Roller painting a Land Rover Defender 110

If you have been following the painting progress on Twitter or Instagram, then you will know that last week I took advantage of the spell of decent weather to repaint the Land Rover 110.

The 110 has been looking shabby ever since I had bought it. The marine blue paint had faded badly, and it just looked lifeless. So I knew at some point I was going to have to repaint it.

The first decision was what colour? I thought long and hard about the colour, and very nearly bought a tin of Marine Blue, but at the last moment I opted for Bronze Green. Now, Bronze Green is not exactly the correct colour for a Defender, but it is an older Series Land Rover colour. My thinking is the green would look better in the countryside of Devon!

So with the nice weather forecast, it was time to sort out the painting schedule. The aim was to completely sand and paint a section a day.

And here are the photos of my hard work – and boy, was it hard work in the sunny conditions. I did use an electric sander for most of it, but I still put in my fair share of elbow grease.