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Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 08:28 AM UTC
Resicast have announced their release of the 1914 Pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car resin kit in 1/35 scale.
The model, 35.1185 RR armoured car, mastered by Gilles Sabatier, is a complete kit of this famous British armoured car and contains resin, photoetched parts, brass wire and silver lenses. A specially conceived jig is included for easy assembly of the spoked wheels.

It comes with a fully detailed engine and interior and all hatches can be assembled in open or closed position.

Probably not for the beginner it comes with a 40 page instruction book.

Price: 110.00 euros

A note from Graham at Resicast says: “A CD with all the pictures taken during assembly plus other photos of the actual vehicle is available. Unfortunately in this time and age I have to charge an extra 5.00 euros for this, this CD will only be available direct from RESICAST and will only be available with the actual kit.”

Although not cheap I think this will be good value for money. I used to pass a Rolls Royce Armoured car - “Sliabh na mBan” on morning runs in the Curragh Camp when I was in the Irish Army. Hmm…Might be an idea for a dio.

For more information see the updated Resicast website (link)

Please mention Armorama when ordering from Resicast.
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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
NOV 03, 2008 - 03:48 AM
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.
NOV 03, 2008 - 05:34 AM
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
NOV 03, 2008 - 05:49 AM
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
NOV 03, 2008 - 08:12 AM
Hi Pat, Thanks for that, interesting read too. Al
NOV 03, 2008 - 08:42 AM
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 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
NOV 04, 2008 - 12:23 PM
Yip, Lots of possibilities in Ireland with thsi one. Here's another, n ot sure where this is, Middle East? Al
NOV 06, 2008 - 08:42 AM
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.
NOV 06, 2008 - 09:17 AM
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
NOV 06, 2008 - 09:29 AM
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