1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II by Jack12477 - 1:24 - Italeri - FINISHED

[Jack12477]

For my next non-ship build I am going to build this 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II 1:24 scale kit by Italeri.  All the parts came in pre-colored sprues to match the box art.  I plan to paint some parts and Clear Gloss coat others rather than try to match the colors.  The bright yellow sides I will Clear Coat with a Gloss. The fenders, hood and some other parts will be painted with a Gloss Aluminum (Tamyia).  The engine and other parts will be painted black.  The roof, boot, seats, and interior door panels are molded in a strange orange/brown color. I will probably re-paint them, haven't decided tho.

 

Here's the box and contents photos.

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by Jack12477

[yvesvidal]

Very nice subject. Are these a re-edition of the old Monogram Kits? I built quite a few of the old 1/24 Monogram kits but cannot recall this one in particular.

 

Once you have done this kit as an appetizer, you can try tackling the Pocher kit at 1/8th scale..... Very expensive though....

 

Yves

Edited February 12, 2020 by yvesvidal

[Jack12477]

8 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Are these a re-edition of the old Monogram Kits?

I don't know, Yves.  The documentation is rather sparse - again the picture books type. Not much prose.  Nicely molded tho, no flash, and sharp details.

[yvesvidal]

I stand corrected: monogram only produced the Roadster model: 

Your kit was distributed by Testors and Italeri.

 

Yves

[Canute]

Jack, I think that orange-brown is supposed to be a leather color. I know there are better paint choices for the leather seats and dashboard.

 

Maybe you can turn the inside doors into something looking like a wood grain, using a contrasting dark brown oil wash. Here's a site, check the wood graining ideas at the bottom of this page:  http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/hintsandtips

 

The ragtop could use a flat agent; I guess it's a canvas top?

[cog]

Nice kit Jack. I just do not understand why they give the sprues colours. The colours hardly ever approch the real ones.

 

Interior used to be wood and leather, but foor the floors. I would go for Ken's sugestion on the door paneling.

Top could be leather too Ken. Treated with oil probably. I honestly can't imagine RR using canvas ...

[Jack12477]

36 minutes ago, Canute said:

Jack, I think that orange-brown is supposed to be a leather color

That is my take also, Ken. Thanks for the link.

[Jack12477]

I am thinking of leaving to rag top off or folded down. 

[Wacom]

Just to whet your appetite a 1/8 Pocher Rolls,  kit bashed.

Real leather seats, built up wheels, fully detailed engine.

LED lighting and full cocktail bar.

I look forward to following you progress, they are a great car no matter what scale.

[Jack12477]

Nice model !

 

Years ago there was an automotive junk yard I drove past on my way to work. One day I went by and there was a mint Phantom and Silver Cloud parked in front of his garages.  Weeks later I stopped in to purchase a pair of wheel rims so I could permanently mount snow tires, instead of mounting/dismounting them from the rims every winter/spring. Iasked him about the cars and he took me around to the side garage to view them.  Mint condition and driveable, impressive cars.   

[Canute]

Yeah, probably not canvas, Carl.

 

Nice kitbash, too.

[lmagna]

Are you going to build my favorite RR Jack?

 

"Because of the boat errands, I had Miss Agnes parked nearby, my electric blue Rolls pickup truck, an amateur conversion accomplished by some desperate idiot during her checkered past. She is not yet old enough to vote. But almost. She started with a touch, and I went along the beach to where…"

 

In case you don't recognize the quote, it is from one of the Travis McGee books and is describing his iconic Rolls Royce pickup. Miss Agnes and his houseboat, The Busted Flush" were main parts of all of his books. I loved reading them when I was young. He and Mike Hammer were my heroes.

Edited February 13, 2020 by lmagna

[Jack12477]

4 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Are you going to build my favorite RR Jack?

Nope ! Going to build it pretty much OOB. 

 

Not familiar with that book or author . 

[popeye the sailor]

likely came out at the time that lots of kits came out in multiple color plastic,  as an attraction to modelers who don't do a lot of painting.   the only drawback was flow lines in the plastics.  if you look at the silver parts,  you can see it.   I'm sure your going to paint it Jack......I agree with Ken on the canvas color.  if you do a search on the color choices for the vehicle,  you'll find one that'll tickle your fancy   

 

dust'in off my seat  

[Seems ok to me]

This looks great. I’ve had bad experiences with Italeri kits in the past but this looks like a Tamiya from the pictures. Love these old cars. 

[Jack12477]

1 hour ago, Seems ok to me said:

but this looks like a Tamiya from the pictures

Oh it is definitely not a Tamiya kit.

 

Completed the assembly of the engine and chassis

 

After struggling to interpret the picture instruction on assembling the front steering and rear wheel assembly - more the sequence than what goes where. I got the undercarriage completed.

 

The picture book instructions - be nice if they showed what sequence things are attached

 

Front steering assembly

Rear axle assembly

Completed assembly

Attached the body to chassis

 

Fire wall and steering

Painting the floor mat

 

[lmagna]

On 2/12/2020 at 6:03 PM, Jack12477 said:

Not familiar with that book or author

Great books! You should pick one up and try it Ken I read them when I was young but I still think the story line would hold up. Hollywood approached John D. McDonald more than once to make movies based on the books but somehow he felt the books would be compromised and not sell if he allowed movies!  He should have lived long enough to see what happened to JK Rowland or Tom Clancy!

 

Oh well OOB is good too. They are a very handsome vehicle.

 

It certainly looks like you are moving right along, (You not the car) I find it interesting that the front suspension is leaf spring, like a buggy or horse drawn wagon. That six cylinder engine also looks huge.  Great looking work

[mtaylor]

Looking good Jack.  Neat and tidy like a Rolls should be.

