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The competion was for entries based on any make of Land Rover I bought this model off Ebay It is a Corgi Military Land Rover I started looking for ideas and came across this real vehicle

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Restoration Restored in original colour and with new hatch door and home made decal

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The model I had in mind was a reproduction of the late Fred Dibnah s Land Rover Fred was a Bolton Steeplejack and was also famed for his interest

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and in the operated positions

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model in the reverse order that you took them out Refer to your notes or photos to assist you I usually add a few drops of light clock oil to all the various moving parts at this stage Put the baseplate back on and when happy that everything is as it should be replace the rivet I add just a blob of superglue to hold it in place

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note of parts and then usually some weeks later have come to re assemble it and can t remember how it fits together I now always take a few photographs at this stage to help me remember This photo shows the model completely dissassembled into the various component parts

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This photo shows the model completely dissassembled into the various component parts Everything except the shell the roof and the rear bullet proof shield were then placed in a plastic bag for safe keeping and the body parts put in a caustic solution to remove the old paint

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Restoration Stripped and restored The colours are not original

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There are quite a number of bad paint chipps on this model and most of the internal structure is missing Restoration The model was completely stripped and repainted New parts were obtained and fitted together with a new customer Addendum It has been pointed out to me that the

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Badly paint chipped The windshield is broken and Batman and Robin have gone for a walk and not returned Restoration With new parts and repainted in Gloss black The decals are home made

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Badly paint chipped one door missing and roof badly discoloured Restoration Restored in original livery The roof is actually blue but shows up lighter due to thr camera flash

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In very poor condition The windscreen is broken off the driver is missing as well as all the tyres It is also badly chipped Restoration It seems thre are 2 version of this model the 150 without the driver and decals and the 150s which does have them I decided to do the special version

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Badly chipped and decals torn Restoration

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Paint chipped and broken tailgate Restoration

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Chrome worn and the stripe has been repainted Restoration Restored verion

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Originally purchased as a Dinky model It had already been repainted but the base had not been done and was very rusty Restoration Repainted in the original Corgi colours

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Collection of Mercury Glass VW Bug Ornaments Corgi and Dinky Ghias