My new Defender arrived this week...

[pmd]

My new Defender arrived this week - well actually new RC Defender.
After seeing some of these on the net the kid in me wanted one.
The Chassis is a shaft driven 4wd by Tamiya.
I have not taken it outdoors yet..

[LRNAD90]

Sweet! More photos please! Is this something readily available, and if so where?

[Treuwer]

Where did you get that? I've seen some guys take the Tamiya hi-lift body and put a defender body on it... which is what I was going to do but I hate that it's a leaf sprung chassis. That one appears to be at least IFS which is much less noticeable than the damn F350 leaves.

Please let us know where you found it!

[TDI Guy]

Cool

[LenB]

That is very cool - but you need to black out the BF Goodrich letters on the tires! I like the idea of running an antenna through the roof cap between the driver/passenger. Maybe I should do that with my CB Firestik antenna - I wouldn't have to have 18' of coaxial cable running from the antenna to the radio. (just kidding).

[Stmpede]

That is very cool - but you need to black out the BF Goodrich letters on the tires! I like the idea of running an antenna through the roof cap between the driver/passenger. Maybe I should do that with my CB Firestik antenna - I wouldn't have to have 18' of coaxial cable running from the antenna to the radio. (just kidding).No, just 18' of clearance in your garage, street, parking garages and drive thrus! haha

[bjf]

Yeah as a Tamiya fan and a defender driver I need to know.

[pmd]

...but you need to black out the BF Goodrich letters on the tires! ...I agree - there's a few things I need to alter.

For those that wanted to know:
I decided not to go with a rock-climbing chassis and for one that had a better scale.
The chassis is a Tamiya 58324 RC Volkswagen Race-Touareg - 1/10 scale.

Since I am new to the RC thing I had a guy in Hong Kong put this together for me.
I sent him a picture of my D-90 and he made suggestions.
The turn around build time was about 10days and shipping took about two weeks.

Cost - like most Defender related items was probably too much.
If your interested send me an e-mail or PM and I'll give you more info..


I'll take more pictures too - any particular area?

Paul

[themaxx]

Group buy?

[Mighty]

im in for a group buy!!! would love one

[flounder]

I just emailed him to see if he could do one for me but I think a group buy would be a great idea.

[jimmy salmon]

http://www.landcraft4x4.co.uk/models/index.html

[ECR]

I just emailed him to see if he could do one for me but I think a group buy would be a great idea.

I'm in if it happens!!
:)

[pmd]

I e-mailed him this morning and he said to pass his name/e-mail address on to anyone who would be interested.
I think a group buy might save some monies - But if you want the builders contact info let me know.

[don]

That thing looks so cool. I might be interested if there is a group buy.

[themaxx]

Paul, is it about 18 inches in length?

[tallest1]

Some more info about this here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Land-Rover-Defender-Body-for-Tamiya-Hilux-F350-Pajero-_W0QQitemZ270314847536QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ2008120 9?IMSfp=TL081209204009r28602#ebayphotohosting

Looks like the body is from a Defender toy in China. Paul is this your guy perhaps?

[pmd]

Paul, is it about 18 inches in length?Correct..