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kruleword: sorry, but something went wrong at photographing. I repeated the missing shots and now they are here.

It`s a really fast kit but I modified it a little: I made the positioning lamps front and rear from clear plastic. I cut out the front and rear vents and replaced by metal mesh. I scratch built inside mirror, pedals and the 3 round instruments. At finally I opened the doors – two times ! First I set the turning point wrong – the doors couldn`t opened full. Than I found ref pics and corrected according tham the hinges. Some other pictures shall come soon

Thank you guys the nice comments.

Hey Dominic - your Diablo is a gem ! The plastic kit manufacturer seems to forget that the body and the hatch (or bonnet or doors) shall be painted inside too. That makes a difference in thickness 0.1 - 0.2 mm (if you use primer and clear coat too may be even more) both sides. If you want to close there is about a half mm difference in thickness very near to the hinges. The result: the hatch don`t close. You solved the problem perfectly.

I searched long time for this model made by Revell as a Snap Tite Kit. I found this and an other long ago searched kit, the Ford GT 90 at the same seller on Ebay and for a good price and finally I was the only bidder - the lucky one ! As I have more yellow Lamborghinis I desided to paint it burgundy red. And to open the doors was a enought great challenge to try to do it! I completed the dashboard and middle console with new gauges. My last idea was to make some more realistic lamps – some are rather good other ones are not 100%. But look the pictures and I would be glad to hear your opinion or proposals

Hi Everybody, I found this idea very good. There are a lot of fantastic pictures and models to see ! My best loved pictures are of Mako Shark II : open air shots and I enjoy the reflektion of blue sky and clouds. My best loved model is the Pontiac Banshee.

Beautifully opened doors ! Very realistic ! If they can be closed are extra super !!!

That`s an Excalibur.

Here are some detail shoots.

Ab Jenkins the known speed record hunter was offered a Dusenberg chassies for a speed record car in 1934. He built up the new car with the help of Augie Duesenberg in a garage next to the factory. After the first variant the car was two times radicaly modified and during this period it set 49 records with 12 that still hold today. Todays owner said: „In my opinion, this is the most significant American car ever built.” The model is the first built variant and scratch built with detailed enterieur. Here at least some details are visible. Oh yes - the scale is 1:75.

The Type 64 known as Berlin-Rome-Berlin Coupe or VW60 K10 1939. During the development of Volkswagen KdF Prof.Porsche planned a sport version too, but the authorities desagreed. So Porsche began to develop a V10 mid engined coupe without VW parts. Later find the autorities that a sport version would be a good publicity for the VW KdF. Porsche was authorised to proceed with the concept to participate the car on the Berlin – Rome – Berlin race in 1939. Three cars were built based on VW KdF with a light and streamlined aluminium body with the VW engine boosted from 22 to 50 bhp. Because of the WWII. debut, the car was never given a chance to perform. The model is scratch built with detailed enterieur but nearly nothing to see in the ready model. It`s a pity ! Oh yes, the scale is 1:75.

Hi Harry, these ones are all scratchbuilt, body is vakuum formed, the other parts are from resin, metal wires, some photo etched parts, transparent plastic for windows, etc. Hi Lee, this scale goes back nearly a half century.. When I began to curve my auto models from wood I was a draughtsman and I used a scale-rouler with more scales. As I used pins for the axels the 25 mm lenght of tham was perfect for the 1:75 scale on the rouler. Since that this is "my special scale"

Congratulations to the brave project ! I enjoyed how fine you curved the mold for vakuum forming. I made similar way my Chevrolet XP 700 model. The difference is only that I needed remove the very end of the front of a Corvette 1962 model only. I replaced it with a block of wood and after than curved the shape. A late advice: I use for such molds (and nearly to all curvings) linden wood - there is nearly no wood graining. You get a perfect surface after fine sanding and rather easy to curve too. I shall follow your work because the Wildcat II is one of my popular concept car !

At least here are all of the once built body variants of Bugatti Type 41 „Royale”. Ettore Bugatti needed more than 7 years to build the cars – I needed a little bit more for the models. Enjoy the summary - you can find more details in my earlier posts.

