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Bugatti 100P
Bugatti Fan replied to 89AKurt's topic in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
Kurt has done a very nice job of the Planet Models kit in 1/48th scale. I have recently built the Fisher 1/24th scale model with engine detail. It is a very nice kit but there is no way that the engine cover will fit with the engines installed, so best left displayed off the model. There were a couple of issues whereby one of the tail fins was distorted and part of the engine cover. This was sorted out by dipping the affected parts in very hot water and carefully bending back into shape. One has to be very careful not to immerse those parts in the hot water for too long. Also the model is quite weighty when built and I felt that the undercarriage was a weak point as the legs have no reinforcing metal rod moulded into them for strength. The kit parts would have been prone to breakage if the completed model had an accidental sideways knock. I replaced the kit undercarriage with scratch built items from aluminium. Fisher made a secondary kit run with no engines with the engine cover moulded in situ in the top half of the fuselage. Alas Paul Fisher suffered a disastrous fire that destroyed his house and workshops shortly after the kits were released. I sincerely hope that his business may be resurrected at some time having to start all over again.- 24 replies
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Best clear substance for gauges?
Bugatti Fan replied to Monty's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I have had the same problem as Peter by using epoxy as clear lens material on a Pocher Mercedes dashboard funnily enough. Fortunately I built the dashboard up and stored the kit for over 20 years not having done anything else to it so I can rectify the problem. Gauges are downloadable from the internet I believe so I will have to look at printing some more off and reinstate them whilst sorting the clear bezels problem. In the past I have printed gauges onto paper and used good old clear Sellotape stuck directly down on each face to good effect. -
does bare metal foil spoil?
Bugatti Fan replied to youpey's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Guys, besides BMF I have used smooth aluminium plumbing tape. It is a bit thicker than BMF, self adhesive and a bit more forgiving. Plus the amount on a roll equates to a number of sheets of BMF. It depends on what you are doing which product would work better, so it would be a case of experimenting a bit. -
black window surrounds
Bugatti Fan replied to chas3840@yahoo.com's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Getting lines straight for things like windscreen rubber seals is not always easy. I use a small engineers spring divider that I can set to the desired width and carefully scribe around the aperture. This makes a more defined edge line to work to on the moulded detail of the kit parts. The better defined scribed line is much easier to work to either with a fine line pen or making a wash and carefully use a dip pen to follow the line and allow capillary action to run the thinned paint along the line. Once the fine line is defined in this way the main bulk of the rubber seal can then be fill painted to the sharp line created. -
Remember the good old days ??????????
Bugatti Fan replied to Vietnam Vet67's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
As a UK kid in the fifties, like Rick L, people living in he same street looked after one another and were everyone's mum and dad. My dad survived WW2, but try as I may he did not want to talk about it, as did many of that generation. My teens were in the Sixties. UK Pop and Fashion Culture literally exploded in the UK. Groups like the Beatles, Rolling Stones (still rolling) and Dave Clark Five became big world wide. Places like the Two I's Coffee Bar and the Marquee Club in London and of course the Cavern Club in Liverpool were the places to go. Mary Quant, Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy personified the fashion industry along with the boutiques in Carnaby Street at the time. England even won the World Cup in 1966! Heady days long gone but fondly remembered! -
Maybe we are now getting a bit Tamiyised. (Used to modern kits where you rattle the box and the bits fall together!)
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Cutting straight lines in styrene sheet of card. The practice is to do multiple cuts along the same line until the blade works its way through. Trying to cut too heavily in one go generally causes inaccuracy and slippages. There is a special type of steel rule named a Maun Rule designed for use with cutting blade tools. Art suppliers should stock them.
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I simply use a low wide based small cylindrical honey jar and put the cement bottle in it and drop the brushes bristles up alongside it in the jar.
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Might be worth having a look to see if Tamiya themselves have charts indicating what Clear Finishes of theirs are compatible their own different colour paint types. And also for that matter whether other model paint manufacturers have compatibility charts for their products too. Other manufacturers clears are just trial and error to a certain extent, and most modellers find one or more that best suits them to use eventually.
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We all go through times of disillusionment. My only advice is do not yet rid of your tools, paints and equipment. If you have a change of heart later you will regret doing so!
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watching overlong interviews
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Rare Kits... prices.
Bugatti Fan replied to Brutalform's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Looks like EBay have set up the auto emailing to keep bids being generated? Smart and not illegal to generate more commission! -
In biased interviewing
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Rare Kits... prices.
Bugatti Fan replied to Brutalform's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Read somewhere on another forum that EBay are now charging 13 percent on transactions. Is this true as I have never used it? Rare plastic kits are only valuable as kits unfortunately. I approached an auction house about selling some of my built up plastic models and they expressed no interest in built up plastic kits no matter what standard. -
Does this stop at politicians?
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Sabine was a great member of the BBC Top Gear team, with a good sense of humour. Sadly snatched away by a disease that respects no one.
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Cooper barn find
Bugatti Fan replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
There were some nice pictures of Dale's work in that book. I sold it on years ago, but seem to remember quite a bit of duplication of photos etc within. -
Cooper barn find
Bugatti Fan replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Just shows by Andrew what can be done with those old Merit car kits. A beautiful super detailing job. As far as my memory serves me apart from the Cooper, the only other Merit car kits that had engine details were the Alfa Romeo and the Talbot Lago. The rest of them were kerbside models I believe. Just out of curiosity, Merit also made a kit of Donald Campbell's ill fated Bluebird Water Speed Record Boat. As Michael Caine would say 'Not a lot of people know that!' Dale King. Now there is a blast from the past! His Cooper scratch built is also a sight to behold. I can remember an old car modelling book by Robert Schleicher that featured a scratch built Fiat sports car and a highly detailed Tamiya Porsche by Dale. Is he still building models? -
Beverly Hillbillies
Bugatti Fan replied to BIGTRUCK's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Popular show way back in the 60's. Besides the family there was their straight laced lady advisor from the bank I think on the show. I can remember one episode where Jethro came home and asked ' What's for dinner Grandma?' To which she replied 'Possum innards!' Then he asked about dinner tomorrow and Grandma's reply was 'Leftovers!' I would like to get hold of one of those old kits. Funnily enough I still have a weathering article on the kit from an old copy of Model Car Science. Saved it in a folder from one of the very few copies that turned up in the UK at the time. -
Are Back Issues Available ?
Bugatti Fan replied to goofygoober's topic in Model Cars Magazine News and Discussions
Suggest you contact editorial staff directly about back issues instead of asking on forum. -
Cooper barn find
Bugatti Fan replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Andrew, what a superb job you are doing with that old Merit kit! The little Cooper lends itself well to all the extra detailing that you are doing, and just shows what can be done with those old kits. As far as I can remember, the rest of the series were models with no engine details apart from the Alfetta and Talbot Lago kits. The latter two have done the rounds having been produced by SMER and I think that Atlantis now have the mould tooling. Everything else was sold off to a toy company in Italy and never heard of again. I have seen some super builds of those Merit Racing Cars by a certain guy over here in the UK who brings the models to some of the shows. So it just shows like you have, what can be done with them. A nice challenge from modern kits to bring up to display standard. Incidentally, Merit also produced a model of Donald Campbell's Bluebird World Record Attempt Boat back in the 1960's. -
Look to our model railroad brethren!