1937 Rolls Royce "shooting brake"

[Harry P.]

Here is my scratchbuilt Rolls Royce "shooting brake," used by English men of means to pack up their buddies, their dogs, and their shotguns, and go on a hunt for pheasant, quail… whatever.

This is the kit I started with, the Entex 1937 RR Phantom III.

The body from the cowl back is completely scratchbuilt of basswood and birch veneer. On the interior, I scratchbuilt the rear floor and the rear seat, which folds flat for more storage area. The shotguns in the gun compartment are also scratchbuilt of styrene tubing, basswood, silver solder, and various other bits and pieces. The chrome trees were useless; the chrome plating was flaking off and satin finish, all chrome parts were stripped and chrome done with Spaz Stix.

My version of a "shooting brake" isn't a model of any one specific car, but my own design, based on reference photos I had (plus a whole disk full of reference photos from my buddy Skip Jordan). These cars were custom bodied, so my design is just as "accurate" as any real shooting brake.

Way too much to list here as far as what I did to build it, so if you're interested in all the details, a huge step by step WIP can be found here.

On with the photos. Comments, criticisms, critiques, and questions are all welcome.

[Harry P.]

[Belugawrx]

Wow Harry.....just wow !

Very nice work on this....love the rear fold downs.

The case of hunting rifles looks great.

Congratulations on another beautiful build Sir.

Cheers

[Harry P.]

BTW... that's it for me as far as building for the next several months. I don't build during the summer... too much other stuff going on, and the weather is just too nice to be indoors building models.

But I'll be back to building once the weather gets cold again, and my next project will be this same subject... but at twice the size. I built this model as "practice," to work out details and problems and figure out exactly how to build a woody from scratch. I'll take what I learned from this project and transform the Pocher "Star of India" RR into a superdetailed 1/8 scale woody this fall.

[bbowser]

Followed the WIP and another outstanding replica. The wood work is truly inspired. The only nit I have is the shade of yellow, seems a bit "loud" for the distinguished gentlemen at the country club Maybe the photos overemphasis a bit?

[Harry P.]

No, the photos are accurate. It's yellow, all right!

I know, not your usual subdued, proper, "dignified" British colour. But remember... I'm the same guy who painted a Jaguar brown!

British tradition apparently doesn't quite register with me...

[wayne swayze]

Beautifully done, as usual, Harry!

[LaughingIndian]

Outstanding fit and finish Harry. I actually like the yellow ... it makes the black interior appear greenish, which may be a consideration for the 1:8 ... just sayin

Have a great summer and dont forget the sunscreen ...

[slusher]

Amazing build Harry, excellent craftsmanship.

[Ramfins59]

Another gorgeous model from your workbench Harry. Your woodworking and scratchbuilding skills serve you well. I followed along in your WIP thread and enjoyed it all. Your "practice" on this car will no doubt make your next larger scale build go a lot smoother.

Enjoy your summer and we look forward to your "modeling adventures" in the fall.

[Dragline]

Simply Bully Harry. I enjoyed the WIP and the end result is superb.

Bob

[oldscool]

It's the dogs danglies.

[Foxer]

Exquisite, Harry!

[jeffs396]

^{Just splendid! Bloody splendid!}

[cobraman]

Looks fantastic and you did it pretty quick considering all the extra work you had to do. Well done ! I do believe this is my favorite of your builds.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Stop taunting me with your skills!

[Frank]

Harry I have followed the progress of this from the start. The end result is amazing and craftsmanship superb.

It deserves some type of award.

Have great break you have earned it. I hope when you do the next one you will do a work in progress as you did with this one.

[bondo bill]

great work-sharp build

[Harry P.]

I hope when you do the next one you will do a work in progress as you did with this one.

I will. And since I'll be working in 1/8 scale, I hope to add a lot more detail and accuracy to the body.

[Watertown]

Harry, I didn't know a lot about these until I met the owner of this example who shared the story about "Shooting Brakes" and this car specifically. Your build captures them perfectly! Nice job!

[Phildaupho]

Absolutely splendid. Fantastic woody-work. Will look forward to the larger scale version. I have been fascinated by shooting brakes for many years and have always thought one based on a Morgan four-seater with a drophead frontend would make a great looking and very sporty shooting-brake

[bobthehobbyguy]

Very well done. Considering all of the scratchbuilding it came together quickly.

[sjordan2]

Not much more to be said. Keep your Summer break short so we can see the Pocher version soon.

[Harry P.]

I just realized I forgot an important detail. My hunting party isn't going to go very far without any petrol in the tank. Fixed it...

Also, here's an engine shot. Kinda hard to see what's going on in there... the engine is mostly black. But it's a V-12 with dual distributors and two plugs per cylinder... so a whole lot of wiring going on in there!

[sjordan2]

Absolutely splendid. Fantastic woody-work. Will look forward to the larger scale version. I have been fascinated by shooting brakes for many years and have always thought one based on a Morgan four-seater with a drophead frontend would make a great looking and very sporty shooting-brake

But the Morgan Is already a woody (under the sheet metal. ).

Edited June 6, 2015 by sjordan2