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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost by Gerald Wingrove

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  1. James_Woods

    James_Woods F1 World Champ

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    I just received the March/April issue of The Flying Lady - this is the official Rolls-Royce Owners Club bimonthly magazine.

    There is a superb article on a model that Wingrove did of the 1912 Silver Ghost number 1826E - the care was nicknamed "Mystery" by Claude Johnson, one of the early directors of the Rolls-Royce company.

    Needless to say, this is a magnificent model in 1/15 (Wingrove's preferred scale). If you know Mr. Wingrove's work, you will know what I mean.

    The article includes numerous color plates of the model, B&W photos of the original car, which still exists, a history of the prototype, and even the line drawings Wingrove did of the prototype before constructing the model.

    I am working on getting some PDF images of these images to post here - but if someone else happens to be a RR owner or Club member and can beat me to the punch, please feel free to post on this thread for everyone to enjoy.
     
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    James_Woods F1 World Champ

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    There is a website listed to look at a review of the building of this model:

    1912 40/50 Rolls-Royce London-Edinburgh Tourer in 1.15th scale

    Unfortunately, my browser will bring it up but I have not figured out how to make the video play.

    I am calling the RROC today to see if it is ok to reproduce their photo spread to post here.
     
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    gone 4 good

    You probably won't get a reply until next week. The staff is returning home from the Orlando national meet which wrapped-up last night. Great time, but about two days too long of an event. There were 5 or 6 Silver Ghosts present at the show.
     
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    Thanks- I forgot about that meet. I only got a recording from the central office.

    Will check again next week; this model is worth the effort.
     
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    Absolutely amazing video. Thanks for posting.
     
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    Did you have trouble getting it to play? My browser only shows a black box with an "X" in the upper left corner - and I could not figure out how to get the controls to appear...
     
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    Mine says it needs a plugin but doesn't identify which one or where to find it. I didn't spend any time pursuing it as I've seen Wingrove's books and figured that was probably good enough.
     
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    You need QuickTime from Apple to view it, which is very 1998, but worth the trouble.

    Awesome video, he has amazing craftsmanship and attention to detail.
     

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