So I decided it's time to share my collection. Combining my love of toys and Rovers, I started collecting Matchbox Land Rovers about 5 years ago, starting with the all white Defender 110. I thought it was a great "blank canvas" to create a custom truck. Since then, the collection has grown to about 35 trucks (not including the duplicates I buy for my son!), and is mostly Matchbox, but I do have a few Hot Wheels RRC's and others.
Here's the collection (or most of it, I've got a few trucks at work):
A few custom trucks I'm working on (still have some finishing touches to do):
A close up of the first custom white Defender I made:
This is a Hot Wheels RRC (started out white) that I painted to match my first real rover, a '94 LWB. I still need to finish some details but it's mostly done:
This is a second Defender, it was my first attempt at adding "kit", a spare tire on the hood! I made one for my son, too, but his has a little more road rash.
One of my favorites, a Disco with full rack. I purchased a Majorette Defender on eBay with this rack, it was almost an exact fit and I just painted some detail. The nice thing is, I can swap the rack onto any of the Discos in my collection. (Next project, a fully kitted G4 Disco!)
Here's the collection (or most of it, I've got a few trucks at work):
A few custom trucks I'm working on (still have some finishing touches to do):
A close up of the first custom white Defender I made:
This is a Hot Wheels RRC (started out white) that I painted to match my first real rover, a '94 LWB. I still need to finish some details but it's mostly done:
This is a second Defender, it was my first attempt at adding "kit", a spare tire on the hood! I made one for my son, too, but his has a little more road rash.
One of my favorites, a Disco with full rack. I purchased a Majorette Defender on eBay with this rack, it was almost an exact fit and I just painted some detail. The nice thing is, I can swap the rack onto any of the Discos in my collection. (Next project, a fully kitted G4 Disco!)
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