Junkman

Jessi Combs is the latest in a line including Roberto Barsanti, 1921 J. G. Parry-Thomas, 1927 Frank Lockhart, 1928 Lee Bible, 1929 Janos Somariba, 1933 Windman, Nathan 1934 Eric Fernihough, 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, 1938 Nicholas Schlegel, 1947 Wayne Cass, 1948 Tom Glover, 1948 Robert Fadave, 1949 Floyd Fancher, 1949 Rulon McGregor, 1949 Jackson Pendleton, 1949 Wilbert Werder, 1949 Bob Robinson, 1950 Ken Bigelow, 1951 Renato Magi, 1951 Cornelius Wynja, 1951 Harvey Haller, 1953 Elwyn Williams, 1954 John Donaldson, 1955 Charles Sproul, 1955 Jim Johnson, 1957 Athol Graham, 1960 Robert Funk, 1962 Glenn Leasher, 1962 Charles Bennett, 1964 Jack Stewart, 1968 "Geezer" Emick, 1969 Bob Herda, 1969 Larry Lubinsky, 1969 Noel Black, 1970 Jim Buckmaster, 1972 Tommy Watts, 1980 Pete Dean, 1984 Vaifro Meo, 1984 Sonny Arnett, 1995 Bruce Johnston, 1998 Nolan White, 2002 John Beckett, 2005 Johan Jacobs, 2006 Dave Owen, 2008 Cliff Gullett, 2008 Barry Bryant, 2009 Guy Lombardi, 2009 Gerald Deneau, 2012 Jerry Lyons, 2012 Bill Warner, 2013 Tony Foster, 2014 Sam Wheeler, 2016 Tim Partridge, 2018 And that's only the ones I logged. Yes, one could say I have an obsession with speed record attempts.

Malcolm Campbell was one of the few speed record racers of his days that died of natural causes. So did Art Arfons. Craig Breedlove is alive and well, Gary Gabelich was killed in a road accident while his next project was underway and thus was cancelled.

The chassis and wheels for this are hidden in plain view. Don't count the lug nuts, though...

I don't know how to put it without causing offence, but travelling Illinois extensively, it appeared to me that Illinoisans have a peculiar sense for colours and decoration I find appealing.

A repop of the Monogram kit notwithstanding... Imagine they would and you could make an ace 88er by kitbashing.

You call THAT "uninspired"? It's bloody brilliant!

Now that would be really cool™.

I do wonder myself. Although Platz/nunu offers the K2 too.

Edit: You can get the Hawaiian Tropic decals already! https://www.ebay.com/itm/273778290318

Hopefully they do and also the DRM Jägermeister version.

You forgot to mention the Austrian version. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/9554+Sankt+Urban,+Austria/@46.7508431,14.1604774,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4770656cda5e0a2b:0x858a4252c4dd7880!8m2!3d46.7508293!4d14.1692322 Sadly it's not the correct model Land Rover. But with the help of the new Revell kit creatively backdated to a Series IIa, it could be done.

"Detail Up" parts should be released at the same time. About 70 Dollars should buy the kit and detail pack.

Looks like it comes with quite an array of alternative markings. IIRC these kits also contain OMGRHD and OMGLHD instrument panels.

Yellow then, because no car looks good in Depression Metalllic. When Frazer Nash and Bristol did their BMW thingy, it was still considered a good thing.

The day after Brexit.

Welly has been there since 2014. I'd sill like to have a plastic kit.

FTFY

Or so.

The bodywork changes are more extensive than meets the eye at first glance, but could be accomplished with a lot of work. Where the proper effort starts, however, is the conversion to the coil spring setup and scratchbuilding of the engine, gearbox and transfer case. As I said earlier, the Hongwell would be a much easier base for Defender variants. A 1/24 scale Royal Enfield is available from IXO.

What would the alternative look like?

That's the very reason why I'm tempted to make exactly that one. It's a Series II that has a replacement wing from a later Series IIA.

Incidentally I just received this Santana Series III from a Spanish partworks. So I'm definitely trying to backdate the Revell.

The Hongwell would be a cheap and cheerful starting point.

It shouldn't be too challenging to build a 2dr from the Revell, the front doors are the same on both. The ESCI/Italeri hardtop is a one piece part (+ glass, of course) you pop on in lieu of the soft top. For example, to make a roofed pick up, you'll need the front portion of it, where it's sloped. Looking at the Revell body, it shouldn't be too difficult to make that into a pick up version, too.