Italeri's Land Rover (Complete)
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Italeri's Land Rover (Complete)
This will be my second entry for the GB. I've not given up on Zvezda's Big Truck. It's just that the box is so big, I have trouble bringing the kit on the road with me. This little Italeri model is far easier to transport.
Build is uneventful so far.
Build is uneventful so far.
Last edited by John Everett on 05 May 2015, 06:53, edited 1 time in total.
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns:
- Vincent Power
- Senior Site Contributor.....
- Posts: 2641
- Joined: 31 Jul 2014, 23:49
- Location: Melbourne Australia
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
Good start John. I like the Box art too.
Vincent
Vincent
Completed Campaigns:
- Gary Boxall
- Site Admin/Founder
- Posts: 2476
- Joined: 18 Jul 2014, 21:34
- Location: Auckland New Zealand
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
Is this essentially the same version as Tamiya's Pink Panther?
Gary
Gary
Hi. My name is Gary and I'm an ex-Shermaholic....
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
Yes. Component for component (even the ID plate is cast with the same number), the kit is based on this museum peice:Gary Boxall wrote:Is this essentially the same version as Tamiya's Pink Panther?
Gary
The Land Rover was a post-WWII design. These are from present day Yemen in about 1963-1964 (The Aden Emergency). I'm planning to go with the green/tan hard edge scheme shown in the color photo.
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns:
- Gary Boxall
- Site Admin/Founder
- Posts: 2476
- Joined: 18 Jul 2014, 21:34
- Location: Auckland New Zealand
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
Is it a rebox of the Tamiya kit then or new tooling?
Gary
Gary
Hi. My name is Gary and I'm an ex-Shermaholic....
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
A rebox as far as I can tell. Although none of the sprues or castings actually have the name stamped anywhere. I would need to look at the Tamiya sprues to say for sure.Gary Boxall wrote:Is it a rebox of the Tamiya kit then or new tooling?
Gary
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns:
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns:
-
- Senior Site Contributor.....
- Posts: 666
- Joined: 22 Jul 2014, 20:59
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
Italeri and Tamiya have some shared kits, this is one of them. So it is a reissue rather than a rebox. The Landrover is a Series 2A from what I remember.
Nice choice John, I have a Tamiya boxing of this that I was thinking of building as a Recce one used by the Territorial Army ie without all the SAS kit on it although that Northern Ireland picture has now got me thinking. Looking on with interest.
Chris
Nice choice John, I have a Tamiya boxing of this that I was thinking of building as a Recce one used by the Territorial Army ie without all the SAS kit on it although that Northern Ireland picture has now got me thinking. Looking on with interest.
Chris
Completed Campaigns:
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
If you decide to build it, it will go together pretty quickly. The fit is generally pretty good. But there is some mould slip which becomes a problem for the smaller diameter parts.Chris Smith wrote:Italeri and Tamiya have some shared kits, this is one of them...... I have a Tamiya boxing of this that I was thinking of building as a Recce one used by the Territorial Army
Chris
The seats are also pretty bad. I'm going to modify and scratch some better seats.
Primer!!!!
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns:
- John Everett
- Senior Site Contributor
- Posts: 712
- Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Contact:
Re: Italeri's Land Rover (Desert Rats)
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin
Completed Campaigns:
Completed Campaigns: