As sure as the machine gun was born it was discovered that airfield protection and convoy escort duties need to be motorized. Better still the company chosen to manufacture this hot box was Rolls Royce. With all the recent surge in 1/32 WWI aviation kits Roden offers a great little incentive to add to the depth of any large scale display.


Here a Camel on its nose and an infantry column passing by with an early British Armoured car raising some dust.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here. As this is an armoured car and even though I want to use it in a diorama with an aircraft I am transfering the thread to the Early Armour section.

Thanks!

Here is a bit of fun on the subject.

MSRP = 59.99
Squadron = 53.99

Plastic-Models-Store.com price = 36.95
They are an advertizer here.

A friend of mine picked up this kit recently and had only 2 bad things to say :
It seemed a bit costly
The detail was "soft"
But this is alot cheaper than buying the Accurate Armour resin kit I guess
I remember the good old days buying a Toko kit for $15.00CAD....sigh..

Here is Squadron's modified version of the Roden box art in their monthly supplament.



The text above the image of the dog says
"Figure and dog not included in the kit."

For another Kitmaker review see Pat McGrath's contribution here.

Here is a bit of fun from the Roden website. Note the Vickers MG is not bored out. If it was a safety cap there should be a small chain hanging from the flash suppressor. Imagine having one of these doing sentry duty on an airfield, in a convoy or passing by a nosed over aircraft.

Word of caution on the instructions. Step 1 - 3, Do yourself a favor and unite the basic engine halves before adding the generator, magnetos, carburetor, distributor cap, plumbing, water and oil pumps. There should be a solid foundation first rather than trying to align the engine halves after everything is attached externally.

As this is an armoured car and even though I want to use it in a diorama with an aircraft I am transfering the thread to the Early Armour section.

Slibh na mban, is what I'd model if I had one of these.
The mount of Micheal Collin when he was ambushed.

http://www.esatclear.ie/~curragh/sliabh_na_mban.htm

Look forward to seeing your progress