Land Rover Series III LWB

Thanks guys!

siiirhd88

ESCI/Italeri made a 1/24 Series 3 109 two / three door kit that shows up often on the normal auction site. It was available as a fire engine, and as a soft top and a standard non tropical top hardtop. While a curbside kit it could be combined with Revell's 109. The old Monogram 1/24 Series 3 88 two / three door hardtop shows up once and a while on the auction site but often sells high. The Monogram kit is a good one and has the 4 cylinder engine. I hope for it to be re-released. Bob

Good find Mike!  And I thought long and hard on where to put the spare on my kit, but I went with the roof.  Looks awesome on the bonnet ;)

ESCI/Italeri made a 1/24 Series 3 109 two / three door kit that shows up often on the normal auction site. It was available as a fire engine, and as a soft top and a standard non tropical top hardtop. While a curbside kit it could be combined with Revell's 109. The old Monogram 1/24 Series 3 88 two / three door hardtop shows up once and a while on the auction site but often sells high. The Monogram kit is a good one and has the 4 cylinder engine. I hope for it to be re-released. Bob

Excellent build!  Great color choices and love the spare tire mounted on the hood.  Hoping that Revell will come out with a two door version soon.

TJS

The tire looks 'right' up there, and I've seen several trucks where the owner mounted the spare onto the non-dished deluxe bonnet. The dish would only lower the tire an inch or two anyway. Bob

Well, I knew I had misplaced the fifth tire and I found it.  Apprently, I put it away in one of my parts drawers.  I added the extra wheel and glued them to the hood of my Land Rover Series III LWB.  The hood is not made for this application, but the spare tire looks good up there just like the rest of the pictures I have seen.  I added a piece of guitar wire for the antenna.

Thanks John, Bob and T-B!  One of the things I should have done to begin with was to choose a version to build.  As I went along building this kit, I was confronted with the RHD or LHD, standard or deluxe interior, what country to represent this build in, just to name a few.  These choices affect the outcome of the model and it did frustrate me for a little bit.  Once I figured out how I want this build to look, it was easy to build.

Well;

   I do like this auto. I like the colors and the way it just looks sitting there. I just wish I had thought of it, before, I placed my order on line for another car. Oh Well, on my Christmas Wish List.

I like it. This kit has the deluxe bonnet, but also used was a dished deluxe bonnet with the spare tire mount and a flat razor front edged bonnet with and without spare tire mount. The short wheel based Monogram kit has the dished deluxe bonnet but I can't recall what bonnet is used on the Italeri 109 three door or soft top kits. The "station wagon" labeled trucks with the extra seating in the bed usually had the spare tire mounted on the rear door. If the door upper mounting was used the top of the tire blocked a bit of the view out the back window. If the door lower mounting was used it interfered with the typical trailer hitch mount. The three door or pickup 109 had a spare tire mount which located the tire in a dished panel on top of the wheel well in the pickup bed. The short wheel based trucks had a spare tire mount in the bed on the aft side of the bulkhead behind the seats. My short wheel based SIII 88 had spare tire mounts on the bonnet, on the bulkhead in the bed and on the rear rear door but I am sure previous owners added to the original spare location. These trucks can be configured in many ways and mixing the bits from the Revell 109 and Italeri 109 you can have a soft to on the 109 five door. I'll need to fab a pickup cab for one of my builds. Bob

Turned out great Mike - I'm right behind you on mine :)

Pretty complicated build, lot's of options.

The Story

McNally spent a couple of days getting the harvest to market and he paid the workers.  Most of the harvest equipment was maintenanced and put up for the coming winter with the exception of anything that was needed for chores.  Angus was given driving duties to take McNally to the airport for his trip home and included a stop at the Police Station to say goodbye to his friend, PC Dunbarton.  After arriving at the airport, Angus was a little tired and he would rest a bit before driving home to Alston-At-Harkness.  Goodbyes at the flight line for the two old friends and McNally boards the plane for his trip home.

After stopping over for an hour in Greenland for refueling, the plane lands at Boston's Logan Airport and McNally disembarks the plane, goes through the TSA check-in and Passport Control.  With his luggage in tow, McNally grabs a cab and is driven home to Charlestown and home.  Once in the house, he calls Angus to tell him that he was home and the flight was good.  If Angus ever needed the help again, he was to call McNally first.

The Build

I have finished my Land Rover Series III LWB.  I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.  

That!

    Now see! There is a practical use for everything! My 1960? Rover swb.had those vents and I never closed them. Flow through ventilation for sure!

