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1/35 Italeri Land Rover 109 series III

Paulw

Well-known member
it isn't That often that I build something other than air craft but I got to looking this kit through and figured "Why not". You will have to excuse me if there is anything I miss in accordance with this and other kits like this.
I went through the the kit looking for any signs of flash and what ever was was minimal at best. The instructions are a fairly simple Booklet style and very clear diagrams. The decal sheet is limited to a few license plates. This kit provides enough parts to assemble two or three styles of of vehicle down to a pick up. In other words this kit is as versatile as the actual vehicle that it replicates.

I started with the frame. the parts were pretty well detailed and assembled easily. I had it assembled and primed with in a couple of hours.







I have no idea on how to weather vehicles but I guess it is pretty close to what one does to airplanes. After putting the wheels together I shot them with white for the wheel and used German Gray for the tire. Then I dusted the inside of the wheel with some Vallejo dark gray pigment, put them on the wheel and voila.



Right now I have no idea what color this truck is going to be but after looking through the many pictures on the web I can say that what ever I come up with should be acceptable.

More later.
Cheers
 
I got some color on it.

I am deciding weather to put the hard top with side windows or the soft top with the curtain sides I have yet to decide but I have enjoyed this kit.



Some adjustments and a few small parts (important ones like head lights and doors) need to be done to call this finished. I do think I will go with the soft top.





The weather is pretty iffy here for acrylics but I think that they soon should be dry.
 
My old Friend, Keith Armstrong has an ol' 1949 109 he drives on the hills of Utah sometimes. His is Forest Green with soft top & roll-over bars.
NEET-O!! :good:
 
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