
Land Rover Lightweight Series III Hard Top Dark Green BoS Models 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Land Rover
- Manufacturer
- BoS Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Resin
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- BOS355
- Year
- 1973
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- 4x4 & Off-Road
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4052176594322
About the Land Rover Lightweight Series III Hard Top Dark Green BoS Models 1:18
TL;DR: BoS Models' 1:18 resin Land Rover Lightweight Series III Hard Top in dark green reproduces the British Army's helicopter-transportable off-roader from 1973. Sealed resin construction holds sharp panel lines on a utilitarian body most diecast manufacturers have never bothered to tool.
The Lightweight earned its name honestly: Land Rover stripped weight and width from the standard Series III so it could be slung beneath a Wessex helicopter. This resin replica captures that stark, purpose-built shape.
BoS Models' Resin Approach to a Military Subject
Resin is the right call here. BoS specializes in low-volume subjects that mainstream diecast programs skip, and a military Lightweight is exactly that kind of niche. Sealed resin construction means no opening doors or hood, but it buys sharper edges on the flat, removable body panels that gave the Lightweight its name and its narrower stance. The dark green finish is factory-applied and even across every panel, without the metallic flake a road-car resin might carry, because the real vehicle wore flat military paint rather than showroom lacquer. Detailing extends to the stripped interior and the simplified bumpers the Army specification demanded. Collectors used to opening-feature diecast should expect a static display piece here, and that sealed build is precisely what lets the panel lines stay this tight on such an unglamorous shape.
A Genuinely Different Kind of Land Rover
The standard Series III is a familiar collecting subject; the Lightweight is not. Its whole design brief came from NATO transport limits rather than farm or expedition use, which makes it a distinct sub-chapter in Land Rover history rather than a variant of the same story. On a shelf built around British military vehicles or unusual 4x4 history, this piece fills a gap that ordinary Series III diecast cannot, and BoS Models' resin catalog is one of the few sources willing to tool it at all.









