The rolls-Royce 1920 pattern history is here
This is the well-known Roden kit, with its shortages but still cool to build. it’s not Tamiya in terms of assembly, but by being careful, by taking your time, you end up obtaining a pretty nice model, and then as with other things, we appreciate all the more what gave us some badly…
For the moment I have detailed the rear (missing the upper part which is not in the model), at the front, I have corrected the ventilation openings which were cast in the mass. the rest as it goes along. I have not detailed either the engine or the interior because the Rolls will be closed.
This particular RR left Derby Works in 1920 and was delivered new to the 5th Armored Car Company in Dublin in January 1921 (formed in May 1920 from the 17 Tank Battalion). The 5th ACC served in Ireland until 1922, then at Scarborough until 1927. It was shipped to Shanghai in 1927 and formed part of the British contingent of the International Force of the League of Nations. She then served in Egypt from 1929 to 1932, with the RTC. The 5th Armored Car Company was re-equipped with light tanks in 1932, so the car was issued to the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales) and on their departure for the United Kingdom in 1934 to the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own ). In 1938 they upgraded to the new Morris CS9 and this car was returned to the UK. She was then issued to the 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry in 1939 and saw action on anti-invasion patrols along the north east coast. In 1940 she transferred to the D&M School at the Army AFV School, Bovington. In 1946 it was handed over to what is now the Tank Museum. The car is painted as it appeared in Shanghai in 1927, one of four cars in Section No. 4, 5ACC. The section commander was Lieutenant GW Richards, MC. In May 1997 it was used to transport Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Tank Museum.
The green paint that is applied seems a little too grass green to me but I’m not an expert. The markings are indeed those of the 5thACC.
For the colors, according to Mike Starmer who is the specialist in English camouflages, the vehicles in Europe were painted in deep bronze green n°24 until February 1939 then gradually repainted with horizontal/diagonal patterns of two greens following the diagrams MTP20 (Military Training Pamphlet) of June 1939. The usual base color was G3 khaki green with bands of dark green No. 4 or rarely light green No. 5. Plain G3 is also an alternative.
For the markings, the vehicles take their war markings (war department census number F for the armored vehicles), for this vehicle was worn F247 on the sides and H3830 as the registration plate.
Here, a first layer of green is applied: for bronze green (as given by Mike Starmer), 8xXF-5 + 5xXF-36 and satin varnish on top. Then some very light filters then the headlights with lenses. In the end, I wanted a fairly clean vehicle that hadn’t really seen combat, plus it hasn’t yet received its coat of khaki green (let’s say it’s September 1939) so it’s still in bronze green.
