Italeri Land Rover

Hey AARON!

This is really cool! I like the subtle weathering! Looks like it's definitely been out in the brush!

What exactly did you do to the glass? It looks like you have a crack in the driver's side window?  Couldn't you have replaced that with a thin piece of clear?

Other than that, it looks pretty sweet! 

Did the Tiger decal come with it? 

Excellent paint job - but the roof rack stowage looks a bit solid and clunky. Did it come with the kit? I think I'd have replaced it with separate items, or put it beneath a separate canvas. Also needs to be tied down to the rack more securely - it's going to shift the first piece of rough ground it comes to, or as soon as the Landy exceeds 20mph.

Cheers,

Chris.

  Cool, I'm working on that one too. My next step would be the windows. I had to order the kit from England, cause I couldn't find one in the states. Any tips on the glass?

I was most happy to see the review of the kit, as I've been eyeballing it since I saw it come available.  I'll still get it, but nice to know flaws ahead of time.  You've created a nice build up. 

Thanks for the kind comments guys!

Doog,

After dipping the very thin clear parts in Future, I attached them and had almost all of them move. I was using clear part cement to attach them and, for the first time ever, it marred the Future, leaving almost all of them a little streaky looking. I was buildng it for review, meaning I can't really replace any of the parts. And yes, the Tiger decal came with the kit. I debated using it, but thought it added a nice safari look to it. It was nice to add weathering to a car model for a change.

Chris,

The stowage is as it came with the kit. Per my instructions about review for Scale Auto, I had to use it as it came. If I were building to for me I would have replaced it with something else as well as loading up the back of the vehicle with supplies.

Old Dominion,

My basic suggestion on the glass is to take it slow and careful. The parts are nice and thin and easily marked. I rushed mine and got into trouble. Your's sure looks good. What color is the green? It looks dead-on for some of the photos I looked at.

Thanks for looking everyone.

Cheers,

 I used a base coat of Model Masters RLM 80 followed by RLM 62. The top and wheels are M.M. Light Ivory.

Nice build Aaron-very nice job on the subtle weathering. 

That vehicle looks like a good base for an extreme weathering project.

bobbaily wrote:

Nice build Aaron-very nice job on the subtle weathering.  That vehicle looks like a good base for an extreme weathering project.

Thanks!

Yeah, you good really go to town on it, with wear-and-tear, dirt, stowage, etc. I've thought about building one as one of those nature documentary vehicle with the outrigger camera positions in the passenger door. All-in-all a pretty good kit.

Aaron Skinner wrote:

bobbaily wrote: Nice build Aaron-very nice job on the subtle weathering.  That vehicle looks like a good base for an extreme weathering project. Thanks! Yeah, you good really go to town on it, with wear-and-tear, dirt, stowage, etc. I've thought about building one as one of those nature documentary vehicle with the outrigger camera positions in the passenger door. All-in-all a pretty good kit.

Aaron! Put it in a dio with fierce African bunnies! LOL! .......

the doog wrote:

Aaron Skinner wrote:  bobbaily wrote: Nice build Aaron-very nice job on the subtle weathering.  That vehicle looks like a good base for an extreme weathering project. Thanks! Yeah, you good really go to town on it, with wear-and-tear, dirt, stowage, etc. I've thought about building one as one of those nature documentary vehicle with the outrigger camera positions in the passenger door. All-in-all a pretty good kit. Aaron! Put it in a dio with fierce African bunnies! LOL! .......

Or adapt your concept and make it meerkats. "This week on "Meerkat Manor" the family move on up to a Series 3 Land Rover with four on the floor and wall-to-wall all-weather carpeting..."

Aaron Skinner wrote:

the doog wrote:  Aaron Skinner wrote:  bobbaily wrote: Nice build Aaron-very nice job on the subtle weathering.  That vehicle looks like a good base for an extreme weathering project. Thanks! Yeah, you good really go to town on it, with wear-and-tear, dirt, stowage, etc. I've thought about building one as one of those nature documentary vehicle with the outrigger camera positions in the passenger door. All-in-all a pretty good kit. Aaron! Put it in a dio with fierce African bunnies! LOL! ....... Or adapt your concept and make it meerkats. "This week on "Meerkat Manor" the family move on up to a Series 3 Land Rover with four on the floor and wall-to-wall all-weather carpeting..."

