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Very, very nice, Andrew! Great job. ?

Excellent! Thanks, Robert. ?

Robert, beautiful work! Could you describe for us your technique for the black wash on the engine and chassis components? It's really well done, adds a lot to the depth and realism of things.

That works really well! Great idea....

Kit, 'Rhinoplasty' is a great title! I was just thinking, you're quite the Plastic Surgeon ~ Precision work! Bravo....

Kurt, fantastic work! Keep it up, brother. ? Looking forward to the next update.

Beautiful work, Kit!! Love it.... ?

Cool project, A-G!

Thank you, Noel! Yes, I have several of the Burago coupes. I'll be using them to replicate #57591, the Richard Pope coupe as it appeared before Ralph Lauren changed it, and #57473, the Jack Holtzschuch Coupe.

Looks great, Bill!

Thank you, Bill! Will do....

Hello Guys, Just a quick post. This car was lurking in the background with a '33 Cadillac convertible coupe I'm building. For this '32, the wheelbase was shortened from a scale 149" to 143". The base model is Monogram's '32 V16 dual-cowl phaeton. Adapted to that is the cowl, windshield and front doors from the Italeri '33 Cadillac town car. The rear deck is Johan '31 Cadillac convertible coupe, grafted in. This weekend I've been stuck on conference calls night and day, so I decided to see if I could make some progress on the Cadillac at the same time. Working on the top, it's mostly Johan Mercedes 500K, made taller, longer, and the sides angled in to line up with the windshield. Don't barf! It's still in the ugly stage, but it's coming along.

That looks pretty good, Gary! Thanks to you and Snake for sharing. My first thought was, what if you combined one of these with parts from an Aurora DB4. I've got a Doyusha DB5 already, but I think I'll go ahead and pick up one of the green Motormax versions too.

Great job, Andrew!!

Helmut, David and Thiery, thank you so much, Gentlemen!! I appreciate it. I've got two more Atalante coupes in progress. Both will be based on the red/black offerings from Franklin Mint, but both will be reworked and in different colors. One will feature Fernando Pinto wheels the other will be a replica of #57562 with covered wheels. Incidentally, #57383 has shorter height front fenders, compared to many of the other 57S Bugattis. The model is accurate here, compared to the original, but it is different from most of the other cars. Helmut's side profile of the red and black version illustrates this very well. Notice how the grille shell and hood are taller than the front fender? The Burago rendition of the #57591 Atlantic coupe has taller fenders that capture the shape of the original really well. Anyway, works in progress, mixing and matching to mimic the full size cars. More to follow....

Nice work, Rodney! ?

Magnificent work! Thank you for the excellent photographs and sharing with all of us.

Outstanding!!!

Thank you, Sir!

Thank you, Phillipe! I think you have an advantage over me- you can go visit Mulhouse and see the full size Bugatti in person. ?

Thank you, Rusty! ?

Thank you, Gary, glad you liked it. I've long admired your work as well!

Reworked Franklin Mint model with Heller Delahaye 135 wheels and Jada tires to better match the actual full size car it represents. Suspension lowered, spare tire cover installed instead of exposed wire wheel. More details posted in "under glass", before I realized there is in fact still a Diecast forum.

Very, very nice, Gary!