Friday 18 March 2016

Landrover ramblings

My Little Cold Wars British forces have recently been tooled up with a new fleet of 1/43 scale Landrovers.  These are all Corgi diecasts - readily available and startlingly cheap on eBay.
Most of the Corgi LRs around are Series Two Long Wheel Base versions - as indeed were the ones I had when a lad.  I've also managed to pick up a few of the earlier Series One LWB, a couple of which still have their tinplate 'canvas' tilts.



Typically my new Landrovers looked like this on arrival.  Actually this is quite a smart model.  They arrived with anything between a full set and no tyres but happily replacements are cheaply available.

Where windows were intact I masked them with tape.
Green spray paint followed, then I hand painted on the black camo and added printed number plates.

9 comments:

Conrad Kinch said...

A commendable addition to the Gow motor pool.

Arthur said...

That little lot should have the warpacmob fleeing in their longjohns.

Good job.

Mark Hides said...

VERY nice, Tim.

Paul Foster said...

Rapid progress Tim.

Tim Gow said...

Conrad Kinch
'You can never have too many...' Oh well, you get the idea.

Tim Gow said...

Arthur
I suspect that the forthcoming Chieftain regiment may have more to do with that.

Tim Gow said...

Mark Hides
Not bad for dodgily daubed diecasts.

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
You clearly don't know how long I've had them...

Archduke Piccolo said...

A very handy addition to your transport pool. You can't have too many trucks and similar vehicles...