Kingfisher 1/72 LandRover Defender Wolfe Milan

[gamevender]

This is a mixed media kit in resin and white metal. Most parts are done pretty well, but the LandRover itself was poorly cast with mushy detail, resin blobs and was covered with pin holes and voids to the point that it was unusable. A JB LandRover kit served s a donor for a conversion. Much work was done on the front end to change it and many details needed to be added/changed. The wheel wells on the Defender are square and those on the Landrover are round, but to change them would have been nigh on impossible, so I compromised a bit with accuracy. The Kingfisher parts fit the JB body well and required no changes. The wheels were poorly done and were only one sided, so a Dingo kit served as donor. I changed the wheel hubs some to make them look more convincing. My proudest achievement was making the headlight guards. They are each made from two pieces of 1/200 scale PE ship railings. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2018 by gamevender

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Interesting Rover 

[Wagtail]

Fantastic job, I'd be happy with a result like that if it was in 1/35 really well done!

[Jim Wasley]

Excellent build in this size scale,Cheers.