Land Rover Kit???

[Technoman]

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




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

[freakray]

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

[suicidehummer]

i know that, but i cant scratch build a roof

[Technoman]

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

[SmokeyR67]

suicidehummer ,

Try this page - http://www.accurate-armour.com/showa...ubcategory=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

[SmokeyR67]

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/referen...ouseplans.html or you could search through this http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd...ys/#Land-Rover page to find the closest match to your brothers car.


Smokey

[willimo]

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

[2.2 Straight six]

Originally Posted by suicidehummer

OK, lets clear this up,
this is tamiya's land rover


This is a real army land rover


this is an army jeep


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.

[mikemechanic]

Originally Posted by 2.2 Straight six

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.

[willimo]

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

[106spazzy]

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.

[willimo]

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by willimo

[suicidehummer]

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

[suicidehummer]

OOOOOOOOOOh! I Get It!