Revell 1934 1/16 rolls royce

[Guest]

Hi all just won this on ebay for 34 quid, after seeing what Steve did with it can't wait for it to arrive, I built it in my late teens (different boxart then, it was white, on this box it is maroon (don't forget I'm colour blind but it looks maroon to me).

[papa 695]

Looking forward to seeing this one Ken

[Guest]

Well it arrived today and I have to say it is exactly as described, the only parts glued together are the engine halves, bargain

[john i am]

Well it arrived today and I have to say it is exactly as described, the only parts glued together are the engine halves, bargain
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Looking forward to this as I also have one in my stash good luck Ken watching with interest

[Guest]

When I get to doing it, I am going to do the chrome in gold and will either do it in bronze or a nice metallic red.

[papa 695]

That is a bargain Ken

[Robert1968]

Looks like you cracked open a good deal there Ken and we know this is going to be good


I'll be watching this for defo


Robert

[Guest]

This is a good kit. I completed it last year and was sufficiently pleased with it to go to the expense of enclosing it in a covered base. Some tips. The doors do not reach down to the running board so I had to add some poly card. After careful filling and sanding the join is invisible. This model (like I assume many others vintage cars rather than the monocoque modern ones) consists essentially of several subassemblies, like the chassis frame, bonnet, passenger compartment, engine bulkhead (the bit forward of the steering wheel, carrying the windscreen). My approach was to complete each of these, including finish painting) and then assemble after careful dry fitting. Unlike a plane, several of the above subassemblies have to marry up to up to three other subassemblies (eg., engine bulkhead to the passenger compartment, the bonnet, and the single unit comprising the wings+ running board. Fitting one subassembly to three others requires care.


Don't get any glue on the chrome - it will spoil it. Looking forward to this.

[Guest]

I enjoyed following your build, steve, as for the chrome I will be covering it with gold leaf (a real one with solid gold handles and whatnot sold for 8.5 million I will definitely be going back over your build when I start.

[Guest]

I enjoyed following your build, steve, as for the chrome I will be covering it with gold leaf (a real one with solid gold handles and whatnot sold for 8.5 million I will definitely be going back over your build when I start.

Impressive. What will you use to stick the gold leaf on?

[Guest]

Gold size, it's what I used on my ships.

[Guest]

Hi all I've been looking at house of kolors site and see that I could get some of their colours locally has anyone used them on a plastic kit, I've seen a beautiful colour (or should I say kolor) which I would love to do on this model.

[Guest]

Never used them Ken but looking at the range on Amazin, there is some amazing Kolors....

[Guest]

I enjoyed following your build, steve, as for the chrome I will be covering it with gold leaf (a real one with solid gold handles and whatnot sold for 8.5 million I will definitely be going back over your build when I start.

I looked for the build report but it had disappeared. It is listed in my Completed Civilian Vehicles post of Oct. 20 2014 as being at:


http://www.scale-models.co.uk/commu...olls-royce-phantom-ii-continental-1934.26589/


but that returns "The requested page could not be found.". Perhaps John removes build reports to save space on his server. I copied the full "Completed" post to my computer, but not the build report.

[Guest]

That's a shame, I was going to reference that as it was so good.