1/35 Rolls Royce WWI armored car by Meng Models (complete build video ) 

Not often you get to use the 'Light Blue' on an Armoured Car. But looks like a very Tricky kit for someone who has 'Early onset Parkinsons.!' Although some Days are less Wobbly than others. So a Case of 'Picking your Battles.!' ( Days.!) Good Reveiw/Build Andy..! Cheers kim in Oz. 😎

Thank you for your ever cheerful builds Andy. This one is particularly close to my heart. My grandfather was a driver of this very vehicle in The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, just after they'd converted from horses to the Rolls Royce armoured car in the early 1920s. Ever after, his little joke was that he'd learned to drive in a Rolls Royce 🙂

I saw one of these at Tankfest 2014 at Bovington here in the UK. I thought they had just rolled it down the slope into the tank arena because there was no sound, but then it drove off. It was the Rolls Royce engineering, it made hardly any noise - I guess it must have been the world's first stealth AFV.

Great jobb, Andy. As you say, that is one gorgeous looking vehicle! It just cannot disguise the fact that it is a Rolls Royce. I believe Lawrence of Arabia made use of one of these from time to time.

This armoured car has that classy shape, like a British gentleman

Love the blue turret idea. Very cool and different. And British.

Very cool

Did this model and loved it. The PE spokes were a disaster so I opted out and used the rubber wheels that also look great. Very high quality model.

Pretty cool armored car the Brits put together. It does have a nice shape to it

I've always had something of a secret fondness for this era and kind of vehicle. So many countries did their unique takes on what an armored car should be. When I started modeling in the 1960s there just weren't kits like this on the market but now, the choices are staggering. Nice build, can't wait for the next one.

Love the clear tips and advice on doing the spoke wheels..Very helpful..Ill watch this again when I start my kit..Cheers Andy

*BF1 intensifies*

Thank you so much . I really like how you are always honest in your reviews. The spokes look very effective. Meng has yet again raised the bar. I live in the uk and am looking forward to going back into hobby shops again .

Nice. I wish somebody would produce some 1/24 Armor kits.. Particularly something like this.

Another excellent build video by Andy. Was in your store on Monday and as always, a great experience with great conversation with Andy. His store not only offers a great selection of models and hobby tools, it’s now become an excellent museum of Andy’s work. Highly recommend a visit to his store.

That super glue is great. It works very well on clear parts it will not fog them up. Great video Andy.

Great to see the love given to what would have once been obscure WW1-era vehicles! Just on the skinny/roll-over thing - they might have been skinny, but for the most part they drove much more slowly (esp ones like the 'bus when loaded), weight was still fairly low down, but possibly most of all because the tyres back then would be more inclined to slide than to grip, especially on non-paved roads. But yes, they could fall over if the wrong circumstances arose.

Beautiful video and build as always. I love the colour scheme 👍🏼 There is one in running condition in the War Years Remembered museum in Northern Ireland that was restored and donated by the Irish Army. Take care all, Ian

I love the clunkiness of those WWI armored cars. Would definitely play the soundtrack from "Lawrence of Arabia" while building this one!

Haven't even watched yet but I do know that I'm gonna enjoy this one;)

Nice example in the Tank museum in the UK, that’s a nice kit 👌🏻😎

Beautifully weathered, dusty looking RR.

I built the roden version of this. And it was ok. It was a newbie build seedings how I just got back to the hobby last year. I'm going to get this kit next

That's a good looking build Andy you should do the other version along with the other kit so you have all three years 👍👍

Not sure on the blue turret. But can see your reasons. Hey, It`s your kit, Paint it how you want. Good job ..

I helped a neighbor build a 1920s Bentley, they did roll over, and most cars of the era were mostly wood, some had wooden frames.

Great video Andy. Always nice to see an armoured car build.

Its great to see more WW1 vehicles available, from good manufacturers. 👍

i saw the real thing at a day out at bovington tank museum [tank fest] a few years ago & its awsum.their is also an all metal one you can bye & build at armourtec.both places in the uk

The Lanchester Armoured car from Copper State is somewhat like this, but with a sexy sloping bonnet - it was lighter and faster than the RR. ALSO - Nice use of John Cage's '4:33' for the musical interlude sections... ;)

Excellent build Andy. Not for the beginner. I'm to shaky and hyper to attempt this kit together. I know me. Love watching you work Sir. 👍😊

Sure looks like the Roden kit. Built 3 of them. Nice Job on that.

I was gonna do the sand tyres. You have convinced me otherwise.

Great job Andy and it's good to see you again.

I've found that, even if it's not may be my of interest, the kit that you build in a video, your always cheerful way of doing them, building and making the video, is contagious and rubbing off! Here's to many successful years with your shop, many more videos and to soon hit 200K subscribers! 🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🏆🥇🍻

Andy is always my go to for ideas....

Cool little vehicle

YES THE BLUE LOOKS V GOOD NICE ONE THANKS , NOW GET ON WHITH THE ARMOURED CAR ONE 🚗 👍 .

Wow , this project kit from Meng is fantastic and the Rolls Royce Armored vehicle from the WWI is really amazing . The details and the painting process are so acurate and the weathering is amazing . Thank you for sharing this great video , my friend !🎩👌🥇🏆👍

Great video Andy. Built the 1914 RNAS version last Christmas and apart from the fragile headlight brackets, it was a great build. I used Tamiya clear yellow inside the front headlights and it gave a great effect. Looking forward to the Miniart armoured car build

I really don’t know Andy why people leave dislikes to your videos. At the end of the day you are only trying to show how things should turn out. To all the dislikers you are obviously not serious modellers in my view just critics.

Great vid and build Andy!!!!!! 👌 😉 Really enjoyed.