[Jack12477]

Some updates.  I decided not to paint the yellow plastic side panels and boot but instead to brush on some Pledge floor wax to give it a glossy shine. The rest of the parts, excluding the Chrome pieces, were painted. The seats and canvas tops shown in the earlier photos match the color of Raw Siena.  I decided to paiint the seats and trim in a more leather and wood scheme.

 

Radiator

 

Windscreen and hood cover

 

Interior door panels.   I installed 3 windows in the down position and the front passenger window in the up position - no particular reason.

 

 

Seats installed

 

 

Body panels dry fitted for size and position

 

Need to touch up a few shiny spots where the glue overflowed a little.

 

 

[mtaylor]

Lookin' good, Jack.

[lmagna]

At first I kind of thought the silver and yellow paint scheme on the box was kind of odd but now seeing your rendition of it is making it grow on me. Nice work Jack

[Jack12477]

Actually, Lou, the yellow is the way the plastic parts were molded. I could not match it with paint so I coated it in Pledge floor wax. For the frame, running board, wheel rims and fenders I used Tamiya rattle can gloss aluminum.  For the rest I used Vallejo flat black and leather, artists acrylic tube type paint for the burnt umber, raw Siena.  I also coated the "glass" with Pledge. 

 

I have another Italeri kit of a Mercedes Benz 540K which is also pre-molded in color, yellow and black or dark dark brown fenders, cannot tell for sure.  I will change this one too when I get to it.

 

Well, I am off to the real shipyard today, working on restoring a 110 year old ice yacht.  Been working on it for a couple years now with a group of ice boaters from our Club.  We are working in the workshop of another club member. The backbone aka keel is 38 ft in length; we completely disassembled it to reglue it add some additional blocking and replace the screws, it is now reassembled. We are working on the "basket" now. Been removing a lot of rotted wood and scarphing in new wood. 

 

The Weather-guessers have been warning us of a "major winter storm" coming cross country, hitting us this morning with snow; radar says it is snowing here right now, but my eyes say no snow or rain or anything. Just gloomy looking skies. So much for technology. 

Edited February 18, 2020 by Jack12477

[lmagna]

I think that this is the first time I have heard of Future being used directly over the plastic to duplicate a painted color. Normally you see it used as a final finish over the painted finish and decals to give a highly polished look and protective coat. Nice thinking out of the box Jack. From here it looks like it turned out well. No raw plastic look. I don't know if I will ever have a need for the technique but I will certainly be adding it to my mental tool list.

 

The worse the predicted weather, the more off the weather Guru's seem to be. They seem to take delight in standing outside somewhere bundled up to their ears predicting the end of the world as we know it. I remember one a few years ago around here that was actually standing in water that was at least one half of an inch deep claiming the sky was about to fall! It seems like there is more weather danger on the days where they DON'T predict it! It almost always seems to be worse than they expected on those days!

 

Good luck on the yacht work. possibly you guys will get it done in time for the next global cooling. 

Edited February 18, 2020 by lmagna

[Jack12477]

Well, spent some time staining the new wood we applied to the ice yacht's backbone, and some of the plugs covering the recessed screws. Reattached all the tongue and groove slats comprising the stern basket. The main mast was stripped of varnish and sanded.  Since it developed some serious checking over the last century we installed splines glued in with epoxy into the worst of the checks, and then planed/sanded flush.  Applied some Tung Oil to the runner plank (on the sawhorse behind the guy at the far end of room who is working on mast) Backbone is the large rectangular beam next to guy closest to camera.

 

Here's a photo of the workshop. Note the backbone is 38 feet long.

 

[stuglo]

On 2/13/2020 at 12:56 AM, nzreg said:

Just to whet your appetite a 1/8 Pocher Rolls,  kit bashed.

Real leather seats, built up wheels, fully detailed engine.

LED lighting and full cocktail bar.

I look forward to following you progress, they are a great car no matter what scale.

 built the Pocher Alfa Romeo over 25 years ago. Bought at half price, but the current new prices are truly at the RR level 

[Jack12477]

Yea, I checked their website, all they list were 1:8`scale Lamborghini race car style cars. Not a big fan of that genre .  And at 500+ English pounds plus International shipping costs makes them even less desirable.  I have a couple of metal Gabriel / Hubley kits in my stash.  But thanks ! Nice model you built. 

[cog]

Pocher has a very limited choice at present. It used to be far better. Prices have always been through the roof, their models, however, are truely beautiful

[Jack12477]

5 hours ago, lmagna said:

The worse worse the predicted weather, the more off the weather Guru's seem to be.

Well, the weather storm turned out to be another ho hum event. For about an hour out in Woostock, it snowed large big flakes heavily for about an hour then turned to a light rain. By the time I drove 6 miles home, the snow had turned to slush............. But  my daughter in Buffalo reported they got a foot and a half last night  . Oh well !!!! Tomorrow it will be frigid cold but on Friday we will be breaking out the shorts and tank tops 

[Jack12477]

Just now, cog said:

Pocher has a very limited choice at present. It used to be far better. Prices have always been through the roof, their models, however, are truely beautiful

I read someplace that the original company got sold off to another company then maybe sold again ?????

[Jack12477]

Finally all the remaining fiddly bits have been attached. A final brush coat of Pledge floor wax applied and a matt varnish applied to the rag top.

 

Been a fun kit even if the instructions were a tad vague.

 

Compared to today's car these old cars certainly had enough head lamps. Course the bulbs were not as bright back then but yikes !

Edited February 19, 2020 by Jack12477