M274 military mule half scale home build

[r_chez_08]

Wow! You have some serious skill!

 

[Clayton]

That is so kool! You do some really extraordinary work!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

i cant find one flaw. its great!

 

[Gillgamesh64]

That is such a profesional build, i wish i had the ability or discipline to build something to plan like that!! I love it great workmanship you must have some skills!!!

 

[studysession]

Awesome! Great build

 

[mudduck7.3]

that is a really nice build you did. makes me think of the old mule that is parked down by my shop, i think the one by my shop is one of the 4x4 models and it looks like its 4 wheel steer also ?

 

[dowies]

Thanks for all the Positive feedback. I've been working on final tear down, paint, and assembly over the last couple of weeks. I'll post some completion pictures very soon.

 

[B.M.800]

Sounds good!

 

[lucasszy]

This thing is JUST AMAZING!!!

Wow - As its been already said, I wish I had the time and talent for something like this as well!

Great Build!

 

[dowies]

M274A finished assembly pictures

Here are some final assembly pictures of my half scale M274A military mule.

 

[dowies]

M274A final assembly pictures

Here are the remaining pictures from the final assembly of the half scale M274A military mule.

 

[T-man]

awesome work. I dont know if this was asked but how much did it cost to build and how long did it take. This is so cool.

 

[dowies]

Thanks for the positive feedback. It cost me around $900.00 to build. It took me around eight months. I really only worked on it after 8pm Monday though Thursday. If you had more time, you could build it quicker.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

i would have guessed $2k or so. good to see it done!

 

[redsox985]

That's amazing. If you could expedite the process, you could probably sell these (for reasonable profit) to select collectors/enthusiasts/vets who would love to have a scaled down mule to play around with. Or even use to drive to the mailbox. I believe I asked before, but do you have any plans or CAD drawings of this thing? I'm amazed, it's beautiful.

 

[dowies]

That's amazing. If you could expedite the process, you could probably sell these (for reasonable profit) to select collectors/enthusiasts/vets who would love to have a scaled down mule to play around with. Or even use to drive to the mailbox. I believe I asked before, but do you have any plans or CAD drawings of this thing? I'm amazed, it's beautiful.

Thanks again for the positive feedback. I do have full engineering on this. 35 engineering drawings to be correct. I have 3D CAD models of all the parts as well.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Can I see some detail on that data plate on the front of the left framerail? It looks so authentic! How'd you do that?

 

[dowies]

Can I see some detail on that data plate on the front of the left framerail? It looks so authentic! How'd you do that?

I picked up a real M274A military mule data plate on ebay. I rivited it on the same spot as the full size version. I engraved it with the info of the half scale M274A military mule.

 

[B.M.800]

Thats really stinking cool!

So... you gonna do anything for a projectile launcher?

 

[redsox985]

SPUD GUN! Or a golf ball gun fed from an air tank would be awesome so you can rip out a lot of rounds. But there's no replacement for that spud gun bang.