Post-Apocalyptic Defender

Custom RC Build

Plastic, wire, paper, metal, string, paint, fabric, CA glue, found objects

1/18 scale

2024

About this piece

This RC build started my artistic obsession with rugged Land Rover Defenders that lasted from 2024 to 2025, and was inspired by post-apocalyptic franchises like "The Last Of Us" and "28 Days Later".

The truck body features a working winch constructed from a retractable lanyard spool that is mounted underneath the hood.

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Companion work

Inspired by the themes and narrative of my 1/18 scale Land Rover Defender RC builds.

A companion piece to my Garage, Alley, and Defender RC builds.

1/24-1/18 scale post-apocalyptic wasteland auto mechanic garage miniature diorama constructed from mixed media and found objects

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The Garage

The Land Rover Defender Resource Recovery Vehicle (RRV) is an imagined 1/18 scale post-apocalyptic tanker truck that roams the industrial wasteland harvesting fuel from abandoned sites for transport back to the survivor encampment.

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Defender RRV

1/24-1/18 scale miniature diorama of a bombed out post apocalyptic inner city street alley way, with corrugated steel auto garage bay door, graffiti mural, and Frank Lloyd Wright Ennis House tiles

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The Alley

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Apocalypse Beetle

Related work

Other Land Rover Defender 110 RC builds from my 2-year long Defender obsession.

The Land Rover Defender Resource Recovery Vehicle (RRV) is an imagined 1/18 scale post-apocalyptic tanker truck that roams the industrial wasteland harvesting fuel from abandoned sites for transport back to the survivor encampment.

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Defender RRV

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Nat Geo Defender

1/24 scale diorama with UFO depicting the Roswell Incident, with desert landscape made from found materials, real dirt and rocks, modeling supplies, with 1/24 scale rugged overlanding Land Rover Defender 110.

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The Roswell Crash

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