Hey Guys , while fiddling around with other builds this came up, the club is having a little comp and the topic will be Rhodesian Army. I have decided to do a Landrover like the one below.
This depiction of an armoured Landrover as uses by the Common Wealth forces during the elections and subsequent transition of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, there is no kit available for this vehicle.
I don't think that the colour on the one in the pic is right, seems way to light should be a very dark green. I will be converting a SAS Pink Panther Landie to meet this requirement, the problem is that the one in the picture is a Series III land rover and the Pink Panther a Series II, I will be able to change everything as it should be except for the DashBoard, this is doable but way to complicated for the time that I have,So this will basically be a Late Series 2B, Pre Series 3. Luckily I have rebuild a few 1 scale Land Rovers in the past and have one in the Drive Way, what better reference hey.
There will be extensive modifications that I will need to do and I will indicate these in the following Pics.
Above is the Pink Panther stripped and ready for Modification
Above. The grill hanger, the light will need to be moved from between the wings onto the wings, the grill is also wrong, but don't know how to address this yet, but have a plan. Every thing in red is incorrect
Above the Bonnet, the square cover plate will be remove and replaced with a scratch part so as to attache a spare wheel.
Above, The skirts need to be removed as these were not present.
Above is a Pic of the load bay, once again the skirts need to be removed as well as the rectangular piece on the side of the bay that Tamiya moulded in for the sand tracks on the pink Panther.
No fuel tanks were provided for by Tamiya so these will be scratch and will need to be fitted to both sides as this can be accommodated as such. You will also notice the lack of a fuel filler, but in some instances these were located behind the seats.
Well I hape you all enjoy
As i progress I will indicate the other modifications.
This depiction of an armoured Landrover as uses by the Common Wealth forces during the elections and subsequent transition of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, there is no kit available for this vehicle.
I don't think that the colour on the one in the pic is right, seems way to light should be a very dark green. I will be converting a SAS Pink Panther Landie to meet this requirement, the problem is that the one in the picture is a Series III land rover and the Pink Panther a Series II, I will be able to change everything as it should be except for the DashBoard, this is doable but way to complicated for the time that I have,So this will basically be a Late Series 2B, Pre Series 3. Luckily I have rebuild a few 1 scale Land Rovers in the past and have one in the Drive Way, what better reference hey.
There will be extensive modifications that I will need to do and I will indicate these in the following Pics.
Above is the Pink Panther stripped and ready for Modification
Above. The grill hanger, the light will need to be moved from between the wings onto the wings, the grill is also wrong, but don't know how to address this yet, but have a plan. Every thing in red is incorrect
Above the Bonnet, the square cover plate will be remove and replaced with a scratch part so as to attache a spare wheel.
Above, The skirts need to be removed as these were not present.
Above is a Pic of the load bay, once again the skirts need to be removed as well as the rectangular piece on the side of the bay that Tamiya moulded in for the sand tracks on the pink Panther.
No fuel tanks were provided for by Tamiya so these will be scratch and will need to be fitted to both sides as this can be accommodated as such. You will also notice the lack of a fuel filler, but in some instances these were located behind the seats.
Well I hape you all enjoy
As i progress I will indicate the other modifications.
