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Thread: Silver Ghost has arisen
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30th August 2012, 08:03 PM #1
Silver Ghost has arisen
The 1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.
After many weeks of research and planning a start has been made, decided on 1/8 scale, making the wheels 110 mm.
The wheels are completely different to the normal spoke wheel, resulting in many pages of doodling on how to go about their construction. I have attached 4 pages of notes detailing on how I went about making them.
Photos of various stages are attached. until next stage , cheers John.
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30th August 2012, 08:22 PM #2
G'Day John,
Wow you are going to get your Roller......
If the wheels are a taste of what's to come....Roll on the the Roller....
Very well done, indeed.
Cheers, crowie
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30th August 2012, 08:34 PM #3
Very nice so far, John. Looking forward to more immensely.
Those hubs look fantastic.
My kingdom for a lathe........ Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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30th August 2012, 09:03 PM #4
John I have pulled up a nice cosey seat for this one.
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30th August 2012, 09:19 PM #5
Hi John.
Love the wheels.Looks like another top model on the way.Is this one getting a motor?
Keep the good work comingBack To Car Building & All The Sawdust.
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30th August 2012, 09:31 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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I love the way these sorts of things give me ideas (as if I haven't got enough). Hope this picture helps you out John.
Last edited by Yonnee; 30th August 2012 at 11:48 PM. Reason: resized pic
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30th August 2012, 09:53 PM #7
WOW John! I am speechless! Thank you for letting us come along on what will be an epic build. I have read over the plans for this model for the last 2 years and still not ready to tackle it.
Your spoke wheel setup with the lathe and chuck index setup is awesome. I will be building a jig to hold my drill just as you have when the time comes.
The dowel making setup you have is brilliant as well. I am going to make one of those the next time I am in the shop.
As everyone else has said if the wheels are any indication of this model it will be one of the top ever built on here. Did you ebonise the tires or paint them? The finish looks great.
Looking forward to your next update already. Thanks for including your notes. I will have to make a bunch myself as I prepare to start my build on the Mack B61.
Bret
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30th August 2012, 11:52 PM #8
What a great start to a project nine fingers.
Would something like this be easier than mounting the drill could always make one Imperial Precision Boring System With 5/8in. Stem 765116 from Stiles and Bates
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31st August 2012, 12:39 AM #9
That's it! I'm just going to have to pull up a chair for this one too.
Those wheels are awesome John.Too many projects, so little time, even less money!Are you a registered member? Why not? click here to register. It's free and only takes 37 seconds! Doing work around the home? Wander over to our sister site, Renovate Forum, for all your renovation queries.
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31st August 2012, 02:22 AM #10
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31st August 2012, 12:30 PM #11
Hi Bret, Answer to a couple of queries, the tyres were black stained, the indexing jig I made about 6 years ago for cutting teeth on gears for a clock, turned 90 degrees and fitted a drill, see attachment. Your quote, (I have read over the plans of this model for a couple of years.) Were they plans for this car? I have drawn side elevation, front and plan to 1/8 scale to get sizes , finer detail will be added during construction.
Chassis has been started. regards John.
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31st August 2012, 12:39 PM #12
Yonnee, Scott, sjt, put the colored photo up for me, thanks Scott ,had no idea how to go about it. regards John
when they say "copy and paste", I would use tracing paper and glue.
Edit:
I saw that. But it was a smaller one, so I changed it for the bigger one Scott posted in your other thread.
Yonnee.
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31st August 2012, 12:42 PM #13
Hello John,
Thanks for answering my questions. I had a good laugh (at myself)when I read the last part of your post. My head is quite scrambled at the moment I assumed (makes an ass out of me) that you were using Richard Blizzards plans for a Silver Ghost from one of his books. However upon looking at the book he built a 1907 and I'm sure yours will have a ton more detail than his. My apology for my mistake.
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3rd September 2012, 05:08 PM #14
The wheelbase of the Rolls is 143.5 inches=3645 mm, about 700 mm longer than a Holden. 455 mm for the model at 1/8 scale. Attached some photos of the chassis and suspension. regards John
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3rd September 2012, 05:56 PM #15Skwair2rownd
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Beauty NF!! The Silver Ghost is one of my all time favourite cars, and I love the story behind it.
Congrats on taking this project on. I am watching with eyes wide open!
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