This is the complete collection of pictures of the Land Raider
under construction.
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Land Raider
The Land Raider as I bought it. Interesting interior detail, otherwise it was in shambles with some parts missing.
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Mounting the guns. The original guns were missing, so I salvaged a pair from the bits box.
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I drilled a hole through the hull, stuck a bolt in and used washers to space the gun from the hull. Then tighten it with a nut and glue the nut to avoid it coming off inside the hull.
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Closeup on the gun mounting. Should have glued the washers together first, they were pretty impossible to keep on even stack at this point.
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Gun mounting from the inside.
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Guns are mounted and bottom of the hull is in place.
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Frontal view of the semi-built Land Raider.
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This proved to be a mistake - I had to pry the floor a bit loose to fit in the rear wall.
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Floor and rear wall fitted.
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Glue on the top and let it dry. Next bit is going to be a bit trickier, since the front plate is missing.
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Ok, the basic hull is done, except for the missing front plate.
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I broke off the hatch and glued it shut instead of trying to find a suitable crew figure. the other hatch needs to be built, it's also missing.
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Improvised front plate in place.
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Pretty much assembled. The reinforcing spars on the front plate were made from bits of sprue.
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Top view. Not the yellow heavy bolter. Gluing it on at this stage was another mistake, it soon broke off. The new hatch was made from the same material as the front plate.
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I added covers to the box like things beside the tracks, even though there apparently were none in the original.
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Primed black. Looks much less hodge podge now, doesn't it? A coat of paint does wonders to scratch-built stuff, you just have to believe in it.
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Front view of the primed Land Raider.
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The basic coat. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the right shade of purple in a spray can, so I was forced to try some spray can magic. The base coat is a deep, metallic wine red, a Citroen color.
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Next, I would try to lightly spray on a lighter tone hoping that the average color approximates the original shade of GW Imperial Purple (which they no longer even sell).
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Painting ready, time for decals.
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Side view.
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Rear view.
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Bottom view. Didn't bother to clean up the mess there.
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Sucks!
