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Rolls Royce Type A Armored Car
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lugnet.adventurers
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Mon, 2 Jan 2006 02:24:17 GMT
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I’ve wanted to build this one for a long time, and finally sat down to do it...
The Rolls Royce Armored Car topped out at 45 mph and sported a Vickers Mark 1
machine gun with 1500 rounds of ammo in a rotating turret. It also had horribly
restricted vision for the driver and the gunner... so the gunner often stuck his
head out of the turret. (The minifig gunner has no other option).
Folder when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=160722
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You can read up on the real thing at Wikipedia:
 
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I’ve never gone back-and-forth on a build this much. I’d add three pieces and
then remove five others. All in all, it took me about two and a half hours.
I’m pretty happy with the result but may still take another whack at it in the
future.
My model is a little too tall--but the minifigs kind of force that. Those
panels on the side are also too far out. I knew from the start that while the
real-world prototype had both a loader and a gunner in the turret, that I
wouldn’t be able to. I built it with two figures in the body, however--and then
about halfway through realized that the prototype probably only had the driver,
and he would have been centered. If I build it thusly, I can get the sides of
the compartment back into line.
PLMKWYT!
Peter
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