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Incredible diorama work Harald! With your attention to detail you have captured the character of the Italian Village square including many interior details to the buildings plus well made and painted figures. The cars look good with the extra work and details you have done on them. I particularly like the lighting that you have installed in the buildings and working headlamps on the cars. It is one of those rare dioramas where the more you look, the more you will see! A real work of art as well as a beautiful model.
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DeAgostini 1/8 Ford GT 1969
Bugatti Fan replied to Brudda's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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Lovely model of Patrick McGoohan's 'Prisoner' Lotus 7. For any Prisoner fans out there, the TV series was filmed at the Italianate Village located in Portmerion in North Wales. It was not just a movie set. The vil!age was built by the late Clough Ellis as an experiment in blending attractive buildings into a beautiful landscape. The buildings are very much in use today as shops and holiday lets as the village is a major tourist attraction. The building right down by the quayside is a hotel. I have visited the village with all its unique buildings a couple of times and although quite compact in area is very impressive. When I visited there was a small round building off the main square that served as a shop selling 'Prisoner' souvenirs. I think that the main square that is now formal gardens was where a swimming pool was in the series? Clough Ellis was still alive and well when the series was being filmed back in the sixties. I believe he went on well into his nineties and remained constantly involved with the village project.
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Beautiful wire wheels. The machine turned aluminium finish is hard to achieve on compound curves.. Maybe doing it on flat piece of malleable material and shaping it afterwards might work better to achieve the equally spaced look.
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Have seen Chuck's work on other models. Outstanding exercise in modelling deterioration of the Hudson.
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Renwal Revivals- a cult following
Bugatti Fan replied to Paul Payne's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
You could be right Casey. Atlantis seem to be resurrecting quite a lot of old kits. The Ex Merit/SMER Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago come to mind. -
Doing the maths, you can see why many resin boulders throw in the towel after a while! The figures I saw were not accounting for it a moulding is distorted or part moulded and has to be scrapped wasting expensive material. The great advantage of the white metal kit maker is that any defect parts can go back into the melting pot instead of the waste bin. Many of those guys do this stuff as a side line to their normal job and family commitments, and often get overwhelmed by it all due to the time consuming processes involved. Customers get frustrated waiting, the maker might get complaints and bad press so in the end, a venture that is set up out of enthusiasm starts to face the harsh reality of a commercial environment when the orders and payments roll in.
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Eagle Gurmey Weslake 1/12 MFH
Bugatti Fan replied to primabaleron's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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64 Dodge D100 Pickup Pro Street
Bugatti Fan replied to AmericanMuscleFan's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
You are right Francis, there are many modellers out there without miniature machines who turn out fantastic creations and all credit to their skills. Many of the things done on machine can be done by hand. It just takes a bit longer to do with a bit of ingenuity. -
Thanks for the further feedback about the ERA drawings Andrew.
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64 Dodge D100 Pickup Pro Street
Bugatti Fan replied to AmericanMuscleFan's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
Francis, I have invested in a small Unimat 4 larthe and a small milling machine. The investment has been well worth it over the years since I bought them both as I started to do some scratch building as well as making parts to improve models. The scope these machines give for accuracy in my builds has been really good and has enabled me to take my modelling up a notch or two. Machines allow better repeatability than making things purely by hand I have found. Of course there are still many things on my models that are done by hand out of necessity. I have been looking at what those guys who can program and use 3D printers can do that are taking making parts into a new realm of realism altogether. But a bit too complex for me tbough! -
Andrew, thanks for your multiple replies. So far I have not looked for any ERA plans on the web, but thanks for letting me know they are available. Do you happen to know the site they are on?
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64 Dodge D100 Pickup Pro Street
Bugatti Fan replied to AmericanMuscleFan's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
Having a miniature lathe and milling machine makes the manufacture of many things possible that cannot be done by hand, or be very difficult. The big drawback of course is the initial financial outlay for good quality machines like the Sherline, Taig or Unimat. This model demonstrates this admirably! But for model makers mainly into plastic kits the little Unimat 1 modular machine would be a good starting point, and may well be worth looking at as it can be configured. Look at the UK Hobbies or Hobbys websites to give you an idea of the versatility of this little modular machine tool and all the different accessories available. Micro Mark or someone similar may carry it in the USA. -
This model is coming together nicely. One thing is for sure, you NASCAR model builders will never be short of kits!
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Nice model! Looks like a bit of a caricature to me rather than a true scale model but none the less I reckon it had to be a fun build, away from the usual and a nice conversation piece. Serious tram enthusiasts might like to look at the Spanish company OCCRE's website who has a nice range of mainly wooden 1/24th scale tram kits.
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1960 Ferrari 256F1
Bugatti Fan replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Thanks for your reply Chris. Yes, I would imagine the MFH kits would be addictive. I have seen some beautiful examples of well built MFH models at shows over here in the UK. Am looking forward to the 1/12th scale Italeri Bugatti T35 being released as it will be more affordable for me than the MFH one much as I would love to build the MFH kit. -
1960 Ferrari 256F1
Bugatti Fan replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Chris, those MFH kits are very expensive, so do you keep your models of sell them on to collectors to fund your next project? This model is coming on remarkably well I have to say. Have been following this thread with interest. -
Radio antennas another dollar store money saver.
Bugatti Fan replied to Mike C.'s topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
I have used those thin nylon plastic pieces with a tee shaped end to them from new clothing tags. I leave the tee on the end and it acts as a good stop when the straight thin round part is fed through a drilled hope to suit from under a wing and epoxied into place underneath. -
Magazines 'absorbed' into others very quickly fade into oblivion. SA into FSM , no exception. Seen it happen a number of times down the years. Been a number of hobby magazines that I have seen disappear also. Understand Model Car Builder is now closing. SA and MCB, that's two auto modelling mags going within about a year.
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Thanks for your reply Pico. I came across your T41 Bugatti thread yesterday. Andrew, I liked your tongue in cheek humorous reply about you being a medium or Ime stopping random folks in Atlanta! Incidentally, is your Delage in 1/24th scale? I was contemplating my next scratch build and was looking on the web for ERA racing cars to look out the famous car 'Romulus'. Came across a Delage ERA that has beautiful lines. It is in the Mullin Auto Museum on your side of the pond. Might go for that one instead to model. Let's see! Thought you might be interested at taking a peek at it.
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Renwal Revivals- a cult following
Bugatti Fan replied to Paul Payne's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Revell has released some ex Renwall kits of other subjects I believe, so maybe they have the moulds? These Revival kits are so rare now. Maybe someone will take off from original kit parts and retro kit them in resin or maybe 3D print new kits. I have been seeking a glue bomb of the Bugatti to restore and give to the Bugatti Trust Museum here in the UK . So if any of you guys can help, please message me.