The bumps on the rooftop sunsheet are not the actual vents but are bulges to allow the vents to open. The vents are on the lower rooftop and open into the air space between the lower roof and the sunsheet and there are no rubber seals on the vent bulges. The vents can actually remain open in the rain, and we typically open them in late spring and they remain open until the weather turns cooler. Bob

The Story

Agent Barchans of the NCA arrives at the Police Station and he is surprised to see Senior Headquarters Supervisor Peter Duncledge standing at the counter.  Barchans demands to know what is going on and who and why was this person arrested for the murder of Alfred McCann.  Duncledge explains the gold coin that was stolen from McCann, the found murder weapon with traces of McCann's blood on it, the attack on McNally at the Burrows Farm, finding Declan Thomas limping with some of the buckshot still in him and finding his camp.  Declan Thomas had copped to the murder since he owed money to a loan shark and the loan shark had threatened his life and he was desperate for cash.  He knew McCann had the coin and it would be good for some quick cash.

Duncledge also cites that Barchans has had a bad record of pissing off County and Town Police officers.  Barchans is to return to headquarters for displenary actions.  McNally turns in the Glock he was loaned with the box of shells that he never used.

The Build

The Land Rover is almost done!  The engine is finished.  The hood didn't fit flush until I lower the distributor.  The vents for the secondary roof was fitted.

McNally will return...

Thanks John!  I still have a ways to go on this Land Rover.  I have to add all the lights now.

Turned out really nice. 

The Story

In the morning, McNally drives down to the Petro Station and he waits for the man to come down from his camp.  After several minutes, he sees the man stumble out of the bush and he has a slight limp and he walks along the road.  McNally stays well behind him as the man limps along and he stops at the General Store and goes inside.  He walks inside and goes to the counter and he asks about the man who had walked in and he is told that the limping man works in the store.  He asks if he could talk to him for a moment and the store owner calls the man up front.

The man comes up front and he sees McNally and he takes off running out to the back of the store and out the back door.  McNally runs outside and he tackles the man and he cuffs him.  He yells for the store owner to call the Police and the Police arrive a moment later and the man is taken into custody.

The Build

I used the black Sharpie on the outside edge of the windows and Mod Podge as my adhesive on the inside and I like the effect.  It took one or two trips on the edges with the Sharpie and it got nice and black like a rubber seal.  Now to try this on the front and rear windows.

McNally will return...

keavdog

Bummer.  That was my plan as well, though I use testors clear parts glue.  Maybe something hotter in modgepodge?

 

It could be hotter and melted the Sharpie ink.  I'm thinking of using the Sharpie on the outside of the window and using the Mod Podge on the inside of the window.  We shall see...

Bummer.  That was my plan as well, though I use testors clear parts glue.  Maybe something hotter in modgepodge?

The Story

McNally drives down to the Petro Station to fill up the Land Rover.  He talks to the Station owner about anyone who he may have seen in the area that he doesn't know.  The Station owner tells McNally of a man who has a camp up in the woods about 1/2 kilometer up from the Station.  McNally wants to leave the Landy at the Station and the owner says he can.  He walks up to the camp and he finds that no one is there.

He looks around the empty camp and he finds a bag with bloody bandages and this must be the man he shot at the farm when he was attacked.  McNally would like to have stayed at the camp and wait for the man to return, but he had to get back to the farm to help with the harvest.  He will stop by early tomorrow and and wait for the camper to come out.

The Build

I had blacked out the edges of the windows with a black Sharpie and I let this dry for a bit and when I added my Mod Podge to hold the windows in place, the black ink ran.  I removed the windows and the dried Mod Podge and will consider my options of adding the black trim around the windows.

 

McNally will return...

We've had about a dozen various Series Rovers and none were the same. We still have two 109s, the wife's '68 SIIA tropical top three door modified with a Rover V8 and 5 speed, and my '80 SIII soft top now with a 300TDI turbo diesel. The references are just outside.... Bob

Thanks T-B!  Did you know that white is the most difficult color to match?  There are literally thousands of shades of white and matching that color is extremely tough to do and do correctly.

siiirhd88

The SIII air intake hose is actually 'U' shaped and runs from the front of the heater housing to the heater fan outlet on the front of the fan housing. The intake grill on the left side wing has a foam seal between the inside of the wing to the inlet in the center of the heater fan. You might not be able to see all of this with the wing in place. Bob 

I have done a lot of research on this vehicle and I have decided when I first started this build, was to build this as the instructions say with a few easy added details from my research.  My research show many different configurations and many different options based on where the vehicle is sold and what it is used for.  Bob, I appreciate your tips and the fact that you fancy yourself a Land Rover enthusiast.  At this stage, I am not making anymore changes.     

