Tamiya Land Rover Defender 90
Discussion
When it comes to radio control cars I have been a little bit of an anti-Tamiya snob (not sure why - but was a little ingrained when I started racing RC cars at 11 or so, and if you had a Tamiya you were seen as a bit of a noob... you had to have a Schumacher, Associated, Losi or Mardave to be cool)...
.. but his looks very tempting to go and spend some of my pocket money on and buy my first Tamiya!
https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/tamiya-rc-58657...
Hmmmm... tempting?
Thought some here might want to know about its forthcoming too
.. but his looks very tempting to go and spend some of my pocket money on and buy my first Tamiya!
https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/tamiya-rc-58657...
Hmmmm... tempting?
Thought some here might want to know about its forthcoming too
I got excited about this, but this one is not for me. I thought Tamiya were really good at getting scale and details right, but there's loads wrong that sticks out like a sore thumb to me. Track is too narrow, rear overhang is too long, bonnet looks wrong above the grill and not enough slope on it from what I can see from the pictures, the door windows are far too small compared to the rear windows, and worst of all although you could argue it has had "aftermarket" wheels fitted, I doubt the owner went to the trouble of fitting FC101 axles, the only 6 stud pattern used by Land Rover. Just seems a real shame that if they were going to the trouble of releasing the kit they could not have got some of this a bit more in scale.
I assume this this one will be a 0-60 in 3 seconds sideways everywhere kinda thing...I must admit I'd keep my money and buy a Gelande 110, which absolutely nails it in appearance of both scale/detail and driving.
Although I really should finish building this before I take on any more model Land Rover projects!
I assume this this one will be a 0-60 in 3 seconds sideways everywhere kinda thing...I must admit I'd keep my money and buy a Gelande 110, which absolutely nails it in appearance of both scale/detail and driving.
Although I really should finish building this before I take on any more model Land Rover projects!
Hard-Drive said:
I got excited about this, but this one is not for me. I thought Tamiya were really good at getting scale and details right, but there's loads wrong that sticks out like a sore thumb to me. Track is too narrow, rear overhang is too long, bonnet looks wrong above the grill and not enough slope on it from what I can see from the pictures, the door windows are far too small compared to the rear windows, and worst of all although you could argue it has had "aftermarket" wheels fitted, I doubt the owner went to the trouble of fitting FC101 axles, the only 6 stud pattern used by Land Rover. Just seems a real shame that if they were going to the trouble of releasing the kit they could not have got some of this a bit more in scale.
I assume this this one will be a 0-60 in 3 seconds sideways everywhere kinda thing...I must admit I'd keep my money and buy a Gelande 110, which absolutely nails it in appearance of both scale/detail and driving.
Although I really should finish building this before I take on any more model Land Rover projects!
Not saying this accounts for all of the issues but there are limitations to what they can achieve with a vacuum formed clear plastic one piece bodyshell that has to fit the dimensions of an existing chassis. It's a (expensive) toy rather than a scale model. All RC bodyshells tend to be caricatures to some extent. I assume this this one will be a 0-60 in 3 seconds sideways everywhere kinda thing...I must admit I'd keep my money and buy a Gelande 110, which absolutely nails it in appearance of both scale/detail and driving.
Although I really should finish building this before I take on any more model Land Rover projects!
The Toylander looks fantastic BTW!
Hello all
I picked up one of these kits - it will be the first Tamiya kit i have tackled in almost 20 years - the last being a Nissan "Calsonic" Skyline.
Anyway, on the last kit, the paint job was quite simple (a one-colour Blue) which i did to the inside of the shell as per the guide instructions.
For the Land Rover, however, i want to go a bit off-piste and trick it up in the style of a G4/Adventure series, with the Tangiers Orange body, and relevant blacked-out mudguards/roof etc.
My question is - how best to tackle the painting?
From my simple eyes it looks to me like it would be a bit of a pain to do it "inside out" so to speak, and that it would be easier painting the outer shell.
As a relative noob to this, i'm thinking the following would be the best steps:
I am fully open to more learned approaches
Cheers
Baz
I picked up one of these kits - it will be the first Tamiya kit i have tackled in almost 20 years - the last being a Nissan "Calsonic" Skyline.
Anyway, on the last kit, the paint job was quite simple (a one-colour Blue) which i did to the inside of the shell as per the guide instructions.
For the Land Rover, however, i want to go a bit off-piste and trick it up in the style of a G4/Adventure series, with the Tangiers Orange body, and relevant blacked-out mudguards/roof etc.
My question is - how best to tackle the painting?
From my simple eyes it looks to me like it would be a bit of a pain to do it "inside out" so to speak, and that it would be easier painting the outer shell.
As a relative noob to this, i'm thinking the following would be the best steps:
- Mask out the windows
- Prime the whole shell with a suitable primer (grey or similar light colour)
- Carefully paint up the black parts - mudguards, front and rear bumper sections and the roof
- mask off the black
- spray the rest in the orange
I am fully open to more learned approaches
Cheers
Baz
Is it a clear shell? Are you going to use it offroad?
If so then I'd say paint inside as even with the right paint and top coat painting it on the outside will mean it gets damaged.
To paint on the inside, just wash with a warm water soap solution dry, mask the dark areas, paint the light colour first and then paint the dark area last.
You can always paint the window surrounds on the outside. As assuming its got a plastic coating on just cut that out and spray the window surrounds then take the rest of the film off when dry
If so then I'd say paint inside as even with the right paint and top coat painting it on the outside will mean it gets damaged.
To paint on the inside, just wash with a warm water soap solution dry, mask the dark areas, paint the light colour first and then paint the dark area last.
You can always paint the window surrounds on the outside. As assuming its got a plastic coating on just cut that out and spray the window surrounds then take the rest of the film off when dry
I'd spray the inside, it's not really any more difficult than painting the outside and makes the finish much more durable.
Start by masking off everything apart from the black bits, spray the black bits. Remove all the masking then apply the window masks. Spray the orange over the whole lot. You could then spray a coat of white over it all to make the orange more opaque and brighter.
Remove the window masks
Job done
Start by masking off everything apart from the black bits, spray the black bits. Remove all the masking then apply the window masks. Spray the orange over the whole lot. You could then spray a coat of white over it all to make the orange more opaque and brighter.
Remove the window masks
Job done
If you want to really go to town on the custom look then it might be better to buy a hard shell for display only which you would paint "traditionally" on the outside like a normal plastic kit.
eg:
https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/292699/?gclid=Cj0K...
plenty of optional parts to really go overboard if you want
eg:
https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/292699/?gclid=Cj0K...
plenty of optional parts to really go overboard if you want
I still highly recommend checking out the TRX4 if you want to use a Land Rover off road properly!
https://youtu.be/RzX4kKl_To4
https://youtu.be/RzX4kKl_To4
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