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microgoat · 03-01-2007, 03:40 PM

I'll bet bloody few of you have ever seen or heard of the BBC Scotland TV series Hamish Macbeth, but I have, and I've decided to replicate PC Macbeth's Land Rover (the Defender from the second series, for those few of you who have seen it). Got a hardbody from Unimoger

and stretched the wheelbase of my XC to match it. The wheels from the Dire Wolf Hi-Lift project (home-brewed, don't look for them commercially) look perfect under there after a coat of dirty white paint. I plan to move the radio box so I can keep the interior.

The body still needs paint and the rear side windows filled in. And I gotta work on Ben's Landy body, too

ScGRaceR · 03-01-2007, 04:59 PM

hrum...never saw it...any pics of what the target is ?

Unimoger · 03-01-2007, 05:50 PM

yeah, what are you shooting for here?

microgoat · 03-01-2007, 05:54 PM

I've Googled the hell out of it and came up empty. I might be able to do a screen capture from a DVD, but the wife has the only puter with a DVD drive and she's on it all the time with her writing.

White body, blue horizontal stripe outlined in orange, blue POLICE letters on the rear wings, and generally dirty and neglected-looking. Blue lights on top. Empty spare-tyre bracket on the bonnet.

Let me Google some more and see if I can come up with a pic...

shocker · 03-01-2007, 05:58 PM

i can see them, nice build so far.

microgoat · 03-01-2007, 05:59 PM

Okay, found one.

http://members.tripod.com/Plockton/HMB12.html

Brandon M · 03-01-2007, 06:01 PM

Nice body, can't wait for the build. And thats a long driveshaft lol

jason · 03-01-2007, 07:16 PM

I just built a full functioning police CC-01 based rig last night. Full light bar on the roof and siren that operates off the radio.

microgoat · 03-01-2007, 08:17 PM

Jason, got a radar gun and dash cam on it, too?

Brandon, you should see the one on the rollback truck: 14 inches

jason · 03-01-2007, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by microgoat

Jason, got a radar gun and dash cam on it, too?

You thought I was kidding;)

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/1-9-scale-rigs/62799-my-cc-01-cop-cruiser.html#post615676

microgoat · 03-03-2007, 01:40 PM

Slung a little mud, chopped a little styrene....

theshimonator · 03-03-2007, 01:52 PM

yay! another landy build! id of found one for ya if i saw the thread earlier and that loooks to be a series landy in the the pic and not a 90

sleek6mt · 03-03-2007, 02:56 PM

nice start though man

microgoat · 03-03-2007, 03:46 PM

I know the pic I linked to is an old Series, but there's damned few pics of Hamish's Rover on the web.

I also need a 1/10 scale Westie to ride shotgun

microgoat · 03-04-2007, 06:48 AM

Got a little spraying done this morning:

microgoat · 03-04-2007, 10:05 AM

Now the body's mounted, and the pinstriping's done (thank God)

Compared to that, the police lettering was a walk in the park. The rear body mount is an aluminum channel that sockets into the stock XC posts. Between that and the rest of the chassis, I had to forgo the full interior, unless I wanted to jack it up like an old-school monster, and, uh, no. I had to cut the dashboard as it is.

The Land Rover and Defender decals are leftovers from an HPI decal sheet. The ones that come with the body read Jortop Famous Car

pigeonfarmboy · 03-04-2007, 10:17 AM

Very nice micro!

kaetwo · 03-04-2007, 11:17 AM

You have some mad skills.

ScGRaceR · 03-04-2007, 12:38 PM

you really like that stryene huh?.....lookin sharp... you running stock motor (540) from the xc or u gunna make it a little faster

?

nice pinstriping too !

microgoat · 03-04-2007, 12:41 PM

Kaetwo, don't look too closely at the roof, or you'll see where my mad skills gave in to my mad laziness

It's all done now except for the weathering. Just have to load up the airbrush and spritz it with some earth tones. The Mrs. was kind enough to donate a top from a bottle of hairspray to make the flasher

Racer, it's got a 35t lathe, plenty fast for one of these.