LOL! ....and don't forget the mountain bikes strapped to the rack! LOL!

Looks good, I didn't even know a model of this was made.  I certainly can't find any 4x4 models except some of the newer SUV's that aren't real 4x4's.  Just stuff like the Vehicross and Honda whatever it is.  That and the Aoshima Toyota Hilux's and 4 Runners.  Would love to get one of those.  I'm a fullsize 4x4 lover.  I could have a blast building one of those.  Yours looks  great.

fantacmet wrote:

Looks good, I didn't even know a model of this was made.  I certainly can't find any 4x4 models except some of the newer SUV's that aren't real 4x4's.  Just stuff like the Vehicross and Honda whatever it is.  That and the Aoshima Toyota Hilux's and 4 Runners.  Would love to get one of those.  I'm a fullsize 4x4 lover.  I could have a blast building one of those.  Yours looks  great.

 

Thanks. I was pretty happy when this kit showed up. I'd love to have a model in the same scale of the old Toyota Landcruiser, especially the troop carrier version. And I'm going to have to build an Aoshima Hilux; I had a 1992 dual-cab diesel Hilux 4x4 and I still have a soft-spot for 'em.

Cheers! 

I've never been much of a Yota fan, but It oo have plans to build one of the hi-lux kits as well as one of the 4-runners.  What I REALLY want to do is replicate my 1:1 truck, which is possible, but I need a couple of kits to do it, and they are hard to find.  I have an 82 Datsun King Cab 4x4.  There is a Datsun King Cab 4x4 kit out there(I got in a bidding war with one on ebay but I let him have it at 50 bucks), but it has the wrong tailights, which is easy to fix.  There is a lowrider Datsun 720, that has the correct tailights, which just need to be grafted in.  My tailights are below the tailgate instead of beside it.  The hardest part would be finding the tires.  Replicating 1:1 vehicles is fun.  Unfortunaly most of what I have had has never been replicated in scale, and I'm not much of a scratchbuilder.

fantacmet wrote:

Replicating 1:1 vehicles is fun.

Especially gratifying when you can throw in some personal touches like scratches, dents, or trash!

Cheers!

 

Awesome build there! I would love to do this kit but it is around $50 AUS ($39 US)  so i might give it a miss for now!

Aaron Skinner wrote:

And I'm going to have to build an Aoshima Hilux;

Great build on the landrover. tasteful weathering and nicely built

the aoshima hiluxes are great curbside kits. i've built three so far. here's one i built as one of our company vehicles. It's now displayed in the DCEO's office in Melbourne (australia) (and chiming in on the statement about replicating 1:1 cars, too)

Nicely done Aussie Muscle! It looks a lot like my truck, except mine didn't have the independent front suspension. The roo bar's dead on though (no winch on mine).

Now I'm definitely going to have to build one.

 

wow.. this model that you made is awesome..

im kind a miss building this kit again..

really love this land rover..

 

i have this kitalso..but mine was shortened from its original wheelbase became SWB 88' LR series III..

and i added some scratch build parts such as shovel, winch,roffrack, antena, jerry cans, etc..,..,.

heres the pics..

 

cheers,

daniel prasetyo martopo

Well done Aaron, brilliant bit of building and weathering. My son has flown in for Christmas and as we have had some really heavy snow here abouts in the UK, he was offered an upgrade by Hertz rentals to one of these lannys. With a near new plate and 6,000 miles on it, half a door seal on one rear door and none on the rear door behind the driver I certainly wouldn't waste money on buying a real one!  

I love the choice of color and weathering.I'd like to add that kit to the stash!

Very well done Aaron! It looks like it has been in the Congo to me.