to tell dad that his truck is stuck and asks if he could get a tow; dad agrees (thinking, "bring it"). Turns out the truck in question was a semi (with sleeper) hauling a 54 foot dump trailer which was about half full (and 45 degrees in the air). Dad hooks the tow rope to the pintle hitch and gets in the cab, waiting for the sound of a horn (which was the signal to go). He hears the horn, Puts both the transfer and transmission in low gear, and throttles it up just a tiny bit. When he went back to unhook the towrope the gentleman in the other truck said, "I thought you were at least going to wait until i put it in gear." *dad grins like a bird-fed cat*
Interestingly enough another gentleman ran up to dad as he was pulling away and offered him "twice what you paid for it" (having no idea how much that would be); Dad just smiled and said, "I'm sorry, the truck isn't for sale."
sorry, that was random (but it felt good).
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Heh, that's awesome. 
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Hey, that truck looks familiar. LOL. Superb drawing.
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Heh, I wonder why?
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awesome,really awesome.
when i saw the picture in miniature i thought that were a original black/white photo.
very nice work
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Thank you!
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So awesome! It's so detailed, and tough and... wow!
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niiiiice. just look at the shading 
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Thanks!
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WOOHOO!
Now that's what I call heavy metal...
Always loved if the lighting is nicely detailed. Mind if I fave this one?
The Kraz and Ural trucks our army uses are almost the same too, but kind of bigger and even more noisy.
If you don't mind the mostly hungarian descriptions, you'll find a lot of such heavy metal here from all over Europe and the U.S.:[link]
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Thank you so much for the comment and
Thanks also for that link. There are some really unique and interesting vehicles on that site, some of those things are just crazy looking, I love 'em! I might even have to try to draw some of them. I'd like to do more like this one, I just don't know what to try next, there are so many different trucks worthy of drawing...
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I loved the ruskie 8X8s. Like the MAZ 535 or the BAZ 531. Made them more or less streamlined even if they could barely reach more than 65kph.
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Now THOSE are some heavy-duty cargo trucks! *now badly wants a MAZ 535* I want THIS ONE. [link]
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With or without the rocket?
Becuse they had it with ICBMs too:
By the way, I'd think a bit before buying the MAZ.
Starting the engine can be attempted only 3 times with full loaded batteries. After that, only compressed air can breathe some life into the beast. The cab also has no soundproofing.
Yet, once it starts off, nothing can stop you! Imagine a highly fashionable high-tech japanese SUV vs. this...
/I'd strongly suggest changing the engine and transmission
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Oh, with, naturally. But I'd never pass up an opportunity to get ICBMs either. Mmmmm, nuclear warheads. 
Eh. Those things wouldn't stop me from getting one, our M35 has its own quirks to be honest, but I'm still glad we have it. It has no soundproofing either or any other comfort features really. It would be cool to "upgrade" it though. We take it camping and stuff, which it's been quite good for, but it could be made more ideal for that purpose.
No...the things that would stop me from getting one are the cost and the fact that they're probably next to impossible to get in the US. I wonder if any have ever even been imported. But someday if I ever move to Europe (oh how I want to) maybe I can get one then.
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Yeah, it's next to impossible to get one there. But in Russia, they are pretty common. /Along with old KRAZs running on natural gas/
Oil drilling companies use them for hauling their equipment.
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Really, I would have looked for them if I had known when I was there. That's where I want to move anyway, then I'll get one. *is devising a plan*
Running on natural gas huh? The cool thing about our M35 is it has a multifuel engine; it'll run on gas, diesel, biodiesel (that's what we use), used motor oil, whatever. Yay for versatility!
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biodiesel?
Here in Hungary, that fuckin' government prohibited using any kind of material that isn't taxed as a fuel.
That multifuel engine is an interesting piece, I heard about it a few times. How is it work? Like a Diesel or like an Otto /gasoline/ engine?
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What, really? 
It's like a diesel engine but it has a fuel density compensator that regulates fuel flow based on the viscosity of the fuel you're using. There are definitely some fuels that are more ideal and some that are for emergency use only, but it's still pretty damn nifty. Speaking of biodiesel, we also have a VW Diesel Rabbit and use it in that too.
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And keep on using it!
Let Dubya and his moneysack friends choke on their own fat! Oil companies have been pulling our strings long enough...
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Aww, thank you muchly!!
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Hehe...
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oh yes.. the M35A2, love that thing, wish i could drive one =/ good shading, very accurately drawn
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