SimonT - 4x4 1/24 Esci Range Rover

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Simon
This is coming along well now. Like the barn find idea as well. The warps and poor fitting panels are probably an accurate rendition of the original LOL. Sandglow is particularly horrible, but iconic of the time....
I learned to drive in a sand glow Austin Maxi, which had possibly the most awful gearbox ever made.....
The Honda is not on here yet, though I do have pictures. I haven’t made a bike before and wanted to be sure I would continue before starting to post. I have now completed a couple of sub assemblies so it will be coming to a forum near you soon...
Cheers
Tim

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
I do like the idea of a neglected vehicle. Off to a great start.
Jim

[papa 695]

Nice work so far Simon

[SimonT]

Richard - I think you are probably right, bad kit made worse :smiling5:

Mick - don't hold your breath

Tim - :smiling: it is certainly warped. Sitting heavy objects on it has helped a little but the entire thing still has a horrible twist. May need to resort to the boiling water

Jim - ta

Ian - thanks


Managed a bit more.....

[ATTACH]313864[/ATTACH]
wheels cleaned up - about the only bits of the kit which are not warped or suffering sinkage

Could do with some better wheel nuts and a valve though

[ATTACH]313865[/ATTACH]
dash is provided with parts for left and right hand drive - nice touch

Pity they all suffer from a lot of sinkage

[ATTACH]313866[/ATTACH]
ground a few more holes in the floor pan - left front footwell and the rear load bed based on pictures of a 1:1 restoration

then stuck the chassis to the floor tub - needed some persuasion to stay put

[ATTACH]313867[/ATTACH]
after the clips came off - it still has a longitudinal twist so a dunk in boiling water could be imminent

[ATTACH]313868[/ATTACH]
some crusty damage added to the scuttle

missing screen rubber added from micro strip


Thanks for looking in

[papa 695]

Nice update Simon, it looks like It's putting up a bit of a fight.

[JR]

Simon.
Of course I remember these when they came out, as I said only then real country people owned them, the Police and civil engineers.
Certainly lead the way in those far off days. ( Thank you Steve , no need to remind me :smiling: )
Can't remember any one complaining about them, properly didn't want to admit they were troublesome.
I'm sure you will make a silk purse out of this .
John.

[SimonT]

Ian - long term storage hasn't done it any favours

John - if all goes to plan it should be more sows ear in the end :smiling:

Bought a Wilko 10x8" picture frame to use as a base

I shall attempt to make a sort of outbuilding to house the car - breeze block wall with wrinkly tin roof and some supporting steelwork

Only had a few minutes last night but managed to knock together a die for stamping breeze block texture into blue foam

40grit sandpaper glued to a chunk of plastic card with a surround of rod to give mortar

[ATTACH]313991[/ATTACH]
I don't think that looks too shabby

will need care to ensure that the mortar lines align

[JR]

Morning Simon.
Liking the imprint tool for the breeze block, very neat. To add to that the block pattern and mortar joints look good. Remember most breeze block
construction is built fairly fast and can have quite a rough look to the finish.
John .

[SimonT]

Don't worry John - I suspect it will all look rather rough by the time I have finished with it!


Test fitted the chassis tub to the body and found that the rear chassis rails are not long enough

Don't know whether it was just make that way or something has been lost with the warping or what but the rear bumper is so hard against the body that it is causing it to bend

To rectify this I have sliced the bumper off and stuck on some 60thou spacers to the ends of the chassis rails

Should be enough to move the bumper off the bodywork

[RM6239]

Simon
Looking forward to seeing this come together as a wreck

cheers
Ross

[JR]

Simon.
I'm sure you bought things so they would warp with age, another excuse for this drastic surgery.:smiling3::smiling:
John.

[Jim R]

Morning Simon
Shame about the warping. Have you tried the hot water treatment yet? That breeze block stamp is a good idea and looks to work well.
Jim

[Graeme C.]

Hi Simon, I'll pull up a chair, I'm another former Range Rover Owner. Impressive work on the springs & shocks, looking forward to seeing how this goes together.

[SimonT]

Ross - thanks for looking in

John - rats, you figured out my plan :smiling:

Jim - not yet. I have got rid of most of the twist with weight and liberal use of liquid glue. I think I may get away with it just by sticking body to chassis tub. The very hot water that would be needed is likely to adversely affect the thinner parts so I will only use it as a last resort

Graeme - thanks. A 2 door or later version?


Morning all,

some progress to report....

[ATTACH]314289[/ATTACH]
I opened up the wheel slots

[ATTACH]314286[/ATTACH]
and added new wheel nuts and valve

then I balanced the wheels and added rim weights

[ATTACH]314285[/ATTACH]
I course sanded all the tyres to remove most of the tread

then had the bright idea of imparting slight flat spots as tyres do deflate slowly over time

stood the tyres on a baking tray and placed it on the hob, the idea being that I would switch off the heat just as they started to melt

seemed like a plan but I failed to take into account one variable - the level of my own stupidity :sad-face:

breakfast was cooking on the other side of the hob and I switched that off instead of the tyres so they got a little more crispy than I wanted - oops

luckily damage not too bad - I can put the worst ones at the back near the wall

[ATTACH]314287[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]314288[/ATTACH]
rough and ready wall parts made using my die and a hammer to impart the pattern

mostly ok but a few of the joints will need a little fettling

Unfortunately the process resulted in warped blue foam so I have had to stick them to pvc foam board using No Nails -weighted down with large heavy books overnight so hopefully the warp will be eliminated

it will be a miracle if all this comes together and looks even vaguely like I envisaged


Thanks for looking in

[Steve Jones]

Best laid plans and all that. I hope you get the look you were after.