Resicast have announced their release of the 1914 Pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car resin kit in 1/35 scale.



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Thanks!

Thanks Pat. That's $139.69 USD. The kit looks beautiful and I always welcome something different. Perhaps for Christmas.

Hi Pat,

Kit arrived today for review. I'll have an 'In box' review done in a day or two. Looking at the pics in the news article and having had a quick peek in the box it looks like an awesome model.

Here's a few pics, but I imagine you have these already





Right time period for 'El Lawrence' me thinks!

This is one I have heard talked about for a long time in the modelling world and should be wlecomed by many in the modelling community. Welcome news indeed.

If my understanding is correct some more versions are planned for 2009 too

Al

Freakin' awesome

It looks like a very clean and detailed Kit. Unfortunately at $NZ240.00 its a bit too rich for me. Maybe when the kids leave home.

Thanks for the heads up. I do like the Kit.

Hi guys,

This is the one at Bovingdon Tank Museum




Pat this one will be familiar to you



Found this one at a wedding!!



and then of course there is the famous film based on the life and tragic death of T.E. Lawrence



Al

Great pics, Al, thanks for those! And what appears to be a very interesting kit

Hi James,


You're welcome. Although this one is a later version with the disc wheels it may be of use for reference. Again more pics of the Bovington Example from 1920 a Mk I

























Apart from the disc road wheels I don't know what else got changed in the 20's/30's.

Al

Yes that's the one.


A Rolls Royce armoured car passing through Italian barbed wire on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940.

Maybe a future release by Resicast?

Hi Pat,

Yip, I have that pic, it's a favourite, I think that one has the caunter camo scheme.

In the back of the instructions there are 3 pics showning new kits available in 2009. I don't know enough about the development of the vehicle yet to comment but they all look to be associated with WW1.

I have a small book by E Bartholomew on early armoured cars, so I will have a read of that and see if I can get a handle on the Mk's and types but it only covers up to 1918.

I shall have to investiagte some reading material on the Rolls and see what I can find out.

Al

I just found this on the IWM site



An armoured Rolls Royce and British soldiers at Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1921.

Hi Pat,

Thanks for the pic, history in the making. There were major changes to the vehicle after the war, strengthened chassis and armour etc as one would expect . I'm still looking for information on developments in the 20s/30s

Al

Here's another one of the Irish Army on Manouvres in the early forties. We rapidly changed helmets to to avoid mistakes along the border


Most of the RRs in Irish service were I think the 1920 version but there some photos of RRs with spoked wheels which marks them as the !914 version I think.

Hi Pat,

Another great picture. Any idea what colour camo scheme they used in the 40s? Love the helmet!!! lol, lol.

The 1914 version was normally finished in a light to medium shade of grey the concept and development being driven by the Royal Naval Air Service who saw the potential for airfield defence. Early vehicles were given Squadron names line Alexandria, Amethyst, Ann Gallant, Alert and so on for 1 Sqn, Bustler, Busy, Bouncer, Biter etc for 2 Sqn which was probably the start of the tradition as many of these names were kept when the Army finally took over.

Cheers

Al

As far as I know it was a three colour Dark grey/light grey/dark green, Later they were painted in a two tone grey pattern with all skyward surfaces painted dark grey and all side surfaces a medium grey.

Some more interesting RR photos from Irish Army Vehicles by Karl Martin

Hi Pat,

Thanks for that, interesting read too.

Al

That's the pic I was looking for, actually, all of these pics from Ireland are just what I had in mind for this vehicle, now I just need the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Yip,

Lots of possibilities in Ireland with thsi one. Here's another, n ot sure where this is, Middle East?




Al

I've been doing some more digging and found these pics in the Getty and Pathe collection of RRs in Dublin. They look like the 1914 pattern to me





I know judging colour from photos is impossible but they are very dark.

I found one other in a book but I don't want to buy the whole book for one photo - might look in the Library.

Hi Pat,

The Army wrestled the Ac away from the Royal Naval Air Service in September 1915 although this caused a lot of upset and some RNAS Squadrons remained until the end of the war.

They would have been a light to medium grey with the RNAS but I assume the Army would have painted them Green at some point.

Great pics.

Al