Rolls Royce Armored Car - 1914* FINISHED

This is looking great Rick.  I really like the "wood" paint effects.

That's one cool looking buggy Rick, looking forward to the weathering up date.

One question, how do you thin the valejo paints? It just doesn't seem to want to work for me. 

Rob

Sweet little guy....very nice so far

Rounds Complete!!

Hey guys...thanks a bunch.

Karl, 

I mentioned it briefly above...but here is the longer version

Base color done with Vallejo Iraqi Sand and Buff, moisten surface with mineral spirits, light amount of MIG Shadow Brown and/or Wash Brown on a brush, simply drag across surface in a somewhat wavy manner.

It's that simple.  Of course, better results can be had with a little practice.  I'm really missing some of the outstanding nuances that some of the WWI aircraft guys are achieving.

Rick

Rick, I was made aware of your build by Indy.  I'm currently building the Roden kit of the 1920 pattern Rolls Royce.  This kit is nice but for the build that I'm after I still need some information.  I'm trying to mimic the picture of the car together with E. Rommel and as you can see it will need some inner detailing for a lot is opened up.

 For any pictures or information on these cars being in service during operation Crusader please respond in my topic "RRAC during Crusader", it will be appreciated.

 I've looked through this topic and am stunned by the crisp look of the resin parts.  This car being more expensive clearly shows in the finer detail.  I think you did a marvellous job on this one and I can only hope to get mine as neat.

 Willem    

Willem,

Sorry for my late reply, I've been a little busy lately.  I'll look through my refererences and be sure to pass along anything of use ASAP.

OK, back to the Rolls....

When it came time to weather this little fellow I really felt that I needed to break from some of my usual habits.  It didn't seem appropriate to do a lot of chipping, nor would this vehicle show a lot of wear-n-tear.  I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to see what type of finish I could achieve using oils and filters.

I began with oil dot fading, again using the colors of Faded Grey, Faded Navy Blue and Buff....

Pin washes were done along panel lines and raised features.  Rather that use a dark brown for this I decided to mix "shadow" colors to more closely match the base color.  In this case I used a varying mix of MIG Light Mud, Faded Grey, Faded Navy Blue, and Shadow Brown....

Earth colored oils were used on the lower areas of the vehicle such as the running boards and fenders for a dirty appearance.  On the left side of the vehicle I decided to leave off the spare tire so I decided to try and replicate a dirt ring where the tire would have been....

And then finally I used MIG Filters to tie it all together.......

A little more work to do, then final pictures.

Later,
Rick

Simply Elegantly Beautiful!

Fantastic Rick!

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

Rick simply STUNNING!

Bob

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

Rounds Complete!!

Realy realy good! great job  

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

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

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

Bob

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

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

                                                                                       doc

Another beautiful creation, Rick!

Very understated weathering and chromatically stunning!

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.

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

Brian

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!!