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Hey, after looking over Ebay for weeks I won a great bargain of 3 LR's for £24 excluding P+P. I knew they needed some TLC and work on them so I'm asking you guys (and girls) what's the best thing to do

LR 1 - Is all there just missing side weapons (sponsors and TL bolter on front). Can you buy them separately from somewhere?

LR 2 - Is like LR 1, but also lacks top of assault ramp and that whole middle piece the TL weapon sits on.

LR 3 - Is really just a shell, easier to say that it is both tracks the main top piece and the back engine block thing.

I have already started looking over bits websites but didn't know if you dakkites could throw some of your knowledge on to this matter. Am i better just building LR 3 back with pasticard? if so any good websites? also thought about buying a new LR kit and using spares on this lot, do you get many spares to do this (this is an expensive idea though)?

Dullblade35

For Weapons you can buy the Crusader upgrade sprue, which will allow you to build either a Crusader or Redeemer and to add a Hunter Killer, Storm bolter and/or a multi melta.

For the replacement access ramp if it is the upper part you could buy a set of the forge world ones or ask someone who has had FW land raider doors if they have a spare top part they may be willing to trade.

I was in a similar position and was given a very beaten up Chaos Land Raider and have restored it to being a Crusader just recently. I had to find a way to rebuild the bottom of the assault ramp and ended up using the spare Chimera back plates (from the Hellhound and Manticore kits) to rebuild it.

As for the third one, well you could use the methods above and then rebuild the missing parts in a similar way that I did or find another way all together. Or trade it to an Ork play


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Oh you could try to locate other people who have had FW Land Raiders (MkII or one of the other variants) as they may have sponson weapons. It is worth a look, you might want to post in the swap shop for what you are looking for.

Start playing Orks, if you can't restore them.

Iv looked at the Upgade spures buy apparently (correct me if I'm wrong. please.) that they don't include the actual sponsors themselves as im lacking the whole thing not just the guns.

Ramp wise its looking like I might have to start asking around

As for the third I'm a Ork player first so it may become looted very fast but I kinda wanted to sell one once there restored to pay for themselves its no loss if not

The third one might make a sweet terrain piece.

Also, it will impress any potential partners you bring around .. I'm lead to believe that nothing is as effective at winning the heart of another than saying "Look baby, I'm so fly I can afford to use Land Raiders as terrain."

Just don't let them see your 1982 Corolla out the front.

I also recently picked up a landraider minus a few bits. I have had a little luck with redeeming it. I really wish somebody sold the land raider weapons sprue it would make life easier. The solution I have come up so far for replacing the hatches and weapons has been picking up a terminus ultra kit for replacement of the HB plus a few extra bits I've been needing for side projects and picking up a lot of LR bits of of eBay for the hatches.

I still have yet to decide how to approach the tl lascannons...It came with some chaosed up ones with a few missing parts but I'm not looking forward to messing with them.

Definitely check out ebay. normally there are guys on there that "part out" sprues, so you can get exactly what you need, normally for less than 10 bucks. and no waiting on FW for stuff.

Zuul wrote:I still have yet to decide how to approach the tl lascannons...

Could be wrong, but isn't that the same part that comes with a Razorback?

If you're playing Black Templar then PM me. I've got the chapter specific assault ramp top (plastic) if you're interested in a trade.

Conandoodle wrote:The third one might make a sweet terrain piece. I'm lead to believe that nothing is as effective at winning the heart of another than saying "Look baby, I'm so fly I can afford to use Land Raiders as terrain."

Just don't let them see your 1982 Corolla out the front.

This made me laugh so much but it doesn't matter about the Corolla...... my other car is a LR

Sigmundr wrote:Definitely check out ebay. normally there are guys on there that "part out" sprues, so you can get exactly what you need, normally for less than 10 bucks. and no waiting on FW for stuff.

Im always on to look out on there for anything related to warhammer so I'm sure something will come up.


As im restoring them im goin to need to deciede which variant of the LR im going to be using is it the crusade which is most popular (TL hurricane bolters?) or should i just make them with what ever i can

Thanks Savis for the ramp piece just arrived. waiting for a few more pieces from bit stores and ebay and i'll put some pics up

Will put some pics up of current condition as well like a before then after

there are a few places that sell everything you need for your landraider variants.


$20 on the GW site
$16 at Bitz Barn

Bitz Barn also has the TL-LC sprue for the same price.

also, check out Bitz Box as they have the top of the front assault ramp in stock and they have the LR kit broken down pretty well.

That picture show...how would you name that sprue for searching for it on them sites as this is the first mention of it iv seen, would be great if i can get 1

I keep getting bits hear and there as I see them about

Thanks though for the heads up on them. I'll get searching.