Andy, very nice build of an unusual subject. I find a couple of blobs of blu tack are useful for holding photo etch off the workbench while attaching other parts. This prevents gluing everything to the said bench! Not quite as good as having three hands would be, which usually seems to be necessary when working with PE.

You forgot the classical music in the sped up parts of the video :)

Building mine now. Yours was a really nice job. Very nice video.

Awesome video Andy! Haven’t watching in a while. Good to see you’re well

Very enjoyable video Andy Nice to see a ww1 armoured car nicely done sir Steve 🇬🇧

Very good work uncle andy

A great model, wonderfully built as always, and of course lots of hints and tips along the way 😃👍

What a cool little kit! Love the spoked wheels...

Awesome build sir. I was excited when I got the notice of a new video look forward to your builds.

Wonderful job! My only nit would be that the tires shouldn’t be black. They didn’t start adding carbon to tires until 1917. I would use a light grey.

Love your instructional videos. Would like to see military figures featured at some point.

Hi Andy, I once had the opportunity to ride on the one belonging to the tank museum at Bovington England , it was a fantastic experience. I seem to remember that the wheels were covered with a conical cover to protect the spokes from damage. Apart from that it is exactly the same as your model except that it was painted a dark green.

This is a really nice kit. I built the box cover version and the parts fit perfectly, tho the paint work proved tricker than expected :) This was my first Meng and I want another now ;)

Hi Andy, that was a excellent build review, and a often forgotten subject era, thanks for this great video, I hope you and your family are keeping safe and well, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia. PS if I ever get this kit, I would build the 19 20's version.

Thanks Andy, I'm thinking of diving into modelling again and that might be just the kit. Earned a sub food job.

Enjoyed build. Kit looks really good.

Blue turret looks great, its similar to "Service Blue," a naval color used by the British in Early WW1. They used naval colors at first because the armored forces actually came out of the Navy's "Landship Commission." I think your idea about the blue matching the horizon is probably true too.

Nice vid man i love your vids you inspired me to start an own channel

I also enjoyed this model, although I did mess up the etched wheels and had to settle on the other version. It is a cool looking vehicle and this was another great video. Thank you, Andy!!

Great video Andy, loved the extra time on it, and chipping with the foam section, very cool!! Great progression Andy!! Cheers!!! Cool lookin vehicle !

Great review and agree it is a great looking vehicle, this was perfect timing Andy as i am litterally expecting this kit to be delivered any day now, so super helpful to watch this, I am going to try to convert it into a Dutch Ehrhardt so looking forward to it turning up 😀

Cool and unusual kit. Not like all ww2 tanks and stuff ( not in bad way, just its somewhat go-to for modelers). But - where is music??? I guess I became acustomed to clasic music here. And this chanel is one where I actualy enjoy it, as I am not a fan of clasical music.

I really enjoyed this video, Hadn't really considered WW1 vehicles and aircraft but with the Meng Dr1 the home grown Wingnut Wings 😭(Im a NZer) and now these, since My local hobby store doesn't carry them so there may be an order soon (depending upon the postage).

Wow great kit!,I have an order on the way from you but I think I know what my next one is going to be!

GREAT Job Andy!!

Building the same kit ,but I'm replacing the simulated wood with real wood .Looks more wooden. It's going on my FAMO/TRAILER combo ,should look good.

Thank you for the detailed information

The RR was in use in Palestine/Iraq in early WWII. I've done the Roden 1914 armored car. No doubt the Meng is a much cleaner build (the Roden is not a good build.) However, Meng kept the same turret for both the WWI and 1920+ models. This is not correct - and Roden has it right; The 1914 RR had a much lower turret - the difference is very notable. But no doubt few would know the difference.

I have this kit,waiting to be build.Still haven't desided in what version to do it.

Regards from Argentina dear Andy!

Hooo... whaouw !!! Youuu make my day !!! Always an event when you release a new video !!! Can't wait to watch it ...

Nice

Nice work Andy. These old armored cars are so cool

We have one at the tank museum come and see it

would love to see you make the mini art armoured car, which I have made myself. It is very challenging and would be great to see how you go about it, as some of the details I found virtually impossible as they were so tiny. Beautiful Meng armoured car by the way!

nice 1914 batmobile!

Great video and a neat looking model. This one would be very interesting to build. Great jod. Thanks for sharing and God Bless.

Easiest PE spoke wheels i've seen so far! However i believe the turret of the 1914 model should be lower; they appear to be the same as the late one in the kit.

Nice build. I just wonder if there are no decals in the kit, or you just didn't show them because they wouldn't fit your paint scheme. Also, looking at the paint of the Austin, I think the top part of the body might have been blue as well.

Great informative build, as ever Andy. Fancied a change of pace from tanks for a while now. May just get me one of these.

Awesome job

Love the wheels

been ages since last build Andy,thought you had lost your mojo

Great build, I'm not sure why you left the wheels half done though!

Want this even more now, cheers Andy!

😱a longer vid? I’m in heaven 😇😇😇

WOW, GREAT!!, 👌👌👌

Great tutorial Andy, very cool kit!

Great videos, Andy! I’d love to build it but I don’t see the kit on your website. Thanks!

I remember these vehicles from the movie version of Lawrence of Arabia!

Great video and a great subject. They've got one at Bovington and there's a great tank chat's video by David Fletcher. Change of subject, do you have any hints or tips on working with photoetch? Good to see you back!

Hey Andy Please put the music back in your videos🙏 Thanks

Does anyone know if he took the wheels of again when he painted them?

Why People dislike this

Very relaxing to watch this masterclass, Regards, Terry.

What a gorgeous model!!!😍😍

I'm building a 1/24th scale Bentley blower and it has a similar thin frame to this car. There wasn't much to cars from that period,

I have a question for you, Andy. What is the oldest completed model, you have?