Nice and very informative Stephen, I'll bookmark this for use in future. Might get to this kit later on this year?

Thanks for posting

Mikael

Thanks Mikael! More on the wheels. Note the set up on the copper PE. Only one wheel rim broke but still went in without further issue.

2/3 of the finished Wheels for the Roden 1/35 Rolls Royce armoured car. Kit #803

Basics and framework.

More of the chassis underside and the turret top with 4 contacts that need to be cleaned up.

Once cleaned up the top fits well enough but still needs to have some light sanding to blend the seams.

Note my earlier 1920 pattern armoured car kit.


Major components being finished and almost ready to unite. Since this will be an RNAS machine the instructions call out for a blue grey for a top coat. But! The new Osprey book by D. Fletcher says it was brown khaki. The first cars like this with turrets started showing up around Nov. 1914.

Looking very good Stephen, I'm tempted to do some land based modeling after the Fee, maybe this one!

Mikael

Gadzooks and Hot Marimba! It appears there was one of these from the early RNAS series (before Nov. 1914) that had a 40mm Vickers Pompom gun without a covered turret. It just had the gun shield surrounding the machine gun barrel jacket.

Im sensing a major conversion looming?

Ok, I will need to scratch build a Vicker to resemble a 40mm Pompom. . .To equal the size I need a regular Vickers pattern in 1:16 to look like a 40mm in 1:35 . . .Arrgghhhh!

Shots of the nearly finished chassis




The bonnet and crew compartment

These proof shots are for the 1920 pattern armoured car but I used it in this build too.


This was my first atttempt on the 1920 version.


Rear compartment


Turret and top plate.

Almost done. Next, lenses for the headlights / lamps and markings.

Ok, the RNAS Insigne start with toolers aluminum (Railroad hobby store)is thicker than aluminum foil.

I will call this build done. I still may put this into a diorama in the near future.








Here is my 1920 pattern Rolls Royce armoured car next to the 1914 pattern Rolls Royce armoured car I just did.



Just a quick note here. The tires (tyres) tended to be lighter back during WWI. it was a matter of how much carbon black was added. There is a fine book by Osprey on the subject of Rolls Royce armoured cars by D. Fletcher that came out this year and tells a detailed story on these buckets. Great photo images there. I highly recommend it. Mine looks like it just left the factory at this time. It seems the white designation letters & numbers were used at home during training operations and overpainted soon after arrival on the European continent. The Naval insigne was of course in reference to the Royal Naval Air Service to which this car belonged.

Great finish Stephen – it certainly came together very fast in the end! Like what you did out of her, and it's weated my apetite to try my own kit some time soon. That flag trick was pretty nifty!

Congratulations on finishing

Mikael