Australian Recon Series II Landrover

[Rick Lowe]

shamelessly stealing ideas

You mean 'Networking' and 'Cross-Pollination', surely? Or 'Sincerest Flattery'... 
'Convergent Evolution' is another which springs to mind...

Oh, no! I can't write that! 

Honesty decrees that I must state that what I am doing is absolutely "shamelessly stealing ideas"! 

We'll have none of this euphemism nonsense 

Fair enough    - we get enough of that from the 'Fools on the Hill', after all... 

[Rheged]

I have heard this process described as "TRIBUTE PLAGARISM" 

[Rick Lowe]

I have heard this process described as "TRIBUTE PLAGARISM" 

Like it - I may have to 'Tribute Plagiarise' the saying... 

[Captain Canada]

Looking good ! Love builds where the opportunity to add greeblies is never ending. I like the first pic of the real machine.....all those wheels and tires in the front, including dirt bike tires ! I'll have to go search for what bikes they used.

[buzzbomb]

So an update. Pretty much, less the wheels which are a work progress, the end is nigh.
The Australian Bar Tread Tyres for the land Rover were a bit different to some Rover wheels and the kit wheels are not even close. So using a very, very old mould, which is producing some rather average and shoddy resin copies, let see.

Overall, pretty much this is it. Went ahead and build a more elaborate Roll Bar and stowage cage.



The round bits are the spare wheel carriers. I decided that mounting on the brush bar would compromise cooling a bit, even though there is plenty of pictorial evidence saying it was quite often done.



To the paint shop next.. after I put on the wing nuts for the tool clamps which the pictures told me I had forgotten. And the Antenna mount. That too

Build up some webbing to be used as a bit of stowage


So the paint shop next. After I put on the wing nuts on the tool clamps the pictures told me I had forgotten. And the antenna mount 
And the side mounted water jerry carriers.. So not really finished at all.

[Old Wombat]

 

[zenrat]

And the Esky.

[NARSES2]

Coming along nicely 

[Wardukw]

Very nice work so far Raff mate   
Nope not raff ..Brian ..twas a very tiring day manually changing upper trailing arm bushes  on a Nissan Terrano ,,soon as another set arrive i'll do the lower .

[Rick Lowe]

  

[Captain Canada]

Very nice !

[McColm]

Does look good 

[buzzbomb]

Progress shot of the paint work in progress. Pretty much only now waiting on a set of decent wheels. The rather tatty copies on it are place holders for the a much better set.
That will be it for a couple of weeks, pending the wheels.



Its bench mate at the moment is the Airfix 1/35 GS Cargo truck. A positively spiffing kit, easy build and looks great. The cargo is a load of 3D printed resin 4 Gallon Flimsies in the transport boxes.
Calling this one done.

[Old Wombat]

Coming along nicely, BT! 

Good to hear the GS is a nice build, as I have one (?), maybe two (?), floating around the stash. 

[Wardukw]

Lovely work on the ol GS Bri,,man she looks good 
The landi is coming along sweet too .. thats a annoying about alot if not all Italeri wheeled models ..crap wheels