The SIII air intake hose is actually 'U' shaped and runs from the front of the heater housing to the heater fan outlet on the front of the fan housing. The intake grill on the left side wing has a foam seal between the inside of the wing to the inlet in the center of the heater fan. You might not be able to see all of this with the wing in place. Bob

Oh Boy!

 I love the way this is going together. You know Wimbledon White was a FORD P/U Base color for more years than I care to count. When repairing these vehicles it was the easiest to match as well.

The Story

McNally stops at the Police Station and PC Dunbarton issues him a Glock G19 9mm handgun with two clips, a box of bullets and a right hand draw holster.  He checks out the pistol, loads a magazine and and he loads the gun.  After informing him that the results of the blood samples haven't come back yet McNally thanks the Constable for the gun and he returns to the farm to continue working.  Around 1:30 in the afternoon, he takes a break and drives into town to the diner for lunch.  Agent Barchans, full of fury walks in and he goes to the Boston PI and demands the gun. 

McNally refuses to turn the gun over to Barchans citing why he needs the gun and he asks why Barchans is not investigating the murder of McCann.  Barchans again demands the gun and McNally tells him that the only way he'll get the gun is to pry it from his cold, dead fingers.  Barchans snorts at McNally and he leaves the diner in a rage.  An old patron of the diner goes over to McNally and tells him about Barchans visiting the township every year and throwing his weight around.  He also tells McNally about a gold coin that McCann carried around with him and how it was supposed to bring him good luck.

The Build

I started detailing the Landy today by adding the grille and windows, painting the trim on the body sides and the rear.  The interior is almost complete except for the dash which is still in the paintbooth.

McNally will return...

 

John, the top didn't give me any sort of trouble.  It basically just snapped in.  Bob, thanks for the tips!

The Story 

The knife found by McNally was tested and found to be the McCann murder weapon.  It is late at night and McNally goes up to bed and he hears the sound of breaking glass downstairs.  He pulls out of the closet a Remington double barrel shotgun, loads it and he goes downstairs very quietly and at the bottom of the stairs he flicks on the living room lights.  A man rushes over to him and he attacks McNally and he runs off through the kitchen and out the back door.  McNally gets up from the floor and he rushes outside and he fires both barrels of the shotgun at the attacker and he runs out towards the barn and it is dark out beyond the barn itself and he couldn't see the attacker.

He calls PC Dunbarton who drives out to the Burrows Farm and he looks around with a flashlight and he finds blood on the ground.  McNally had hit his target, but how bad was the hit?  He tells McNally to stop at the Station in the morning and he will issue him a Glock G19 9mm pistol and he will deputize him to help find the killer and attacker.  McNally is perfectly fine with that.

The Build    

I have been painting and assembling the Landy.  I assembled the interior floor, seats and shift levers.  I painted and decaled the grille and mirrors and I assembled the front panel with the brake booster and air intake hose.

McNally will return...

The Series trucks have a lot of galvanized bits including the windscreen frame, the vertical corner trim on the rear of the tub and the capping that runs along the beltline where the top sides meet the lower body. The joint at the rooftop to the sides is also galvanized but this is hard to see. The hood hinges are often galvanized but the door hinges are usually painted body color. The boxtop painting shows these bits painted body color but they should be galvanized. These bits were painted body color of the following coil sprung Defender type trucks. The front bumper is typically painted black or is galvanized, and there is no rear bumper as the rear chassis crossmember serves that purpose. Bob

I'm working on mine as well Mike.  There are a lot of painting actions - relatively complex build give all the options.  How did that finicky looking top cover go?

The Story

The following day finds McNally checking the fields to make sure that the harvest has been picked and he sees a man walking through the eastern field.  He calls out to the man and the man takes off running and McNally follows him in the Land Rover Series III LWB to the end of the road and the edge of the property.  The man jumps the fence and he runs away into the forest.  McNally tried to follow him and he lost the man in the forest.  He returns to the SUV and he turns the Land Rover around and he starts to drive back to the main road of the fields and a glint caught his eye and he stops and backs up to the glint.

The glint turns out to be a knife with a nearby scabbard and the knife has blood around the hilt of the handle and it was in the area of where the man was walking.  He pulls out his cellphone and he calls PC Dunbarton to come out and look at his discovery.  The PC picks up the knife and scabbard with gloved hands and he carefully places them in evidence bags and he will get them dusted for fingerprints and blood type. 

The Build

I cleacoated the Land Rover with two coats of Testors Semi Gloss Clear.  I wanted a Semi Gloss instead of a full gloss on the body.  I have spent part of the morning masking the various parts of the Land Rover for Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black.  I still have other parts to paint which is a little frustating to me since I like to paint all of my parts with one color and move on to the next color.  Many of these parts have multiple colors on them.

More Land Rover to come...