Bugatti Fan

That Rolls looks like the one John Lennon bought and had the psychedelic paint job done on it.

Thanks Helmut. Togi is a name that rings a bell and I think that was the manufacturer. The die cast kit I seem to remember is of the same car that Tamiys has since done in plastic.

Very interesting thread, well worth following. I find the 3D CAD that Francois does for his models is amazing.

Thanks for coming back on the wheels Tom. I have a very old white metal Wills (South Eastern Finecast) Bugatti Type 59 that those wheels would be perfect for so will contact LMM to find out if they sell them as a separate item set. I had another look at your T57 pictures and have to say what a superb paint job you did on it. The kit really looks nice and I am sorely tempted to buy one looking at your result. As I mentioned before that a friend of mine has also built one and speaks very highly of the kit.

I guess Techman was referring to Evergreen plastic rod as 'solid tubing' ?

Taking place this weekend in the Telford International Centre, the largest scale model show in the world. Details on the IPMS UK website.

This will be a really cool off the wall conversion being attempted here.

Thanks for the info Frank. A pity about the pillars. Back in the 70's my boss owned one of them so I was quite interested to see a kit of one after all this time.

The reason that styrene with a metal core splits on a bend when styrene cement is used is because although the metal core prevents the tube from kinking, it will not prevent the plastic tubing from stretching (and therefore thinning) where it is bent. As the wall of the plastic tube becomes much thinner as a result the application of styrene cement will go straight through it causing the plastic to split. An earlier poster mentioned that the inside diameter of plastic tube can vary. I disagree with that as the tube is made by the extrusion process through very high precision tooling. Daniel mentioned using Plastruct's non polystyrene tubing that he thought to be ABS. it is. Incidentslly, normal polystyrene cement does not work well with ABS. Plastruct's own Plastic Weld liquid cement works better on this stuff. In fact it works on a variety of different plastics and I tend to use it as an all rounder on my models.

Had to revisit this thread and admire this model. Particularly as the Jeeps made a reappearance in one of the later Juraxssic World films

Very nice model car build. Those 50's Studes body styles were way ahead of their time and dare I say it, looked more European. And of course, in later years their Avanti styling was something to behold !

Nice model Frank. Unfortunate!y you forgot to mention what manufacturer's kit it is based on though.

Very nicely built and finished classic Bugatti. Lovely radially spoked wheels as found also on a T59 really compliment this model. Do they have to be built up ?

Well, It it can still seat 4 and has a useable rear luggage space I guess it could be termed practical?

The power to weight ratio seems reasonably good on this car. Understatement of the year !