Rolls-Royce No Chemicals, No Paint, No Harmful Glues

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, johnyrotten said:

Nice work David. The attention to detail you're giving this is paying off, looking real good and proper. It's always a little unnerving grinding things when you're this far along.

Thanks John . . . Having carried out the dashboard grinding process with previous Silver Cloud builds, I was reasonably confident to grind away the excess plastic. Once you know how the body and the interior tub fit together it is clear where the problem lies. The thickness of the side glass doesn't help.

David

[MarkJ]

13 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Thanks John . . . Having carried out the dashboard grinding process with previous Silver Cloud builds, I was reasonably confident to grind away the excess plastic. Once you know how the body and the interior tub fit together it is clear where the problem lies. The thickness of the side glass doesn't help.

David

David, I'm glad you got your fit issues figured out about the dash. Looks like you're getting pretty close to the end.

Mark J.

[Anglia105E]

34 minutes ago, MarkJ said:

David, I'm glad you got your fit issues figured out about the dash. Looks like you're getting pretty close to the end.

Mark J.

Well Mark . . . This may surprise you, but I am nowhere near close to the end !  Today I am fitting the front registration number plate, then I can foresee a lengthy list of further work to be done yet . . . The list will include engine detailing, engine fitting, front headlamps and fog lamps, radiator grille and Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, rear lamp clusters, rear number plate and reversing lamp, folding picnic tables for the backs of the front seats, rear vanity mirrors for the interior, radio aerial for the roof, hinged opening bonnet panels, four road wheels need detail painting and also fitting properly ( taped in place at the moment ) . . . There might even be a few more bits that I haven't thought of.

David

[MarkJ]

3 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Well Mark . . . This may surprise you, but I am nowhere near close to the end !  Today I am fitting the front registration number plate, then I can foresee a lengthy list of further work to be done yet . . . The list will include engine detailing, engine fitting, front headlamps and fog lamps, radiator grille and Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, rear lamp clusters, rear number plate and reversing lamp, folding picnic tables for the backs of the front seats, rear vanity mirrors for the interior, radio aerial for the roof, hinged opening bonnet panels, four road wheels need detail painting and also fitting properly ( taped in place at the moment ) . . . There might even be a few more bits that I haven't thought of.

David

Wow, David. That sounds like quite a list. Model on and enjoy the journey. 

Mark J.

[Anglia105E]

9 minutes ago, MarkJ said:

Wow, David. That sounds like quite a list. Model on and enjoy the journey. 

Mark J.

Thanks Mark . . . I just remembered, that the rear number plate plinth is held in place with a Bostik Glue Dot temporarily, so needs to be glued onto the boot lid.

David

[Anglia105E]

This evening, the front registration number plate ' BD 12 ' was PVA glued to a piece of styrene sheet that was measured and cut to 22 mm x 5 mm. The number plate is now mounted onto the front bumper, in between the two overriders . . .

Also measured and cut to size was a length of balsa wood, to form the spacer piece that goes under the rear sump of the engine. A smaller piece of balsa was placed under the back end of the main piece, and both were glued onto the chassis with PVA.

Both the number plate and engine block spacers are being allowed to set overnight.

David

[Anglia105E]

Here are three photos of the recent work . . . This is body on rolling chassis, with interior tub dry fitted, and the engine is test fitted only at this stage.

David

[MarkJ]

David, this build looks better and better every time I view it. Keep up the great work.

Mark J

[Anglia105E]

The kit supplied headlamps for this car have convex lenses, but I tend to prefer the flat lenses, much like you would find on the earlier cars such as the Silver Wraith and the Phantom I, II and III . . . To this end, I have used the mini grinder to remove excess material from the outer lens. Previous builds featured matt white painted headlamp lenses, but now that I have removed the chrome this has revealed clear plastic underneath. I won't be painting these lenses as they look good as they are. The following photos show the lenses before I tidy up the bits of chrome at the outer edges . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

Last night I prepared the two front fog lamps . . . The two square mounting holes needed enlarging slightly, so that the two lamps could be inserted tightly. Later, the chrome will be removed from the fog lamp lenses and then yellow Sharpie will be applied . . . Some of the real cars had yellow lenses, while others had clear lenses with yellow bulbs inside the fog lamps.

David

[MarkJ]

Interesting about the fog lamps. The headlamps came out perfectly. Does the flying lady radiator ornament come in the kit? When will she find her way to the build? 

Mark J.

[Anglia105E]

26 minutes ago, MarkJ said:

Interesting about the fog lamps. The headlamps came out perfectly. Does the flying lady radiator ornament come in the kit? When will she find her way to the build? 

