John's RNAS Rolls Royce Armoured Car

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Town stuff is in the way, back at it this weekend.
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No problems, John.

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I'm back and the spokes for the wheels have arrived.

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I got 3 sets so I should have enough, including casualties ....
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They look like they'll do the biz
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They will make a big difference
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Hmmmm. It almost looks like you're building this from scratch...
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Martin R wrote:Hmmmm. It almost looks like you're building this from scratch...
jRatz wrote:It strikes me that I am not so much converting a kit but just taking a few parts and then building a whole other one ... don't tell Martin :)
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jRatz wrote:
Martin R wrote:Hmmmm. It almost looks like you're building this from scratch...
jRatz wrote:It strikes me that I am not so much converting a kit but just taking a few parts and then building a whole other one ... don't tell Martin :)
Shhh I wont tell him if you wont ;-) those wire wheels look interesting John.

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Things have not gone well, but they are going ....

First, I am unsure if my base kit is really 1/32 and/or my drawing is really 1/35 and I finally ended up rescaling the drawing to be closer to the size of the kit and will proceed from there by eyeball for proportions.

With that out of the way, I was cleaning up the frame and broke off the front part in several pieces, not all of which I could recover. That lead me to cutting and fitting (see above) a "floor" to the frame so I could glue the pieces to it. Good enough.

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And here we are starting to cut and fit the body parts - the bonnet/hood being shown here.

I really need to back up and decide how much of the underside I intend to show and get that sorted before I actually start building the body.
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This is turning into an epic John. keep going mate, you can best it. :lol:
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jRatz wrote:
Martin R wrote:Hmmmm. It almost looks like you're building this from scratch...
jRatz wrote:It strikes me that I am not so much converting a kit but just taking a few parts and then building a whole other one ... don't tell Martin :)
My phone doesn't have a "tongue in cheek" icon, but I can assure you that's where it was when I posted my previous comment.

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Martin R wrote:
jRatz wrote:
Martin R wrote:Hmmmm. It almost looks like you're building this from scratch...
jRatz wrote:It strikes me that I am not so much converting a kit but just taking a few parts and then building a whole other one ... don't tell Martin :)
My phone doesn't have a "tongue in cheek" icon, but I can assure you that's where it was when I posted my previous comment.

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The bonnet is taking shape, with a radiator inside, and the axles are on ....

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The plan, such as it is, is to work my way from front to rear, section by section.
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Good plan, it's working a treat.

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Nice work on this so far John.
Just a thought here, that driver could fairly easily be converted to a greatcoated Staff Officer, standing beside the car. :)
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