Bugatti Fan

Look forward to seeing them Matt.

Will you be taking them to Telford Matt?

A Jaguar E type would be nice in 1/12th scale. Surprised it has not been done in this size already by someone like Tamiya who would really do it justice.

Baffled as to why Tamiya never did one in 1/24th scale. But wouldn't Tamiya make a great job of one in 1/12th scale ! No 1/12th scale E Type from anyone as far as I know, not even from MFH. Maybe Italeri might consider one now that they are making 1/12th scale car kits.

You are dead right there Richard. It's a bit crude to say the least. I came across a build of it by a German guy named Jurgen who spent (wait for it) 900 hrs on his model. It's over on the Britmodeller Forum. I won't be going to that much trouble with mine however. Life's too short ! Lol. A pity Monogram did not do it along with their Cord kit say back.

Good model in progress here. Those 3D printed wheels of the correct width will look far better than the kit offerings. Often wondered why the E Type is referred to as an XKE in the United States. Perhaps a follow on to XK140 and XK150 I guess.

Wespe Models in Romania have announced that they will be discontinuing their range of 1/8th scale classic car kits at the end of this year 2024. They have quite an interesting range of classics in this big scale. The kits are mainly in resin. How I read their announcement is that they are looking to sell off the tooling, moulds etc. Perhaps a good opportunity to obtain the core items for a start up resin kit business using ready to run tooling.

A nice little model. Was unaware of a 3D printed scooter model. This one really looks good when finished. I have a motor scooter kit that is tucked away within and part of the Tamiya Campus Friends figure set in 1/24th scale. Not sure if it is a Vespa or a Lambretta though.

Picking up on Richard Bartrop's post during August. He mentioned that he would like to see an Auburn Speedster kitted. I picked up the old 1/25th scale Pyro kit at a local model show just recently. Underneath it says the kit was released way back in 1955. I can remember building one of these before, back in the 70's. There are no plated parts on the kit and no transparencies either. The parts look a bit on the heavy side in places. But the kit does have potential. It does have engine detail but the chassis, underside and sump are all moulded as one large flat moulding. So I will be building it as a kerb side model. The engine parts will find themselves in the spares box for now. The headlamps have lenses that have to be painted, but I am sure that I will find replacements in the spares box. As for the windscreen, as it is a split frame design, a couple of flat pieces of clear acetate will do the trick. As far as I know Pyro was the only company to make a plastic kit of this car in 1/25th scale. It would possibly compliment the 1/24th scale Cord that Monogram made despite the small difference in scale.

Really nice car. Really nice model nearly there !

I quite like to see those old Renwal Revival models that have seen better days ( I won't say a glue ....! It will probably set off a lot of computers at Langley. LOL ) being brought back to life using up to date materials and sympathetic parts from spares boxes.I I will be following this restoration with interest, having seen what modellers have already done with the Renwal Duesenberg and Packard models that needed restoring. On a personal note I have been looking for a Renwal Exner Bugatti that is in a dire condition to restore and give to the Bugattii Trust Museum here in the UK. If anyone out there can help, please get in contact.

Large engineering projects. The Industrial Revolution started in Victorian Gt Britain and the industrial might of the USA followed on shortly after. Now it is the Chinese who are an industrial manufacturing force to be reckoned with with an expanding military to go with it. Just heard that the Chinese have a train that is capable of 300mph coming into service between Beijing and Shanghai. Over here in jolly old England we are building another high speed train line between London an the North of the country, with people still arguing the toss about will it terminate at London Euston or a few miles out, and some of the more northerly projected part of it past Birmingham postponed due to rising costs and delays. What a farce ! Postponement only means that it will be ludicrously more expensive when it is decided to do the northern sections again. It beggars belief !

Thanks for the Indy Decal suggestion Pierre.

There was a nice set of replacement 3D printed wheels that was on Shapeways website for the Heller Bugatti T51 kit. If anyone knows knows of the original designer I would be interested to know.

A really lovely finished model. Those Ukranian wire wheels and tyres look really good to finish off the model. Pierre. Did you print the decals for the model yourself? If not I am looking for who makes decals that are in the same style of just the numerals that you used for the racing number for a different project of my own.

A very nicely made model of how the car appears today. I have one in my stash to build and it looks to be a very nice kit considering it dates back to the 1960's. It was originally finished in black with yellow accents on the edges of the wings and the main body side trims were also yellow. The car was rescued from a New York breakers yard having a cracked engine block by Charles Chayne, a GM executive. He had the car restored and repainted plus adding some non original items and different wheel trims. He must have had his own ideas about how the car should look and be painted, as most restorers would have tried to make the car as original as possible. To build the Lindberg/Revell kit as the car looked originally one could purloin an Italeri Bugatti Royale and substitute the wheels and possibly the engine and some other bits from the Italeri version to do a mild kit bash.

Interesting to see how it compares with the Agora version.

Those early 60's Studebakers were really elegant looking cars back in the day. Quite European in styling when compared with the Fins'N' Chrome American cars of the time. Nice pair of models !

I agree with Michael, having seen many models with indifferent to poorly painted figures on or with them at various shows that look just doll like are quite off putting. If you have a superb vehicle model and your figure painting leaves a lot to be desired the figure will.only degrade the effect you are looking for. Best left off altogether unless prepared to go that extra mile to learn figure painting techniques, some of which can be adapted and used to enhance the vehicle itself. More power to your elbow so to speak.

Why ? Has Shapeways stopped trading ?

Something a bit different. Nice!

Expletives are a common vocal outlet in model making communication !

Make the most of each day as you never get them back !

That's a neat model of a nice looking car !

From a modeller's point of view I guess that Kris will be best remembered as 'The Duck' in Convoy. But as other posters have pointed out he was also a respected singer songwriter as well as an actor, and will be sadly missed.