[MOD] Defender Pickup

[vascolp]

Hi Everybody,

This is my first post on EB.

It's a modified 42110 to make a Defender Pickup. It is not a B-model, it includes several extra parts.
The chassis and mechanics are the original from 42110, thus making a small pickup.

Main changes:

• All the rear body (obviously )
• Doors were reduced by 2L.
• HoG moved forward by 2L.
• Rear axle rebuild using the Steering Wheel Hub Holder with 2 Pin Holes, which allowed lowering the shock absorbers by 3L.
• Bonnet reshaped to hold the spare wheel. It became heavier and with no friction hinges, so it includes a support to stay open and a magnet to stay closed. These resulted in a weight redistribution, which required replacing the front soft shock absorbers by hard ones. Probably the soft shock absorbers would now be fit the back but I didn't do it.
• Rear lights lowered 1L.
• Seats horizontally adjustable.
• Extra center foldable seat. To do this I had to remove the gear selector, but it really is not necessary since the mechanism is accessible in the back.

Some pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It includes some extras.
A back cover:

A soft cover structure:

 

... a spoiler ...

 

More pictures in https://bricksafe.com/pages/vascolp/201912defenderpickup

Thats all, I hope you like it.
Wish you all a happy new year!

VascoLP

[1gor]

Cool  (only without spoiler)

[Vincento]

Nice work!

[vascolp]

On 12/31/2019 at 6:38 PM, I_Igor said:

Cool  (only without spoiler)

Thank you! Yes the spoiler is a bit provocative :-)

On 1/1/2020 at 8:13 AM, Vincento said:

Nice work!

Thank you!

 

[Seasider]

Shouldn’t be too long before one exists in the real world too. 

[Neil_Dalby]

Please post more pictures of the rear suspension set up

[Pattspatt]

Love it! It’s a very fun shape - creative solutions for the bonnet, too! Those adjustable seats are very nice; I might have to try adding those to mine. 

[vascolp]

On 1/30/2020 at 10:04 PM, Neil_Dalby said:

Please post more pictures of the rear suspension set up

Sorry for the delay...

Have you checked  https://bricksafe.com/pages/vascolp/201912defenderpickup ? There you have some more pictures of the rear suspension.

If not enough, tell me, I might take some others...

On 1/30/2020 at 10:12 PM, Pattspatt said:

Love it! It’s a very fun shape - creative solutions for the bonnet, too! Those adjustable seats are very nice; I might have to try adding those to mine. 

Thank you!