Ian M's 1920 Rolls Royce Armoured car.

[papa 695]

Great work Ian we all know the engine's there looking forward to the rest of the build

[Ian M]

So its masking tape hell week!

I learned some thing new today. Alclad is not a great undercoat. I Primed the kit with alclad primer and sprayed it with steel here and there. Then Attacked it with liquid mask using a crushed cocktail-stick as a brush.

I then painted the whole thing with track pads, Portland Stone and left it for a day or three.

masked up for the Slate colour, and painted that. removing the tape, removed loads of the stone coloured paint. All where the Alclad steel is!! Its just that smooth the paint just cant grab hold.

Live n learn.

Photos. (after the touch ups)

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Sunday or Monday I have to mask it all again, to get the Silver Grey down. I just hope the paint holds!

Ian M

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[flyjoe180]

It's looking good Ian. Going to war in Rolls Royce style.

[Guest]

Just catching up on this latest build Ian and its looking great!

[Ian M]

Well I got the paint sorted, and have given it a driven hard and put away wet look...

The sand colour might be a bit too red, so opinions on that would be well received. It was supposed to be in Egypt so not sure if the sand there is so red...

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I'll start on a base soon.

Ian M

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[Guest]

Going on archaeological digging, the sand in Egypt is quite "blue" in open areas and gets slightly redder the closer you get to any flowing water source due to the sandstone being eroded and therefore introducing a clay type silt into the mix.

what i'm geekily trying to say is that if its been put way wet after driving along a shore then it'd look like it does in the images above ... nice job by the way Ian, very realistic !!!

[Guest]

Ian, for me the sand color is perfect, as the modulation you do.

Is very fine!! And the chipping effect is great.

Fantastic work friend.

Polux

[papa 695]

I can see no problem with the sand colour Ian but i do see a great build looking forward to the base

[Ian M]

So I'll just have to have it standing a place where there is a bit of water and I'm in the clear...

Hmm an oasis?

Ian M

[geegad]

looks superb buddy love the chipping worked out a treat

[Ian M]

Well its the first tomorrow and all my base making materials are still frozen!!!

So I am calling this done. For now. I will make a base when I get a bit of time. In the mean while there are a couple of photos in the finished section for those that are interested.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/completed/18445-ian-ms-finished-1920-rolls-royce-armoured-car.html#post159937

Ian M