Revell 1:16 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental (1934)

[monica]

great work so far Steve,i think you will be the man i hit up for help when i do my staff car

[Richi72]

Wow Steve,

its been i while since i visited your build, but what a treat it is.

love the walnut, the dash, oh heck love the whole build so far.

keep it up!!

Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Looking well cool Steve, i think maybe it's time i did another car im getting the bug.

Keep up the ace work.

John

[bluriusz]

@Stevekir I'm building a Porsche Boxster at the moment and decided to make it all chromed. I've used a Ford Black laquer from halfords for a base coat and sprayed 2-3 thin coats of chrome Alclad2. There is what I've achieved and I'm quite happy about it!

[Guest]

I have had a push on this model recently.

Here is the spare wheel and its cover. I asked for help on masking at:

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/a-tricky-masking-job.28432/

Here is it finished. Once again the Tamiya synthetic lacquer (TS14 and TS 43) produced a good hard durable shine:

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I decided that the trunk would look good with a basket-work hamper so I made it (at least, the lid). The Evostick Contact adhesive is to seal the edges ready for cutting to size:

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I used Bare Metal Foil to do the chrome on the adjustment levers on the seatbacks. I find that BMF works for small parts but with big ones the inevitable orange peel effect becomes noticeable (although buffing with a smooth hard tool helps). At one time I thought of attaching a material of some sort to the seats to look like leather, but a very thin one would be needed and the edges and curves are too complex, especially as the they would need seams and stitching. I reckon that the scale would have to be 4 times this size to do that convincingly:

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Next, assembly of all the pre-painted parts to the body and to the eachother. This was a bit scary. Tiny parts falling off at a touch; danger of scratches; need to keep the polycement off the lacquer (it eats it in a fraction of a second) etc. A small amount of adjustment by sanding was required but not much. It is to Revell's credit that it went together well. I got a replacement for the radiator because the supplied one had a wrinkle on a conspicuous surface and Roll Royce would never have tolerated that.

It is now finished. I will put the glamour pics on to Completed Civilian Vehicles in an hour or so.

MK Academy posted this kit on September 7 2014 at:

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/revell-1-16-rolls-royce-phantom.28294/#post-228825

and bluriusz posted his on 15 December, 2102 at:

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/revell-1-16-rolls-royce-phantom-1934.17531/

[Guest]

Wow Steve that is some beautiful work. Very professional indeed.

That wheel is perfection.

Your basket work is a work of art.

All first class stuff Steve. You must have spent some hours on that plus a few more thinking how to achieve what you have. Brilliant bit of work.

Laurie

[eddiesolo]

Gorgeous work Steve, very well made, quality and something of a pleasure for the eye to see.

Si

[Guest]

No. The instrument panel is also shown with walnut veneer. The instructions state to paint this Revell "Wood Brown", 36382. The box illustration is misleading! I have collected some images from the Internet of burr walnut and will print these (after any scaling) and stick to the surfaces. Or perhaps use one to print a decal using inkjet decal paper. Here are some of those images:
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I was looking on ebay a couple of days ago Steve and I found some 1/24 sheets of wood effect, I just typed in 1/24 decals

[Guest]

Thanks. Lots of stuff there.