I`m very happy to read about matter „Judging in Competitions”. I learned a lot from the lotof comments and can better understand the work of judges. From which I didn`t have the best opinion. Well I did know that judging is a subjektiv aktivity but sometimes I missed any objektivity totally. ( as for mentioned orange peel paint job on winning model, etc.) Altough it was not begining so: at my first contest I won 6th and 2nd. As it was a jung event – second time organized – they was happy with my separate displayed collection of 1:75 sport- and conceptcars. My feeling was: Ok! They honored my little extra exhibition. But at the second-place announcement the organizer were surprized that I`m again the guy who got soon a 6th place. The best: they handed over a cup for 2nd and a diplom for 1st place ! Than I participated on more other and this contest again with much better models without any result. I was in Vienna at IPMS Austria event with the same no succsess. It was enought. I saw that on all event were the winner and placed models of the other clubs members, one or two of organizers club perhaps. And it gone nicely around from event to event. Even the austrian IPMS contest showed the same method. For me as no member in any club – no chance. By the other hand the models regarded as best ones were mainly full of decals and very colorfull, boxstock in the free category too. Scratch builts, opened doors and hoods or any additions and modifications were not winner. I can aggree that it would be high time to make guiding for judges how much should be valued craftmanship, creativity, general appearance and quality and the effect „I like it” or”I dislike it”. Perhaps IPMS could be pioneer in this. My „No Winner”:

Armand Esders sold his car after some years. The roadster body was changed to a Coupe de Ville built by coachbilder Binder. This car came nearest to belong a royalty, the King of Rumania but in the meantime came the WWII. Now the car is full restaurated and I had the luck to see it in the Technik Museum Wienna. The car is simply fascinating, gracefull and majestic - while it is so great as a lorry ! The built of models was smooth. The photos taken in Wienna were a great help at the enterieur.

The third sold car went to Capitan C.W.Foster. He brought the car to England and ordered a body at coachbuilder Park Ward. The car got a body very similar to Rolls Royces of the time no surprise, Park Ward was the official coachbuilder of Rolls Royce. Interesting, the pattern of upholstery is the same as in the Napoleon Coupe but while in that it is mainly blue in Fosters Limousine mainly brown. Thanks my son I have photos from this car too. To build the model was rather similar to other ones but the partition between driver and passanger compartment was some challenge. It needed a lot of dry assembly befor gluing. And to find a method that the driver seat fits close to partition was an other case. Namely the seat is fastened to the below part of body and the partition in the upper part. The upholstery with decals needed a lot of repeating and time till the paterns fit to another half way. The experiences were good at the making of Napoleon Coupe and Binder Coupe.

Here is the drapery sample and two pictures of the original Napoleons interior in Mulhause. I used these pictures to the development of patern. You can copy a section of smaple and you can multiply it to need.

First of all - CONGRATULATION, CONGRATULATION !!!! The models are wonderfull made and I`m sure the following ones will be too. Your project to build the other Royales is a big one and I wish you all the necessary patience and perseverance. I know how great is this project - I`ve made all ever made 11 body variants of Royale but in only 1:75 scale. And it needed more years.(well, I built some other models in that period too) You can see some of this little models in this forum and shortly I shall continue to post the last ones.

A wonderfull model of one of mine favorit cars !!! Congratulation ! BTW which kit is it ? I sure would like to build one.

Wonderfull model - great job - a lot of work ! I like the wire wheels - how did you make tham ? Which scale is it ?

Many thanks for background story ! So little stories make the modeling even more interesting.

Beautifull built model ! I like Jaguar E-Type racers. Little question: the # 44 on the rear is "mirored". Was the decal wrong ?

I love Pink Pigs ! Your one is very cool and a very clean built. Before more years I made my pig too: a diecast toy Porsche in about 1:64. I made only new paint, decals and ready.

The fourth car was built without anyone who want to buy it. Ettore ordered a closed coupe body at the coachbuilder Kellner. The car was the winner of Most Expensiv Car of Show in London Motor Show 1932. Well for the price of Kellner Coach you would have been able to buy 3 Rolls Royce! It survived the WWII in a hidden garage behind a wall together with other two Royale on the estate of Family Bugatti. The gracefull car arrived the highest auctions price of Royales till now. The build of model was a routine soon. The all black enterieur don`t allow to see any details inside there is not very much even the dashboard is black painted. The only one to see is the knob on gear stick made of ivory of course on the original one.