Bugatti Fan

Nice looking motor taking shape here.

Steve, you have made a good job of that very old kit. Looking at your model it appears that Lindberg did a re pop of that old Pyro kit.

A very nice project resulting in a very original model. To anyone contemplating a semi scratch build, because it is quite angular and can take advantage of readily available shaped Plastruct or Evergreen extrusion it would be a good introduction to making a start in scratch building.

Interesting comment about the stick shift Roy. I get the impression that most Americans learn to drive in automatics that look to be the predominate type in America. Over here in England and Europe manual cars with clutch, brake and accelerators probably account for about 90% of cars sold. With the advent of more and more Electric cars I would guess that they would be driven like an automatic

The Renwall Revivals Virgil Exner designed Bugatti. 1/25th scale. If anyone has an old made up one even with parts missing tucked away in a shoebox somewhere that I could restore/renovate I would like to hear from you. I would like to do this and let the Bugatti Trust Museum here in the UK have it. Mint kits come up at ridiculous prices on EBay aimed at collectors I would guess, but I build, so that is why I am looking for an old built up kit. Even just the body would be enough for me to work on.

War of the Worlds is a good example of every series and movies 'based' on H G Wells novel have ALL screwed it up completely. The BBC series was a bit more in period but even they messed it up big time! To make one actually true to the story, now that would be a challenge for Peter Jackson!

Have followed the WIP on this one. A really nice result.

Tamiys making American Rods and Customs? Wishful thinking. Not going to happen. One only has to look at Tamiya's core worldwide market to see this.

We have all knocked liquid cement bottles over at some time or other. Some ingenious holder suggestions on here. I put my Plastruct Plastic Weld in a shallow wide glass honey/jam jar to keep it stable white in use.

Thanks for your appreciation guys!

I seem to remember seeing this car as a permanent exhibit in the Science Museum in London. Nice model!

So often movies 'based' on novels fall short of the mark by deviating too much from the book. Jurassic Park was a good example of this having read the book 2 years before the movie came out. I can think of many more.

Being the only auto modeller in a room full of aeroplane modellers forever after going through the pearly gates.

Wheels are looking really good. No substitute for real wire being used to make the spokes for realism. 3D printing the rims comes into its own for producing locations for each spoke.

Back in the sixties all the big name groups did the big ballrooms over here in the UK and we could get up close to all our favourites. The Marquee Club in London was big at the time. We also had a pokey little coffee bar named The 2 I's in Soho, just off Picadilly Circus that was reckoned to be the birthplace of British rock n roll. The coffee bar has gone but there is a plaque on the building indicating where it was. Many well known British rock stars started there as 'Tin Pan Alley' where all the London music agents offices were was literally just around the corner. It was the place to be discovered, allegedly. Of course the other venue everyone knows about is the Cavern Club, sadly demolished to make way for a Liverpool Subway System. The current Cavern Club in Liverpool is actually a copy as the city realised it could have potential as a nostalgic tourist attraction. Have been to all three during their heyday back in the sixties and saw many performers just before they hit worldwide fame. My most memorable concert was seeing the Beatles live just as they were beginning to get big. There has always been a big Elvis Presley fan following over here in the UK. I felt that they were always badly let down as he never appeared live in the UK. In fact the only time he actually stepped onto British soil was when he was returning to the USA after his military service in Germany, and the plane he was travelling in stopped for an hour or two to refuel at Prestwick Airport in Scotland.

Those polished wooden boats...........Pure class!

A very nicely built period truck.

A really lovely model build of this old British sports car. For those who do not know, Louis a number of years back was awarded Overall IPMS UK National Champion for one of his fantastic wartime dioramas that are now on permanent display at the Malta Air Museum.

Those old Studebakers had very advanced styling back then. Dare I say more European looking considering it was built in the chrome and fins era. This Custom build looks interesting. Even built stock it would also look good.

There is a lot of satisfaction to be had from renovating a badly built kit. Progress looks good on this.

Thomas, there may be some kits out there, but possibly mainly in white metal and in 1/43rd scale. There were/are? quite a number of UK based cottage industries making 1/43rd scale kits. Try looking at Abingdon Classics as a start point.I There was a series of ready built die cast models, the Vanguards series that featured some of the more common UK cars from the sixties era.

Back in the 1960's Wolseley did not actually make convertibles. The picture depicts a car that would have been converted from a saloon by a specialist like Tickford. The car shown has been done really well by whoever converted it. The actual car shown was derived from a Wolseley saloon that was part of a series of badge engineered cars all based on the same Farina styled body. The basic saloons were the Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford. There was also a Riley version and an MG Magnette version that were purportedly just a bit more sporty. The Wolseley was a bit more luxurious with walnut dash and leather interior. All four cylinder cars of about 1500 to 1600 cc. I actually owned a Wolseley 6/110 that was bigger car with a 3 litre straight six engine. Beautifully appointed with Burr Walnut dashboard and fully leather upholstered interior . My particular Wolseley was nicknamed the poor man's Rolls along with the similar bodied Vanden Plas 3 litre. Its lesser sibling was the Austin Westminster, again 6 cylinder 3 litre but with plain interior with vinyl seats. There was also a Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre R that was about at the same time. It had a Rolls Royce engine, and was designed at the outset to be a stand alone luxury motor with different body styling.

Nice models of a basic run about car instead of all the racers and exotic motors Chuck and Zack. Les Budge mentioned that it might ha ave been based on the Morris Marina. When the Marina was in production during the 70's British Motor Corporation and Leyland Motors became British Leyland. The new company for a while had two bosses, George Turnbull and Lord Stokes. Turnbull was approached by the Koreans to be involved in the setting up of car production in that country,and left the UK to take up the appointment. So the new Korean car possibly had a number of features taken from the Marina under Turnbull's influence. Airfix made a 1/32nd scale kit of the Marina Saloon car way back. Not sure if if the Airfix kit depicted the original Marina or the one that had the Ital restyling. The kits are a bit rare these days as I am not sure if Airfix ever reissued it.

Nice build summary Mark. I followed your Lola build that eventually may have contained some Tamiya parts. Lol.

A UK company named C1 Models make a resin MGB trans kit to convert the Aoshims kit into the coupe. It may possibly be the one you may have in mind. From all accounts it is very good and certainly looks good on their website. I am not aware of any one else making one.I The Aoshima MGB went out under the Revell banner too under licence for a while. They also make a Sebring MGC kit that looks really good. Matt Bacon has put his build of it on the Britmodeller website I think or possibly on here. It makes up into a really nice model going.by his build. They also have some really tasty Land Rover conversion stuff and the James Bond 'Spectre' Land Rovers. Saw one built up one at IPMS UK's Scale Modelworld show recently. Really impressive. On the BMC model front I think Pyro made a Triumph GT6 kit ages ago back in the 60's of 70's. Don't know if it was good, had of indifferent. Someone did a white metal Triumph Spitfire in 1/24th scale but maker unknown to me. There is a company named Abingdon Classics that make numerous British sports car kits in 1/43rd scale and a few odd kits in 1/24th scale. Another UK company South Eastern Finecast made 1/24th scale MGB kits that were fully detailed. A UK company named Squires has acquired the South Eastern Finecast and the Autokits ranges that are 1/24th scale white metal kits.