03-01-2007, 03:40 PM	#1
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	XC Police Land Rover I'll bet bloody few of you have ever seen or heard of the BBC Scotland TV series Hamish Macbeth, but I have, and I've decided to replicate PC Macbeth's Land Rover (the Defender from the second series, for those few of you who have seen it). Got a hardbody from Unimoger and stretched the wheelbase of my XC to match it. The wheels from the Dire Wolf Hi-Lift project (home-brewed, don't look for them commercially) look perfect under there after a coat of dirty white paint. I plan to move the radio box so I can keep the interior. The body still needs paint and the rear side windows filled in. And I gotta work on Ben's Landy body, too Attached Images

03-03-2007, 01:40 PM	#11
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Slung a little mud, chopped a little styrene.... Attached Images

03-04-2007, 06:48 AM	#15
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Got a little spraying done this morning: Attached Images

03-04-2007, 10:05 AM	#16
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Now the body's mounted, and the pinstriping's done (thank God) Compared to that, the police lettering was a walk in the park. The rear body mount is an aluminum channel that sockets into the stock XC posts. Between that and the rest of the chassis, I had to forgo the full interior, unless I wanted to jack it up like an old-school monster, and, uh, no. I had to cut the dashboard as it is. The Land Rover and Defender decals are leftovers from an HPI decal sheet. The ones that come with the body read Jortop Famous Car Attached Images

03-04-2007, 12:41 PM	#20
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Kaetwo, don't look too closely at the roof, or you'll see where my mad skills gave in to my mad laziness It's all done now except for the weathering. Just have to load up the airbrush and spritz it with some earth tones. The Mrs. was kind enough to donate a top from a bottle of hairspray to make the flasher Racer, it's got a 35t lathe, plenty fast for one of these. Attached Images Last edited by microgoat; 03-04-2007 at 12:44 PM.

03-01-2007, 04:59 PM	#2
ScGRaceR Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lost in Florida Posts: 934	hrum...never saw it...any pics of what the target is ?

03-01-2007, 05:50 PM	#3
Unimoger I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N Posts: 7,391	yeah, what are you shooting for here?

03-01-2007, 05:54 PM	#4
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	I've Googled the hell out of it and came up empty. I might be able to do a screen capture from a DVD, but the wife has the only puter with a DVD drive and she's on it all the time with her writing. White body, blue horizontal stripe outlined in orange, blue POLICE letters on the rear wings, and generally dirty and neglected-looking. Blue lights on top. Empty spare-tyre bracket on the bonnet. Let me Google some more and see if I can come up with a pic...

03-01-2007, 05:58 PM	#5
shocker Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: damascus Posts: 209	i can see them, nice build so far.

03-01-2007, 05:59 PM	#6
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Okay, found one. http://members.tripod.com/Plockton/HMB12.html

03-01-2007, 06:01 PM	#7
Brandon M Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oak Lawn, Illinois Posts: 817	Nice body, can't wait for the build. And thats a long driveshaft lol

03-01-2007, 07:16 PM	#8
jason R.I.P. Chip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State Posts: 13,938	I just built a full functioning police CC-01 based rig last night. Full light bar on the roof and siren that operates off the radio.

03-01-2007, 08:17 PM	#9
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Jason, got a radar gun and dash cam on it, too? Brandon, you should see the one on the rollback truck: 14 inches

03-03-2007, 01:52 PM	#12
theshimonator Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards. Posts: 626	yay! another landy build! id of found one for ya if i saw the thread earlier and that loooks to be a series landy in the the pic and not a 90

03-03-2007, 02:56 PM	#13
sleek6mt RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UrAnUs Posts: 1,109	nice start though man

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03-04-2007, 10:17 AM	#17
pigeonfarmboy Official Scale Nazi Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monticello, IL Posts: 1,240	Very nice micro!

03-03-2007, 03:46 PM	#14
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	I know the pic I linked to is an old Series, but there's damned few pics of Hamish's Rover on the web. I also need a 1/10 scale Westie to ride shotgun

03-04-2007, 11:17 AM	#18
kaetwo I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales Posts: 2,939	You have some mad skills.

03-04-2007, 12:38 PM	#19
ScGRaceR Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lost in Florida Posts: 934	you really like that stryene huh?.....lookin sharp... you running stock motor (540) from the xc or u gunna make it a little faster ? nice pinstriping too !

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