Bandai 1/16 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost 1908 - "Balloon Car"

[Waspie]

Very little to show although time has been spent. Been over to my daughter's and the missus has dragged me off Christmas shopping a couple of times.

All I've really done is clean up parts and in some cases build small subassemblies.
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First of the tiny missing parts scratched.
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A bit early but Happy Christmas to you all.

May I be the first to say - ‘Bah - Humbug’. In the nicest possible Dickensian way.
Now? Where are the mince pies?

[papa 695]

Nice work so far Jim, and a Merry Christmas to you too.

[The Smythe Meister]

Very little to show although time has been spent. Been over to my daughter's and the missus has dragged me off Christmas shopping a couple of times.

All I've really done is clean up parts and in some cases build small subassemblies.
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First of the tiny missing parts scratched.
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A bit early but Happy Christmas to you all.

Progress is progress Jim,no matter how much or little
Merry Christmas to you too,(speaking as someone who has done absolutely nothing in preparation for it yet!! )

[JR]

Very nice Jim and the same to you and the family.

[Guest]

I paid a lot more for this kit and it was In a far worse state (which is for now its shelved) you are making good progress.

[Jim R]

I paid a lot more for this kit and it was In a far worse state (which is for now its shelved) you are making good progress.

Funnily enough, Ken, I was searching the web for examples of this kit built and came across a forum called Model Cars Magazine Forum. There was a guy who went by the name Harry P who was making an incredible job of this kit. It never got completed. I think the guy may have been ill. Anyway my point is that I seem to remember your name coming up as a member of that forum. As an aside I hope you decide to pay the money and stay here.

Doug, Ian, Andy and John - thanks for your posts :thumb2:

[yak face]

Keep up the great work jim , its coming on nicely , and a merry xmas to you too cheers tony

[boatman]

YES Comin on Jim very chanenging kit you have there beyond my skills i think
well done an yes a very merry xmas to you an yours an to all
chrisb

[boatman]

HI Jim why did they call it a balloon car then ?
chrisb

[Jim R]

The subject of the kit is a vehicle specially designed for Charles Rolls by the famous coach builder Mulliner. Rolls was a keen aviator in addition to his automotive interests. He was a balloonist as well as a pioneer flyer and this car was designed to carry his balloon, a 17000 cubic foot Imp, on the rear deck.

There you go Chris.

[Jim R]

Cheers Tony :thumb2:

I primed all the various bits with MRP black primer, checked everything for problems and then primed again where needed. All going tickety-boo .......


....... so I thought I'd have a look at the rear axle while the primer was drying. I thought I had very carefully checked the kit for missing parts but I had missed B36 and B37, searched everywhere but no, they were missing!




I had little to go on but I carefully measured the space between the nibs on the sprue where the parts had been and measured the axle around which the parts fitted and came up with something hopefully near the missing parts.




I'll have to fit the rear suspension to the chassis and dry fit the axle to figure out where to drill the two little holes in the scratched parts. As you can see those holes are for rods/lever thingies (2xA17 and B42 and B41) so I'll need to dry fit before I drill.


I'm making progress but very slowly

[stillp]

The 'rod/lever thingies' are friction dampers Jim, early shock absorbers.
Pete

[Waspie]

The 'rod/lever thingies' are friction dampers Jim, early shock absorbers.
Pete

Is that a bit like torsion bars Pete?

[stillp]

No Doug, torsion bars are a kind of spring - they twist under load then return to the untwisted state when the load is reduced, just like the coil springs in your car compress under load then return to the uncompressed state. Shock absorbers also known as dampers stop the car from bouncing uncontrollably every time it hits a bump.
Pete

[Waspie]

No Doug, torsion bars are a kind of spring - they twist under load then return to the untwisted state when the load is reduced, just like the coil springs in your car compress under load then return to the uncompressed state. Shock absorbers also known as dampers stop the car from bouncing uncontrollably every time it hits a bump.
Pete

Thanks Pete. I'm ok with dampers, (oleo's on aircraft), and springs after that!! I'm a 'Numpty'.