ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM

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I have an old testors rolls royce phantom kit-i think it's a 34. on the box and what i've checked out it's orange with aluminum running boards and fenders. does anybody know any other period correct colors it could be. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[sjordan2]

The kit is a Thrupp & Maberly Phantom II cabriolet built for a Maharajah, and known as "The Star of India." It's essentially a typical Torpedo body, and was also the subject of a 1/8 version by Pocher. Most experts refer to the color as "saffron." Just about any color or combination goes, and you might find inspiration in the Pocher gallery at modelmotorcars.com

http://www.modelmotorcars.com//museum/murr_fin.html

Edited October 11, 2015 by sjordan2

[Art Anderson]

The car in question was, however, a one-off, not repeated by the coachbuilder for any other customer.

Art

[sjordan2]

The car in question was, however, a one-off, not repeated by the coachbuilder for any other customer.

Art

Quite true. There are a couple I've seen that are close, but certainly not the same. All of these specially coach-built Rollses of the era were mostly one of a kind and no two completely alike.  And many were redone by later owners. I've found at least 4 different paint jobs and configurations of Ralph Lauren's famous Pope Bugatti Atlantic, for example. So one could ask, "I own this car now; how would I have done it?" Which can be part of the fun of building classic car models.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 11, 2015 by sjordan2

[Harry P.]

Unless you want to model that specific car, which as Art said was a one-off... as far as "period correct" color, anything goes. RRs were made (and painted) to order. Of course, there were the "typical" RR colors, as those cars were most always owned by rather conservative types who favored conservative color schemes.

Do a google image search for 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom and you'll instantly see dozens and dozens of color schemes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1934+rolls+royce+phantom&biw=1535&bih=866&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIq8eKoJC7yAIVQTk-Ch1_CAL3

[sjordan2]

Unless you want to model that specific car, which as Art said was a one-off... as far as "period correct" color, anything goes. RRs were made (and painted) to order. Of course, there were the "typical" RR colors, as those cars were most always owned by rather conservative types who favored conservative color schemes.

Do a google image search for 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom and you'll instantly see dozens and dozens of color schemes.

You can also be directionally correct, as in Harry's current woody shooting brake build of the Pocher kit, which is based on researching a variety of such custom-built cars and not one in particular. 

Edited October 11, 2015 by sjordan2

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