Amazing D130 Body

[Alpha Male]

This is too cool to keep to myself. I stumbled across it on Ebay this afternoon and immediately bought one for myself. The price seems high until you consider that to get a D130 body you'd have to combine two D90 bodies or modify a D110 body, both of which would require quite a bit of Styrene work.

I had been contemplating a build with a similar body, but when this one popped up any indecision went out the window. This D130 body has opening doors, opening hood, recessed fuel filler, folding mirrors, and really good detail, but the best part is the interior. Just being able to paint individual parts before assembly is worth the price tag to me.

Where has this been all my life?!

[Alpha Male]

I am not affiliated, just want to share my good fortune.

2016 New Open Doors 1 10 Land Rover Defender D130 Double Cab Pickup Body 331mm | eBay

D110

2016 New Open Doors D110 Land Rover Defender 331mm 1 10 Scale Plastic Body Shell | eBay

[Scotski]

Sweet looking kit but the price tag...yowwie! Still would be nice to have the longer chassis for the extra room for placement of gadgets.

[svt923]

AsiaTees has them for preorder also.

$195 plus whatever shipping for a big ass body costs.

Team Raffee Co. Defender Pickup Truck 1/10 Hard Body TRC/302215

Team Raffee Co. Defender Station Wagon 1/10 Hard Body TRC/302214

[Scotski]

Nice. Asiatees has the chassis for it too and you cand bundle the 2 for $220. Thanks for the link!

[Alpha Male]

Originally Posted by svt923

AsiaTees has them for preorder also.

$195 plus whatever shipping for a big ass body costs.

Team Raffee Co. Defender Pickup Truck 1/10 Hard Body TRC/302215

Team Raffee Co. Defender Station Wagon 1/10 Hard Body TRC/302214

Crap. Where were you yesterday, svt923?! Oh well, after currency conversion and shipping the one on the Asia Tees site is $83 less than I paid. That's what I get for being a pioneer.

It's still awesome.

[badhoopty]

oh yay, look, another defender.

[DrewHammer]

It takes a lot for me to get sticker shock now in this hobby, but this body takes the cake. For that same price I bought a lightly used wraith cage with BGR LCG fastback, bumper and sliders, plus "new" VP links a barely used PL jeep body and big bore shocks with mini-t springs and cups. Cool, a D130, but not for me.

[Alpha Male]

Originally Posted by DrewHammer

It takes a lot for me to get sticker shock now in this hobby, but this body takes the cake. For that same price I bought a lightly used wraith cage with BGR LCG fastback, bumper and sliders, plus "new" VP links a barely used PL jeep body and big bore shocks with mini-t springs and cups. Cool, a D130, but not for me.

Nothing wrong with that. I'm so into what I consider true to scale trucks that the thought of buying a Wraith, at any cost, makes me want to vomit.

It takes all kinds to make the world go around.

[mactech]

It is not the same, but it is interesting.

[Leprasol]

I believe both are 110 DCPU, not 130.

[Natedog]

Wow AlphaMale you keep coming up with sweet scale hardbody kits, thanks!

[derdirk]

I wish someone would do a 4 door Jeep Wrangler body in a similar profession then the new Team Raffee Defender bodies..

[kingbestrc grace]

Originally Posted by Alpha Male

This is too cool to keep to myself. I stumbled across it on Ebay this afternoon and immediately bought one for myself. The price seems high until you consider that to get a D130 body you'd have to combine two D90 bodies or modify a D110 body, both of which would require quite a bit of Styrene work.

I had been contemplating a build with a similar body, but when this one popped up any indecision went out the window. This D130 body has opening doors, opening hood, recessed fuel filler, folding mirrors, and really good detail, but the best part is the interior. Just being able to paint individual parts before assembly is worth the price tag to me.

Where has this been all my life?!

D110 Defender Station Wagon 1/10 Hard Body Open Doors 334mm--kingbestrc , this is the factory supply d110 body , very competitive price

[kingbestrc grace]

D110 Defender Station Wagon 1/10 Hard Body Open Doors 334mm--kingbestrc , very good factory supply ,competitive price for rc hobbies

[imthatguy]

[fxman]

Surprised nobody is getting more into these... I just received mine to keep me busy over the holidays

[DirkW]

Originally Posted by Leprasol

I believe both are 110 DCPU, not 130.

Correct (I think).

Originally Posted by derdirk

I wish someone would do a 4 door Jeep Wrangler body in a similar profession then the new Team Raffee Defender bodies..

Not in stock, but maybe your wishes were heard:
1/10 Wrangler Rubicon Body 4 Doors Open RC Pickup Truck 334mm--kingbestrc
SCX10 1/10 jeep wrangler 5 door can open jeep body shell --kingbestrc

Originally Posted by fxman

Surprised nobody is getting more into these... I just received mine to keep me busy over the holidays

For a Defender fan, like myself, this is indeed very intriguing...

But since these bodies are a bit larger than the RC4WD Defender, the normal roofracks/exocages won't fit, maybe not even most bumpers - and I certainly don't have the skill or the tools, to create those myself.
Also I wonder if I'd need different rims than with the RC4WD body, to make the tires look right...
But I doubt I can't resist that beautiful detailed body for long, nevertheless...

[fxman]

They indeed don't fit. Learned the "hard" way.
Asiatees, rcmart etc offer a complete "D110" chassis which doesn't even fit (I guess it was originally made for the rc4wd D110).
You have to order their specially made extended chassis for this body, since it is half an inch longer and yes, wider too. Unless you want to fab your own extensions. I went ahead and ordered their matching chassis and swap the axles, drivetrain and suspension. Wheelbase is the same, so no new links needed.

I end up with a complete D110 and a rc4wd length D110 chassis wich will actually come in handy for my rc4wd Blazer based Fall Guy truck and still spent less than on the rc4wd D110. Hope to open up a thread as soon as I start building

Here is a quick photo of the "wrong" chassis:

[DirkW]

At least some shops warn you about that - sadly not all of them do.