British Armoured Car Pattern 1920 Mk.I ~ Roden

[Dan Reed]

Nice looking engine-tires not.
Dan

[Jamie Tainton]

[Jamie Tainton]

[Jamie Tainton]

Here you can see I have added a few more parts not necessarily as the kit's instruction sheet would have you, trying to keep in mind the order that will allow me to assure that all the armour plates line up proper.


Dry fit


Turret parts


Last of the suspension and front armour assembly.

[Jamie Tainton]

So I would like to say that this is a pretty good kit but kinda rough as well, a typical Eastern Block, if I can use that term anymore, kit. The plastic is kinda weird , sort of like soapstone or something. Some of the parts are a bit rough in the fit as well. The doors on the back did not really just slide into place and the hinges did not actually touch the armour body. This was all rectified with some judicious use of sand paper ect and some clamps. And to top it off the lower left hinge on the door part seemed to have a short shot and was not fully formed.


Turret parts cemented and rubber-bandized


A dry fit



Everything glued and spray painted with the Tamiya Semi Gloss Black


The vinyl tires received some special care with a prime using Mr. Surfacer

[Tim Coulson]

Looking good Jamie.

Tim

[Jamie Tainton]

1920 Rolls-Royce Armored Car Mark Ia – Technical Data

Length: 16´8 ½”

Width: 7´2”

Height: 7´8”

Combat Weight: 10.213 lbs .

Ground Clearance: 10”

Wheel Track: Front 4´8 ¼”

Engine: Rolls-Royce 6 cylinder, water cooled in-line gas engine.

Armor: Maximum 0.335”

Armament: 1x .303 Vickers machine gun.

Ammunition: 3.000 rounds

Fuel Capacity: 18 Imp. Gallons, 5 reserve.

Operating Range: 192 miles

Maximum Speed: Road 55 mph ; cross country 38 mph .

Crew: 3 or 4.

[Jamie Tainton]

Anyone have any pics BTW for the desert one from the No.1 Sqn?

[Jamie Tainton]

So I managed to get a little work done this past weekend and got some paint on the thing. Some of the alignment is off on some of the parts but most of it I could live with but the front armour- I devised to try that again as the way it looked just bugged me too much. So I ripped the parts off gently and did some sanding and then glued the parts back. I like it better. Plus I added some parts on the back and front and painted the tires.
Next up is some Future.
I have order the next one in this series from Roden, the one with the desert tires,I'll try harder with that one!
Anyways- long day-- I'm tied- I'll let the pics speak for them selves. Ciao for now!

[Dan Reed]

Nice. It's intresting that it has a "pickup" type body.
Dan