Deluxe dished bonnet

[Tore]

Hi all!

From varoius pictures here, I gather that most of you have the "standard" bonnet on your Toylander.  Most of the Land Rovers I see around have the "Deluxe" bonnet with a "dish" in them for the spare.

Beeing in the habit of doing everything as complicated as possible, I wanted a deluxe dished bonnet on my Toylander.

I hot-wired a polystyrene block into the approximate shape of the bonnet, and added plywood profiles to the back and front.  The "dish" was cut using a home-made tool and a drill.  A lot of sanding later, I could cover it in fiberglass and epoxy.  It even has a layer of carbon fiber for strength

Last night, I finally got around to painting it.



If anyone is interrested, you will find pictures of the entire process in my Toylander picture gallery at http://www.orpetveit.no/index.php/en/toylander/toylander-photo-gallery page 6 and on.

I could probably build a stock Toylander in the time I've spent on this bonnet alone.

-Tore

[multisync]

Hi Tore
well that looks great! Super job, it's the details always takes the time! Well done
Walter

[brian]

That looks a lot of well worth it work, are you taking commission's.

Regards,

Brian.

[bill shuter]

That is really Brilliant. That Red looks almost identical to my Geepstar!

[Stanley]

Hi,
i know this is unrelated, but those headlights are fantastic!
i presume they are led?
did you build them your self?
thx,
stan

[Tore]

Hi,

Yes, the headlights are LED.  109 LEDs in each lamp, actually.  Found them on eBay a few years ago, a pair of flashlights costing next to nothing.  They are still out there - for example item 350170563886.  I had to rewire the LEDs to use it on 24V without too much loss, though.   

They look just like Xenon-lamps, which I must admit is not very realistic on a Land Rover.  But they provide great light for night driving, and makes the Toylander easy to spot for the other cars on the road.

-Tore

[Stanley]

thankyou,
im not sure if i trust ordering from hongkong, by paypal
 
oh well 

stan

[multisync]

Hi Stan
I've bought loads of small modelling parts from HongKong, always use PayPal, and never had a problem. Check the sellers feedback first of course.
Best of luck
Walter

[poppy rocks]

hi, im going to fit an air intake for a petrol one on my bonnet