Bandai 1/16 Rolls Royce Balloon Car

[kpnuts]

So I won this on ebay (been wanting it for ages) was a bit worried it might be a glue bomb as it was already started (wasn't packaged very well as lots of bit broken off) luckily nothing that can't be fixed, it's (so far anyway) quite easy to dismantle. I'm looking forward to this.
The person who built it didn't paint anything just glued it together so no worries about incompatible paints, although it's not a glue bomb there's still a fare amount of glue to get rid o[





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[kpnuts]

Hi all well the Rolls needs far more work than first thought (not strictly authentic but I've decided the bolts and nuts were gold plated just to add a bit of interest) there is a major problem that the brackets which hold the fuel tank are broken off and the parts are not in the box (in fact on closer inspection there are lots of broken parts and missing bits but hopefully nothing I can't make.

[jbwelda]

Gonna be a good save. Care to go into what makes this a "balloon car"? At first I expected to see a car made of blown up and twisted balloons and I HAD to see that!

jb

[kpnuts]

It was built to follow hot air balloons and collect them and the passengers when they landed, thats why the wings are made of leather so they didnt scratch up when the basket was loaded.

[jbwelda]

Oh, that makes sense, would have never guessed that. Thanks for the explanation!

jb

[Dave from Pleasanton]

Beautiful work. Too bad about the hood hinge. It looks like the previous builder put a whole tube of glue on there. The wood grain looks amazing as does the body and the engine.

[kpnuts]

More progress on the Rolls, don't show to well in the pics but I love the seats best leather effect I've managed so far.

[kpnuts]

Everyone keeps asking me how I did the seats heres how, first sand coloured background


Then light coats of satin black till you can just see the sand under it.


Then polish the satin till the sand shows through.

[kpnuts]

There is so much missing in this kit it may end up being bin fodder, lots missing from engine, lots missing broken or glued in the wrong orientation.

The silver lady is missing to be honest I wonder if it's worth the effort or if I have the skills. 

It definitely wasn't a bargain.







One of the chrome strips is missing from the bottom of the bonnet 

[Dave from Pleasanton]

I doubt most of us would notice the bits missing. Sorry that the kit wasn't as advertised. I've been there as well.

[fordrodnkustom]

I agree with Dave above. You're doing a great job on it so far...just run with it as is.