Pico Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I acquired this from one of this forum's members (Thanks, Eric). He got it from a well known South African resin caster, but is not his work. Who made it is unknown. It was really third rate work and I spent a considerable amount of time smoothing out the body, reshaping the trunk and correcting other areas. I'm fairly satisfied with the results. I consider the Kellner coupe to be the most attractive of all the Royales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 You did an excellent. Yes, that's my favorite vintage Bugatti as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Nice looking car. Don't know much about the Bugatti so with the nose being so long, would that have been powered by a 12 cylinder engine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 It looks like one of the Italeri Royales was used as a donor kit for the chassis and running gear. I was not aware that anyone had made a resin body of the Kellner coupe, and this is a very nice model considering that the builder stated that a lot of work was needed on the resin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Payne Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 The Bugatti Royales had a 775 cubic inch long stroke straight 8 with a single overhead camshaft. Low rpm, big torque. Pico, your build is immaculate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pico Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 A Italeri kit was used as a base, the body was sheet plastic with putty applied to it. Not very well. which caused a bit of work for me. It wasn't resin cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Pico, it looks great now! And I agree, the Kellner Coupe is arguably the best looking Royale of the bunch. I got to see it in person when it was still owned by Briggs Cunningham and on display in his museum in Costa Mesa. I was 18 at the time and just completely blown away by the car. So huge, yet so perfectly proportioned, elegant, stately, just amazing. This is on my list to scratch build. Getting back to my Italeri '33 Cadillac convertible coupe project now. Just finished reworking a Danbury Mint Hispano Suiza for fun, now it's back to body work. If I grab another die cast before finishing that Cadillac, Eric Macleod will punch me. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilX Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 A great looking car and a great model ... 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I missed this earlier, very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Another beautiful Bugatti. You did a great job of bringing the humble beginnings to life. A lovely replica of an impressive machine. Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Fabulous work! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Macleod Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I was in a small way instrumental in this model's completion having held it in my hands but knowing it needed expert assistance. Pico has done a herculean job with this model and completed it to a level that is far better than almost anyone could. Well done me friend! Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) The Kellner Coupe I agree has lovely coach work and quite rakish, really suiting the car generally. My own favourite is the Weinberger bodied car that Charles Chayne rescued from a New York scrap yard when the engine block froze and cracked. The car was originally painted black with a yellow body trim line and edging around the wings. Chayne had the car painted cream and changed the wheels to have trims with the EB logo on them and other non original extras. This car is on display in a US motor museum and was kitted by Lindberg originally in its present guise. If I were to build the Lindberg (Revell) kit I would take some wheels and tyres from one of the Italeri kits to reconfigure the kit back to how Weinberger originally finished it. Gerald Wingrove's Complete Car Modeller 2 book is devoted to modelling this particular car. Edited January 14, 2022 by Bugatti Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pico Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Thanks, everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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