Rolls Royce Armored Car - 1914* FINISHED

Rick: I never thought I'd call a build exquisite, but this one deserves it.  The workmanship is superb,.the execution...flawless. Your color selections, the base, the photography are all so pleasant I feel like I'm strolling through the park when I look at this thing...then I notice the turret and machine gun and realize this really was an AFV.  Fantastic!

really great build Rick love the pictures. B/W is awesome.

Clay

Looks like something from a David Lean epic. A real beauty. Even though I generally don`t build AFVs, I`ll make an exception for this.

Oh boy...sorry for the delay in saying thank you to all of your for the comments - it's been a busy week!

Manny, the tire color is Vallejo 884 Stone Grey.

Rob....get in touch with me when you get the chance.

To everyone, thanks again.

rick

Yep that's one great looking model, damn you make it look so easy. Some mad painting skills my friend.

Rob

Impressive how you take so few values of the same color and make it look like THAT.

in my best Wayne Campbell...

"We're not worthy..."

   Rick another outstanding piece of work.  I have to keep telling myself that this is a model and not the real thing.

Rick - OK....I look at the two pictures, the B&W and the color...are they both the same....is your model the B&W....VERY NICE. The model is great but the base puts it over the top!!

Rounds Complete!!

An absolute wonderful finish to a unique build!  Thanks for sharing!

Brian

Rick you bring the wonder of a young child back into my life.  I remember pressing my face against the glass cases of the forced perspective wagon train dioramas in our local museum as a kid that I would spend hours staring at just marveling at the detail.

I cannot for the life of me imagine that the cobblestones are strip styrene!!  The leaves are a great touch. This is masterclass and why I devote so much time and energy learning and pushing myself to improve.

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Peace.

Another beautiful creation, Rick!

Very understated weathering and chromatically stunning!

 Rick, absolutely stunning! Beautiful finish. She looks so real it hurts.               

                                                                                       doc

Hi all,

Well, time to put this one to bed.  Since the last set of photos I continued to work with the filters and artist's oils.  It was my intention to avoid using pigments all together....just to see how far I could push - but in the end I did use a little on the interior wheel wells and running boards.

The full article will be featured in an upcoming issue of MMiR.

Now for a few final shots.....I hope that you enjoy.

Once I finished the car I realized that it really needed a small base.  The cobble stones and sidewalk are made from styrene, the lamp is from MIG Productions. 

And just for fun!!!!

Thanks guys,

Rick

Beautiful work as usual Rick.  Stunning little buggy, I love it.

Bob

Thank you very much, my friends.

I'm trying to keep  this one on the subtle side...kinda hard breaking old habits.  Thanks for theh encouragement.

Rick

Sir Rick!

This is one unique subject!

I used to restore "Brass Era" Rolls-Royce autos for a private museum.

If you need any further info, I think that I can find my manuals and scan in stuff for you.

Tom

Realy realy good! great job  

Very, Very nice....love the machine gun

Rounds Complete!!

Rick simply STUNNING!

Bob

Hey Rick,

Ever since I saw the plastic Roden version of this model come out I have been very taken by it.  It is wicked interesting and unique.  Your resin version is looking absolutely wonderful, and the urge to pull the trigger and get one of these kits for myself is getting harder to resist with every picture you post of your progress!

Brian