Mark J.

The flying lady radiator ornament is included in the kit, but the part is way too large and totally out of scale. I have a few resin cast Spirit of Ecstasy mascots that were kindly produced for me by a late model builder friend of mine. One of these true to scale parts will be mounted on the radiator grille, but only after I have decided which radiator grille is the best one . . . Several of them have poor chrome work and one or two have deep dimples in them. I need to select one that will look the best.

David

[Anglia105E]

Today I managed to remove the chrome from the fog lamp lenses, this time using the tip of a sharp knife rather than the mini grinder. This is partly due to the small size of these lamps and also because there is a tiny dot of chrome that needs to be visible in the very centre of each lens.

Once mounted onto the body, I coated the lenses with yellow Sharpie, which is precisely the correct shade of yellow as it happens.

I forgot to mention previously that these fog lamps were set up to flash as direction indicators when the Silver Cloud was turning right or left.

David

[johnyrotten]

45 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Today I managed to remove the chrome from the fog lamp lenses, this time using the tip of a sharp knife rather than the mini grinder. This is partly due to the small size of these lamps and also because there is a tiny dot of chrome that needs to be visible in the very centre of each lens.

Once mounted onto the body, I coated the lenses with yellow Sharpie, which is precisely the correct shade of yellow as it happens.

I forgot to mention previously that these fog lamps were set up to flash as direction indicators when the Silver Cloud was turning right or left.

David

This all looks really good David. The more realistic the headlights look really adds to any model. Those have just the right translucency. Nice work.

[Anglia105E]

20 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

This all looks really good David. The more realistic the headlights look really adds to any model. Those have just the right translucency. Nice work.

Thanks John . . . I am quite pleased with both the headlamps and the fog lamps. The front of the car is slowly taking shape.

David

[MarkJ]

David, excellent job on the foglamps. Your attention to detail is evident in every step you take, So the fog lamp's act as fog lamps as well as turn signals?  Do I understand this correctly?

Mark J.

[Anglia105E]

9 minutes ago, MarkJ said:

David, excellent job on the foglamps. Your attention to detail is evident in every step you take, So the fog lamp's act as fog lamps as well as turn signals?  Do I understand this correctly?

Mark J.

That is correct Mark , yes . . . 

[MarkJ]

7 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

That is correct Mark , yes . . . 

Thanks, David. 

[Anglia105E]

Just to let fellow members know that on Monday evening 20th October my laptop computer died. This means I am not able to get stuff done on a daily basis as I usually would. For the time being I am trying to manage with my mobile phone and my old iPad, neither of which I like using.

Thanks, David Watson

[MarkJ]

David, Sorry to hear that. Keep us informed the best you can. I'm sure you will come up with a solution for this unforeseen problem. 

Mark J.

[David G.]

Sorry to learn of the failure of your laptop David. 

I have been keeping up on your posts for this build but I haven't been commenting as often because I've run out of creative ways of saying:

"Wow, that's really good!"

Oh! I've just found another way!   

I hope you get your tech issues resolved soon.

David G.

[Anglia105E]

2 hours ago, MarkJ said:

David, Sorry to hear that. Keep us informed the best you can. I'm sure you will come up with a solution for this unforeseen problem. 

Mark J.

Thanks Mark and I shall struggle on regardless !

David W.

[Anglia105E]

2 hours ago, David G. said:

Sorry to learn of the failure of your laptop David. 

I have been keeping up on your posts for this build but I haven't been commenting as often because I've run out of creative ways of saying:

"Wow, that's really good!"

Oh! I've just found another way!   

I hope you get your tech issues resolved soon.

David G.

Thanks David G., Also thanks for your patience while I deal with the technical issues. David W.

[Anglia105E]

Turning my attention to the radiator grill shell, I found the courage to mount the Spirit of Ecstasy. First a hole was drilled in the centre of the shell and then a tiny piece of cotton bud stalk was super glued in place. The base of the original part had broken off, so I super glued the grille mascot onto the fabricated base part. Here are two photos of the grille shell.

David 

[Anglia105E]

Today I had an idea, which I hope will work. Placing a small piece of orange tape over the RR logo on a second radiator shell, I have cut out the rectangle precisely. The radiator shell for the actual model has no RR logo. Then I removed the tape from the second part and placed this onto the actual part. Liquid Chrome has been applied to the base of the mascot and also to the open area of the orange tape. This will be allowed 24 hours to dry fully. When the tape is removed later I hope to see a raised area of rectangular chrome.

David