Mouse Armour has released a conversion set to turn a Tamiya Land Rover (works with both kits) into an Australian LWB Land Rover Series II General Service

I have used the Italeri/Revell Ser3 and the Tamiya kits to make some different versions like Ser2 GS, Ser3 Ambulance, the only problem now is getting the It/Rev kits at a sensible price

Malcolm

PS You will need to change the wheels on the It/Rev kits for either AA, or Firing Line as the kit ones are very poor, otherwise the kits are fine

I think the best bet would be the front of the Tamiya Ambulance with The Italeri/Revell Series 3 Landy, for a Series II/IIa front....

Or just the Italeri/Revell Series III kit
I fail to see why this kit is so expensive, as the RoG kit is still in production & can be found for about £13.00 ($22.00) in the shops.

I wasn't aware it was in current in production. If you can find a source for one at that price within the UK then please let me know!

Good point about the fuel cap, hadn't considered that.

I wonder how hard it would be to carve out the recess and scratch build it?

Don`t forget that military L/R`s had the fuel tanks under the seats in the cab, filled by lifting the seat cushion.
The exception were the civvy versions.
I did my Ser2 versions by swapping the grill parts from Tamiya to the Ital/Rev plus the dash parts.

Malcolm

Don`t forget that military L/R`s had the fuel tanks under the seats in the cab, filled by lifting the seat cushion.
The exception were the civvy versions.
I did my Ser2 versions by swapping the grill parts from Tamiya to the Ital/Rev plus the dash parts.

Malcolm

Good point about the fuel cap, hadn't considered that.

I wonder how hard it would be to carve out the recess and scratch build it?

Italerei also did a version of the Pink Panther Srs. II vehicle--called it a Desert Rats SAS combat car (kit No.258). It was not the same as the Tamiya kit. The front of this vehicle will match the front of the Italerei/Testors/Revell Germany kits pretty well--and it is a Series II front end. I purchased several of these kits a few years ago as a company was clearing out plastic kits and have been using for parts in various conversions. Would be glad to send you a front end if you want. Let me know and we can set something up. Also, Bob Morrison did an article about 20 years ago in Tamiya Magizine on converting the Italerei 109" to 88" fire service vehicles. I still have the article somewhere and will try to get hold of it. Cannot send pictures over computer, but can send photocopy through snail mail if you would like a copy. I am always glad to see others interested in Land Rover models--civilian or military. They have been sadly neglected over the years and are finally getting their due. Hopefully revell/germany will re-release their military SrsIII, but with right hand drive as well. It was not that bad of a kit , aside from the tyres. Decals were great! All of the Italerei-based kits, including the Testors and Revell Germany versions show up on E-Bay regularly; some do go for high prices, others have been pretty cheap. I check on them often, so I know they are out there. Cheers!