1907 RR Silver Ghost

[bsoder]

I got this Minicraft 1/16 Rolls kit as a contest prize,and decided it would be an interesting change of pace. Not a bad kit..some issues to work out but it looks pretty cool..and the wife really digs it! ..B

[Harry P.]

Looks cool! I like that color...is that a period RR color or something "custom"?

Oh, and you mentioned some issues to work out. Would the "magic bend" in the front straps (that hold the top) be one of those issues??? :wink:

[bsoder]

Obviously Harry, youv'e been spending to much time in photoshop and it's distorted your perceptions..their is no bend in those straps :wink: and yes the color is correct hence the name Silver(color) Ghost (because it was so quiet) although between 1907 and 1926 it was built in various colors and configurations..b

[Mike]

Looks great Brian. If the wife likes it, it's gotta be a keeper.

[Modelmartin]

Nice build! I hardly ever see these kits built well and it is a pleasure when I do.

Entex/Minicraft has everyone confused. It is not a Silver Ghost! The silver Ghost has a longer wheelbase and a 6 cylinder engine. This is the previous model that Rolls-Royce sold. The body is identical to a body that typically would have been on a Ghost. This body could be mounted on the Balloon Car chassis along with the artillery wheels from this kit and then you would have the actual Silver Ghost from 1907. By the way, all Rolls-Royce bodies were custom built before WWII. They were no factory colors or interiors, etc. Some of the Coachbuilders had somewhat standard bodystyles but everything was ordered individually and anything could be ordered and was!

[Harry P.]

I asked about the color because what I'm seeing is a kind of "ice blue"...not silver. Pretty cool color, but not one I would expect to see on a car from that era. But since RR clients could have whatever they wanted... :wink:

[Modelmartin]

It looks like "Chrome" paint. Some Rolls had polished aluminum bodies and that duplicates the look fairly well.

[bsoder]

Andy you are correct it is Chrome paint, as it was the closest to matching ref. photos..and your right about the RR facts the kit has plates for AX201 the first "Silver Ghost" and the kit isn't really that close to that car..but it is what it is Harry it just looks that way in the pics..that and I was playing with my photo editor

[Pat Cardz]

Nice to see something different once in awhile, good work!!