63 replies to this topic

[Ira]

BEAUTIFUL BUILD!!! Love the Color...

[Sixties Sam]

Now there's something different! Great idea, and very well done.

 

Sam

[shucky]

That's beyond awesome! Super nice job Tim.

[jaymcminn]

Hey, it's finished! Can't wait to see it  "in person" this Monday... just outstanding!

[robertw]

Love that colour!!

[Skip]

That's Cool. Looks more like a Model T Speedster now than a Bugatti.  A "T" radiator shell would have looked right at home on it.

[Rod]

Spectacular! Great engineering, design and concept. The workmanship is first class. Two thumbs WAY up!

[patami]

I think ur an alien thats one heck of a cool car.

[exesivefire]

Love this!!! Just perfect build

[blunc]

great concept, love the detail work!

[Paul H]

Oh yes!!!  Fantastic execution of a very cool idea!

 

Btw, when I saw the title, I was expecting to see a build of the old Renwal Revival kit, but this is much more interesting & a very pleasant surprise

Edited by Paul H, 21 March 2013 - 11:24 PM.

[DumpyDan]

WOW!  That is so cool.  BRAVO!

[Webb]

Good grief Tim, that is very cool! Wheels are perfect. Stance is perfect. I always liked those front mounted blowers. I really, really like this car!!

[Jantrix]

Love it! Nice job!

[Austin T]

I wana go for a test drive in that.

[crazyrichard]

perfection !!!!!!!! this is just so cool , its like boattail meets hotrod and i love the whole car !

and very very clean

 

top notch

[TimKustom]

Wow, glad y'all like it and thanks for the nice comments.

 

Here's some answers to the questions asked:

 

The headlights are from the Bugatti kit. They have real nice lenses that almost look "modern" today.

 

The trunk does not open. The real car didn't have one, but I thought I might need to scribe one to give the illusion something could be back there. If if did open, all it would have is a battery and a gas fill. Not much room for anything else.

 

It does have a complete cooling system. The radiator is mounted under the supercharger. A cable driven pump (similar to the fuel pumps that are used on a Nextel Cup car) circulates the would be coolant from the rear freeze plugs. A scoop under the car gets the air while the car would be in motion, an electric fan helps it out too.

 

The dash is cut down form an AMT '27 Lincoln. The gauges are printed out on photo paper from artwork I created.

 

Hose clamps are simply 1/64" chrome tape (where can I get some more?). I added some cut wire to simulate the clamp adjusters on the top ones. The bottom ones are the molded in clamps with the tape added. Amazing what kind of detail lies under thick chrome plating...

 

Here are a few more pix of it and a few in progress. Didn't take much in progress because most everything shows on the finished model.

 

 

 

 

 

[ChrisR]

Great work!

[Dr. Cranky]

It's a beauty, Tim.  Love the color and all that silver and chrome.

[Duntov]

WOW Tim!!!!    Neat car!!!!

 

Now you just need a Jay Leno figure to pose with it!!!!     )