Land Rover Kit???

Does anyone make a kit of the old
'52 Land rover station wagons...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636lan_rov.JPG

Esci made a few back in the day of various guises like Safari versions etc. Hard to find now and demand a high premium om eBay..

F**k!

I love land rovers, and my
bro has one, thats why I
asked.

I believe Airfix made a kit of it too and I am certain there are military versions available.

Airfix/Heller makes a 1/43 version, but the tires suck.

1:43 is too small, would piss me off

Tamiya has an ambulance, but that has the ambulance rear

Tamiya also makes an open top military Land Rover in 1/35 scale, although it make take some effort to demilitarize it.
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=35076

Is it just me, or is tamiya retarded,
ur pis shows some kind of half jeep crap,
that's not how they looked.

Is it just me, or is tamiya retarded,
ur pis shows some kind of half jeep crap,
that's not how they looked.

It's exactly how they looked, mostly when used for desert service.

If Tamiya had decided to make this model would you still think they were retarded?

http://www.allwheeltrim.co.uk/Images/forwardcontrol.jpg

Is it just me, or is tamiya retarded,
ur pis shows some kind of half jeep crap,
that's not how they looked.

Tamiya isn't retarded, you just don't know your Landrover generations.:disappoin

suicidehummer Monogram made the model in 1/24, maybe in ebay you can obtain it.

this it is the link where you can see a photo of the box and the model that I finish build

http://public.fotki.com/AlfredoMR/modelos_terminados/land_rover_sii/

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alfmorey

OK, lets clear this up,
this is tamiya's land rover
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636header_1.jpg

This is a real army land rover
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636land.JPG

this is an army jeep
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636jeep.JPG

hmm, the tamiya looks more like the jeep!
What a surprise.

what i meant was the style was jeep-like,
not the car. they didn't cut the roofs

Tamiya isn't retarded, you just don't know your Landrover generations.:disappoin
Oh, don't you say that, you don't know me,
my brother has had FOUR landrovers, and I
helped him restore every one. I THINK I
KNOW MY ROVERS!

If Tamiya had decided to make this model would you still think they were retarded?

http://www.allwheeltrim.co.uk/Images/forwardcontrol.jpg
No, that'd be cool!

If you know your generations, you'd know the Tamiya kit is a 1950-1960's variant

http://www.ambergristoday.com/archives/31-5-01/pictures/landrover.jpg

The headlights got moved from the center grille area in the 70's. The whole front fascia became flat later.

This is the real thing, tell me where Tamiya went wrong and why they are retarded...

http://www.twenot.nl/Specials/Landrover/laro11.jpg
http://www.twenot.nl/Specials/Landrover/laro13.jpg

(and yes, it really was pink when used by the SAS)

Yep, didn't they refer to it as 'desert pink' or something along those lines?

i know that, but i cant scratch build a roof

Yep, desert oink, and apparently it worked well as camoflage for that environment. I can't figure out why though!!

suicidehummer (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=455636) ,

Try this page - http://www.accurate-armour.com/showaaproducts.cfm?CFID=565181&CFTOKEN=61390770&category=14&subcategory=173

They have a large variety of 1/35 110 rovers (all very expensive)but I think the one your looking for is a series 2a GS hardtop.


Smokey

Other than that, I can see that JB models make both a hard and soft top series 3, corgi do a 1/43 Die cast hard top, you can get plans for 110 4x4 and 6x6's from here http://www.sandlehobbies.com/reference/mousehouse/mhouseplans.html or you could search through this http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/4/LandRover/Toys/#Land-Rover page to find the closest match to your brothers car.


Smokey

HAHAHA! Best thread ever. Thanks for topping it, Smokey!

OK, lets clear this up,
this is tamiya's land rover
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636header_1.jpg

This is a real army land rover
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636land.JPG

this is an army jeep
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/455636jeep.JPG

hmm, the tamiya looks more like the jeep!
What a surprise.

what i meant was the style was jeep-like,
not the car. they didn't cut the roofs

right, the first one is an SAS one used during the golf war, it is a landrover defender, think of it as a convertible. they were known as "pink panthers".

second pic shows the 80s-onwards landrover defender.

the third is a willy's jeep. of no connection to landrovers.

the thing's so boxy you could scratchbuild it from sheet anyway.

right, the first one is an SAS one used during the golf war, it is a landrover defender, think of it as a convertible. they were known as "pink panthers".
Actually it was used in WW2 by the SAS and not the Gulf War.

For some of AF's younger members, the Gulf War 1 is about as far in the past as the WW2....

The 'Pink Panther' also known as the 'pinkie' was first used by the SAS in the Second World War but the concept stayed onto the first gulf war aswell.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/landrovershirt.jpg
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I don't get it, the car on the shirt is a land rover.

OOOOOOOOOOh! I Get It!:rofl:

There's this diecast company called Universal Hobbies that makes 1:18 scale land rovers. http://www.kyosho-minicar.com/05/18_1/02.html
http://www.kyosho-minicar.com/05/18_1/img/04_01a.jpg
That looks like the one in your pic.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Land-Rover-Defender-110-5-door-long-wagon-1-24_W0QQitemZ180023236172QQihZ008QQcategoryZ130916Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Here's a defender in 1/24
I dunno what you want tho.