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I forgot to say, 1/35 and 1/24 seem to be the two most common scales, most models being military 109's. They come in hard top and soft top versions, or with no top at all for those with a 50mm machine gun in the back. Tamiya are also the only mainstream source of SIII 109 Ambulance kit. In real life many of these were converted to campers and driven round the world by adventure seekers. I cant think of any mainstream 88" models apart from this one which is hens teeth rare and $$$ when it does appear. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-2279-land-rover--539173 There are also a few police and fire brigade vehicles, both L/R and R/R in UK and European liveries. Try Revell, Tamiya and Italiery in the first instance. Airfix and Hobby Boss also do Defender/Wolf kits in 1/48 and 1/35 scale respectively. I know there are ltd run resin kits of the Wolf and 101 out there, and I have a resin 90" Defender in Hong Kong Police livery someplace in the stash, but if you want odd and unusual, I think it will cost you $$$. Scalemates is as always a good place to start looking!

From my bookshelves I can suggest …. Haynes "Enthusiasts Manual" for the Military L/R from 1948 on, so Series 1 to Defender, 80-110" models. Veloce publishing do a book on the Half Ton Military L/R ie: the SWB 88 models, std and air portable Lightweight. Martin Hodder has 'Land Rover, Simply the best' published by Haynes. Bob Morrison has 'Combat Land Rovers Portfolio #1' published by Brooklands Books. James Taylor has 'Land Rover Military one-tonne' by crowd press. ie: the 101" forward control models. Veloce have printed a book called "Land Rover SIII Reborn", which follows the strip down and rebuild of a civilian 109. - the current Revell model in 1/24th. Extreme Landrover Discovery by Haynes has plenty of photos of Hi-lift jacks, sump plates, roof racks, bull bars and many extras to let you scratch build these sort of extras for any model. Decide what you want to start with, civil, military , Police, Paris Dakar, and don't forget the Australian Perentie 6x6 versions, Belgian Minerva or Spanish Santana, which were built under licence, and type that and L/R into google. There are literally hundreds of books on the subject. Some are marque histories, others development histories of a specific model such as the SII or the Defender. Sometimes a coffee table picture book is just as useful as full on technical manuals. There are also 2-3 L/R magazines in the UK, buy these if you see anything that takes your fancy, and they will also have recommendations on books. Hope this helps.