That's the Crusader/Redeemer conversion kit - it's in the Bitz section on GW's site.

Found it, i have actually been silly all this time might get 1 of these and see what it fills up on my 3 LR after the bits i already have.

I might be done after 1

Deathklaat wrote:there are a few places that sell everything you need for your landraider variants.

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Bitz Barn also has the TL-LC sprue for the same price.

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Bitz barn's website has shown the TL-LC sprue to out of stock for at least a few months now.

I literally just got one of the kits from GW a few days ago.

Of course, that was at GW price!

@BloodQuest I know the feeling here's an update to where i'm at.

Got 2 pairs of sponsons minus guns, a ramp, waiting on 2 big middle pieces.

Got my new desk so i can start work on modelling finally. no work has bin done just bits founds and bought.

Ihese are the before images I said I would throw up. (First time uploading pictures on here):

All three:


LR1


LR2


LR3

Wow. Those LR's are pretty banged up. Good luck to you with the rebuild. Are you gonna strip back the paint or are you going to just paint over the existing work?

The Machine Spirit cries in unconsolable agony.

@dragoons Haha, its probably going be abit of filing, sand paper, stripping then strategic painting

@Goddard I couldn't leave them in this state so started the project

Try apocabitz now.com, in US. I got an entire Landraider, bit by bit, from them; even with postage to UK it worked out cheaper than buying the whole kit fro GW.

Well done for getting a bargain i am quite jealous as i normally go for stuff like this and restore it. (yeah not all my pics are in the order I did it, you live and learn!)

I got one of these in a bad condition, I bought the spares i needed off Bits sites or from people at my local gaming club. I also took the opportunity to Magnetise them as I don't fancy forking out £30 everytime i want to change weapons load out!

1st - Get rid of anything on there you don't want (badly glued parts, drill out bits or prise parts off) then using files and knives neaten the whole model up (get rid of bad edges or left over components. I have a Dremel type thing with a nifty grinder head which allows me to neaten cement destroyed sections. Like so..



2nd - Get some Fairy Power Spray and in the Kitchen sink spray it and leave it a couple of hours. Then with a cheap or old tooth brush rub off the old crap paint job + Dirt and dust that many models get.



3rd - Wash it clean and then dry it and rub it down. Then add any replacement parts . I put new Weapon sponsons on it + magnets , cut off the parts that didn't fit.



4th - Once happy Prime it and you are good to go....





Here is mine after a revamp (80% done, needs some neatening up, highlighting and Marker pen detailing)....PIMP MY RAIDER....Good Luck.

@IG GENERAL iv looks all over thanks for the link tho

@Mwnciboo Sweet thanks for the tips, is fairy power spray best thing for the job, I think iv been using nail polish remover in the past and I've heard lots of things work.

Bits wise I have most of them now just missing the actual guns to put on the sponsons, and the front TL AC or what ever goes there

those land raiders would make great ork toyz....

Dullblade35 - Yeah Fairy power spray is the Dogs *******'s for this. It is cheaper (per milli-litre) than dettol or nail polish remover and isn't as bad on the lungs (although it's probably not great for your skin!).

The best thing about Fairy Power Spray is washes off easily where as Dettol stinks and makes your model stink. I spray old ebay models that I pick up cheap, Spray this stuff on and leave them 24hours rub them with a brush and viola a very neat model. Works exceptionally well with metal models and makes picking up crappily painted OOP models a doddle...

1. Buy Model

2. Spray Model

3. Rub Model

4. Wash Model Thoroughly

Done..

See this Article...(articles are great!)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_How_to_Strip...

Sweet, i'll get some next time in the supermarket.

Going to start cleaning them up soon.

Lord Scythican wrote:Start playing Orks, if you can't restore them.

Seconded.

I warn you now this is my first attempt at stripping paint of a model, lucky for my I chose to dive in the deep end with these big thickly painted LR's. I wish it wasnt these but oh well Any way as first attempts go, it was a failure..... I set the models in the bath and sprayed them, with the whole top florr smelling of a healthy clean smell i opened some windows and left for about 2 hours, i returned to dry models and decided to scrub them clean. After 2 hours of scrubbing i gave up this was my result.



i came to the conclusion it wasnt on for long enough and must have evaporated so it needed to be in an air tight container, after looking i found this, fits the LR perfectly:



thick coat of spray and top on :



it is still soaking as i write this.

Just so everyone knows the stuff i'm using its :

They won't look like new, but when you prime them they will look good, it is the price you pay with Plastic. With Metal you can get it damn near perfect, with plastic it will be 80% - 90% Solution. The one i did looked awful until I had Primed it and then it looked pretty good.