Land Rover Overland kitbash

[Andy T]

I've put a few pics of this up in the old place but I thought I'd wait until we'd moved to start a dedicated topic.

The idea is to kitbash two Land Rovers into a 6x6 overland/expedition vehicle, with trailer.

I'm still figuring out the new layout so please bear with me. I'm starting out with these two kits:



The first thing was to extend the chassis. Here it is held in position to keep it square and flat



I did a similar thing with the floor:


With the axles and temporary wheels in place it was starting to take shape :


The rear bodywork was extended and fitted :


Then using a Lego jig for alignment I extended the roof also, using a piece from the canvas tilt included in the kit:





There's much more but I'm finding the picture uploading very clunky and I can't preview correctly on mobile (yet) so will continue once I've gotten used to it a bit more. It also seems we can only attach 5 pics per post so much of this won't make sense.

Teething troubles lol

[Andy T]

The pics missing from my first post

[Jim R]

An interesting idea Andy. Off to a good start. All looks neat and the two kits seem to have fitted together ok.

[Andy T]

Thanks jim

It's not far off from being completed but until I find my feet I think posting updates will take longer than the actual building 🤣

[minitnkr]

Nice clean graft.

[Andy T]

Next up was the trailer. By stitching together the wing and door from the other kit, along with the rear quarter panel offcut, I managed to make a decent sized panel of the correct profile, with a wheel arch cut out in the right place:




I made a roof rack for the trailer. It took 4 attempts with different materials. I ended up using some florist type wire after painstakingly removing the plastic coating (which wouldn't take any kind of glue)



Some paint was splashed on. I used automotive paint from my regular supplier. He mixed me 100ml, which once thinned became 200ml. I then thinned it even further for airbrushing, which means I could make 400-500 ml of each colour. Almost enough to give a real one a quick flick over!



I've made another rack for the truck which will accommodate a rooftop tent, along with other gubbins

[Stefee]

Ingenious young man.

[rickoshea52]

This is cool.

[Andy T]

Thanks guys

As if 8 wheels weren't enough I'm adding two more, in the form of an adventure bike, to pootle around on once they've made camp.

This was the nearest thing I could find in 1/35:



With a bit of chopping & changing, and a brighter colour scheme, we have this:

[Andy T]

And I'm currently working on a bumper mounted winch:

[Jim R]

Love that bike. Alterations and bright colours really change it to civilian. LR looking great.

[scottie3158]

Andy great work as always mat

[Andy T]

Thank you both.

I'm already in a great mood as Zoë has been declared cancer free and has received the first of five radiotherapy sessions today (belt & braces), so the end of that episode is in sight. Your comments add to that feeling

[Tworrs]

That is indeed excellent news Andy

[Stefee]

Fantastic news, buy her something nice and yourself a new kit.

[Ian M]

That is great news.

[PaulTRose]

Fabulous news andy.......as another survivor please tell her well done and welcome to the club

[Mark1]

Great news, a weight off both your minds.