Nige,
I still have that Cunningham armored car to finish first.

Bob

Second attempt at forming the front wheelarches with light clusters from folded tin foil. First attempt. went Pete Tong having used the craft nife to mark out the fold lines which led to premature fractures when folding.







This is as far as I got when the fold broke



Fresh tin cut to size and this time used a thin embossing tool from Hobbycraft to mark out the folds. Being a rounded head instead of a nife edge it did not over stress the folds.







Will do the other side and check the proportions after I feed Arron his last bottle of the day. One handed typing here.

Nige

A couple of e-bay pics for reference









My folded tin foil wings added









Got the foot wells to sort out on the front bulkhead fire wall. Maybe get a start on that tomorrow.

Nige

Going to have a go at building the bonnet next as this will give me a shabe to work on the front. If it don't work out will try to do the grill and radiator housing and build the bonnet around it.





First attempt at size and shape





Needs tweeking on the dimensions as the wide end is far too narrow and the overall length is too long which I am putting down to the fact that I have not compensated for all the curves enough loosing vital mm's.

If any one has a real Landrover Lightweight in their drive way it would be great to get the real width measurements on all the curves and the length down the middle and along the sides. Would help me avoid cocking up too much. Though I have loads of carry out containers to keep stabbing away at it.

Nige

Second attempt and looking much better as I took the time to draw the profiles correctly this time.

"IT DOES HELP WHEN YOU MEASURE THE CORRECT LINES ON THE DRAWINGS" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "MEASURE TWICE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, CUT ONCE"















A bit more detailing to add top and bottom after a bit of tweeking on the curves to get the bonnet to sit flat and to profile, but that is where it is at for tonight.

Off to bed said Zebadi !!!!!!

Night

Nige

Added a little detailing to the underside including the curve reinforcement which will help strengthen the tin foil bonnet in the very same way as the original. Should easily support a resin spare wheel.













Getting to really enjoy this build as it seems to be going together quiet nicely now.

Nige

looking very nice, the craftmanship is awesome.

Thanks James ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, appreciated you looking in on the build.

Had time to add in some rear tub support channels to sit fix down to the chassis. Made these by pressing tin foil over thin U channel to the approx size.





These will be seen quite easily from the side due to the wide open wheelarches





Lightweight/trailer combo for reference as to where I am so far.





Nige

outstanding, Nige!

incredible attention to details and accuracy. Good idea forming the foil over that channel material

Making some brackets that are quite promenant under and on the bonnet.

First to form the brackets using tin foil, wide tweezers, a piece of old sprue of correct profile held on the work plate by a blob of blue tac.









Same technique used with wire.







Brackets in place under



Placement of the wire helped by blue tac again to allow superglue to be dripped over the wire ends.





Just need to add straps to hold the spare wheel on, and to make a set of hinges to fix to the front bulkhead,



Nigel

As a Land Rover fan i have been following your build with great interest and must say that i like what i am seeing.
I am trying to convert a 1/24 Hard-top into a piglet and i hope it comes out half as good as your model

regards

Malcolm

Hi Malcolm

I do like Landies. Thanks for the compliments. I would love to see how your Piglet conversion is coming along. Have you got a build blog started?

Had a chance to do a little more at the club meet and will add some more pics tomorrow.

Nige

Time for the front grill.

Plastic sheet for rigidity this time as I will be working from the placement of this for almost everything else.



The mesh is from plastic fly screen which is a good match for the mesh size.



Some embossing of tin foil on the Landrover 109 from ESCI to gain a couple of Landrover badges, one front and one back.



I will need to adjust the light clusterson the front wings to match up with the grill as they are a little oversized at the moment.

Nige

Started on the rear tail gate





Sleepy head so time for bed.

Night folks

Start on the footwells

Plastic for the sides and tin foil for the fronts





A bit of pressure to keep the folds from undoing



Passenger footwell in place







Working on the drivers side



Nige

great work simply amazing detail

Thanks Simon !!!!

Nige

I don`t have a build blog as i don`t have my own computer, digital camera etc to start one but i will try to post some pictures when it is finished. it would be nice to have some 1/24 scale trackgrip tyres though don`t you agree?

Oil cooler shroud that also directs air through the radiator





also had to adjust the footwells as I realised I had made them too deep and they extended too far beyond the wheelarches. They now match the wheel arch





added the backing sheet to the front seats



also topped off the sides and rear cargo area with thin U channel



added the stiffeners to the backing sheet also





added some shims under the cargo area to try to get the correct ride height







made a start on lining the engine bay to accept the wheel arches, radiator and maybe a scratch engine, still to decide, unless someone has a spair sitting idle somewhere.







Enjoying my hols at the caravan in Lossiemouth with the kids and the inlaws. Determined to get a lot more time on the Landy.

Nige

Managed to figure out what is going on with the front grill and bonnet. Needed a little snip off the top of the grill to allow the bonnet to sit right down and the tin foil arches needed a slot cut in each to allow the front light wells to sit in front of the grill. Also added the boxing for the dashboard dials.





still needs a bit of trimming to get the bonnet to sit true left to right now



Nige

Looking good Nige

Malcolm

Thanks Malcolm

Had some peace from the kids and in-laws to get some work done today !!!!!

Under the bonnet tool box out of square hollow section and capped off with tin foil from chocolate powder tin.



Floor panels from tin foil on top of a plastic frame





The doors cut out from the side panels were added to with door handle cut outs



the door lock mechanism



framing out (slightly inboard, but easier to make sure it fitted after forming up)



door handle in cut out



finished door lock



Nige