Bugatti Fan

Lovely model of an attractive looking ra!ly car. I wonder if Belkits will ever make one of the Skoda Rapide Rear Engined Rally Cars? The old Skoda Company made a big thing about their rally successes back in the Commie days. Someone else did a kit of a Skoda Favorit some years ago now but not in 1/24th scale unfortunately.

Absolutely gorgeous classic racing car build. A refreshing change from all the modern F1 scale models.

Lovely model of this iconic show rod. Interesting timing as the real thing is being restored having been hidden away for many years.

Sid. Thanks for the info about the tyres that John T used on his model. I was just curious as I could see straight away that they were not the original kit items. John's Bentley is a fabulous building follow so it was well worth this thread being resurrected to be more prominent again.

Didn't know that Cosworth had anything to do with the 6R4 engine. Thought it was a B L Special Vehicles in house thing. Nice model taking shape here Pat. Fabric is a nightmare to use on seatbelts. You may find it easier to cut strips of aluminium kitchen foil much easier to use.

Badly built kits really lend themselves to bring the basis of or source of parts for creative modellers to really let their hair down for very little expense. This looks like an interesting build taking shape here.like The C Cab fitted to part of the school bus body makes it look a bit taxi like. Looking forward to following more of this build.

Just shows the potential of some 'toys' if they happen to be reasonably accurate representations.

I have been looking at the VW Phaeton luxury car. A really nice motor car but the VW badge did not have the same cachet as BMW, Mercedes Benz and other cars in that luxury sector. It would have been very interesting to see what the demand for that car would have been if VW had badge engineered it as a Bugatti as part of a range aimed at the senior management sector, instead of making elitist Bugatti super cars for the mega wealthy. Pitched against BMW and Mercedes in that sector I think that VW might have done a lot better using the Bugatti name on it. The Bugatti name has a lot of history, particularly due to its sporting and luxury forebears that only the very wealthy could afford, and I guess that VW saw the very wealthy as the most promising market for the name. I watched a YouTube video of a Chiron struggling to come out of a London showroom across a kerb onto the road across temporary ramps so that the front end would not scrape the ground due to the minimal ground clearance. Wouldn't be wanting to drive the car along any roads with speed bumps. Ouch!

Not the most aesthetically pleasing on the eye car, but interesting as a bit of an oddball model build just the same. Nice to see models being built of more unusual cars and this project is taking shape really well. A blend of kit bashing and scratch building techniques unfolding should yield a very unique model.

To err is human Bill. But I do agree with your last post sentiments. Been there. Done that etc. Usually diligent and think things through first. Only myself to blame !

Interesting to see a military fire truck. Nice model.

Sink the Belgrano A very interesting account about a British nuclear attack submarine HMS Conqueror sinking the Argentine Cruiser Belgrano during the 1982 Falklands War. The only time since WW2 that an active belligerent warship was torpedoed by a submarine. The book outlines the strategy of the RN nuclear subs operating in the South Atlantic.The main target was the Argentine's aircraft carrier that managed to evade being targeted by sailing within Argentine territorial waters.

You could write a book on building 1/12th scale MFH kits Chris ! Joking apart. Another fine build in progress.

Nice concept of yours taking shape here Les.I Incidentally, no one makes Skoda jokes any more !

Really showing the potential of those old Matchbox car mix !

Very nice model of this show rod. Skeleton looks good too !

Not a lot !

Not a lot !

Coming on nicely this build. Those old Hubley kits are a bit clunky so a bit of a building challenge to whoever takes them on.

Pure nostalgia. It's how us folks here in England saw the US of that era. I England absolutely dull by comparison , until the Beatles that is.

My late father served in WW2. Try as I may I could not get him to talk about any of his experiences. All he would ever say was that God willing I would never be dragged into being called up like he was.

Great progress. What woods did you use on your model Charlie ?

There appears to be a bit of confusion in this thread about machine origins The Unimat was made in Austria originally and I believe the later Unimat 4 was made under licence in Taiwan before being discontinued. My machine is one of the Taiwanese built Unimats and built quite well. I do not know why the parent company decided to discontinue production of those very nice little machine tools. The Sherline was built in Australia originally, but the rights were acquired and bought out by Joe Martin and production moved to the USA. The Sherlines are currently in production and able to take advantage of the market space now that the Unimats are no longer in production. The Sherline range is an excellent high quality package available for miniature machinists.

If you like geo political techno thrillers have a look at the series of books by Frank Gardiner who still works for the BBC. He was shot whilst on an assignment in the Middle East a few years back and paralysed from the waist dosn. His books due to his personal experiences and being still very much hands on as a studio researcher reporter give him a very good insight into the political, espionage and military things happening in the world today.

Why is it that as you get older the years seen to have got into top gear !