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Well that looks brilliant JR, Get some weathering on those wheels though they look way to shiny for your nicely aged Rover  

Clearly awesome Jonny. 

Nice work Jonny 

I swear I didn't used to have this much trouble with wiring ... this took hours & it's not even that tidy. I didn't help myself by making the interior floor so deep & long - it sits (with various cutouts) on the flat bit of the plate over the battery & extends as far forward as the spur gear housing. It did work first time though

Note the optional white barrel springs - I fitted the "medium" rate on the front and "hard" on the rear & it's just not working. Hopefully swapping them will improve things.

I've given the wheels a light coat of satin clear & will dirty them up a bit later.

I'm pretty sure that stick pack has met its end, it took 104% of it's capacity to charge it & it's just not maintaining voltage. It's the nature of NiMH I guess.

Wheels slightly dirtied up:

Au top !

That's just a great piece of work.
Looks amazing.

I am fan of the van and the horse. 
your next mission is to motorise the horse Jonny

Wonderful JR 

Someone built another Laplander from the plans

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