Rusty92 Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Looks like a lot of parts. Very excited for this. Thanks for sharing!
Matt Bacon Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Looks great.... where was it on show? best, M.
Justin Porter Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 This is such a fantastic announcement and it's going to be a great companion to the early Bronco and 60's Suburban kits.
martinfan5 Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, Matt Bacon said: Looks great.... where was it on show? best, M. Matt, IPMS Nationals being held in Chattanooga, TN this year.
martinfan5 Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Color me a shade of excited for this one. Time to fire up the research machine and find out what the body color options are.
GeeBee Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, martinfan5 said: Color me a shade of excited for this one. Time to fire up the research machine and find out what the body color options are. Roof panel was always Limestone Edited August 8, 2019 by GeeBee
martinfan5 Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, GeeBee said: Roof panel was always Limestone Thanks Geoff
GeeBee Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 Just now, martinfan5 said: Thanks Geoff No problem, I only live 7 miles from the Land Rover factory, I have in the past made a few Land Rover and Range Rover models for R&D
Atmobil Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Look very well detailed, I want it. Will be interesting to compare next to the old esci and monogram kits. Any release date yet? Edited August 8, 2019 by Atmobil
landman Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 I spent a lot of time in one of those. Now I have to get one. Is it out or not released yet?
mikemodeler Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 I would be all over this if it was the SWB version. Drove one in high school at the Mercedes dealer, never got a speeding ticket, also never got stuck and Lord knows it wasn't for a lack of effort!
Rob Hall Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Here are some good reference photos of a restored one.
Phildaupho Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 This is great news . I have been wanting a Land Rover kit for a very long time. It probably is overly ambitious but I would like to attempt a replica of this particular Land Rover 2 Canadians, 14 months, 4 continents, and 60,000 km in a Land Rover in 1957
stitchdup Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, Phildaupho said: This is great news . I have been wanting a Land Rover kit for a very long time. It probably is overly ambitious but I would like to attempt a replica of this particular Land Rover 2 Canadians, 14 months, 4 continents, and 60,000 km in a Land Rover in 1957 I've seen something very similar in resin. I think it was kitformservices and possibly an military ambulance version
64Comet404 Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, Phildaupho said: This is great news . I have been wanting a Land Rover kit for a very long time. It probably is overly ambitious but I would like to attempt a replica of this particular Land Rover 2 Canadians, 14 months, 4 continents, and 60,000 km in a Land Rover in 1957 That would be a cool version to build. If memory serves, one of the drivers was Robert Bateman, before becoming famous as a noted wildlife artist.
stavanzer Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Ooh, Ooh! Gotta Have this!! Looks like a Winner.
'70 Grande Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 I expect 90%+ of the 1:1 versions were built as right-hand-drive, but the box artwork makes it look as tho this kit will be left-hand-drive. Can anyone confirm this?
GeeBee Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 4 hours ago, '70 Grande said: I expect 90%+ of the 1:1 versions were built as right-hand-drive, but the box artwork makes it look as tho this kit will be left-hand-drive. Can anyone confirm this? Yes,the kit comes with L/H/D and R/H/D dashboards, I've been told it is planned for release in the 4th quarter of this year, so should be out pretty soon, of course back when the Series 3 was current,a lot of them were sold to Ex British Empire or Commonwealth countries, so would have been R/H/D, although they were popular in other European countries, which would have been L/H/D
'70 Grande Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Both R/H/D and L/H/D dashboards; excellent news! Is this kit in 1/24 or 1/25 scale, (or something else)?
Rob Hall Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 37 minutes ago, '70 Grande said: Both R/H/D and L/H/D dashboards; excellent news! Is this kit in 1/24 or 1/25 scale, (or something else)? 1/24
Phildaupho Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 12 hours ago, 64Comet404 said: That would be a cool version to build. If memory serves, one of the drivers was Robert Bateman, before becoming famous as a noted wildlife artist. Right you are. The Land Rover had been restored to exactly how it looked during the trip and it is very cool.
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