Bugatti Fan

I remember a fellow modeller many years ago showing me a multi piece plastic kit of a British built Ford 100E, a small saloon car with 4 cylinder side valve engine. It was of interest because my dad had one and started to teach me to drive in it. Would be interested to know if anyone else remembers this kit. I believe the kit was American manufactured, but by who?

The 53 Studebaker Starliner. What a lovely looking motor car, and very European in styling compared with other Americana of the day. I think that I would be tempted to build the kit stock as it is such a beautifully styled car.

Scott's model is really very nicely built with some interesting mods of his own. Tommy's model is also beautifully detailed and set off really well by the vignette he has created for it using the skeleton and wooden grave marker from the kit. I built one way back in the 70's, but mine was built just about straight from the box with just a few plug leads etc. and some red transparencies used on the tail lights. The kit was all hand painted in various shades of brown and gold apart from the roof that was sprayed in matt black. Roof ornaments were painted using Rose Gold's Powder Pignments (3 shades) mixed with clear enamel. Attached a pic of mine. It is a but fuzzy but conveys the idea. I was generally pleased with my build but it is not a patch on Tommy and Scott's builds.

I was totally unaware that there were any Renault Dauphine kits in 1/25th scale. Philip's builds are really cool! I like the colour scheme, wheels and the extra detailing of the plain interior. The only Dauphine I knew about up to now was a 1/32 scale kit from way back by Airfix. It was one of their bagged kits from what I can remenber.

Revell Germany have issued a brand new E Type Jaguar kit in 1/24 , another iconic car, much revered like the Mustang.. The US market appears to favour 1/25 whereas 1/24 seems more in favour elsewhere. Revell find themselves pulled in two directions because of their US and European setups. Personally I would like all their new kits in 1/24 as it would be more compatible with the rest of the world. However, I do appreciate that 1/25 has sort of become the norm in the States, and many of the cars that many was lyrical about on this site would have little interest outside the US. Naturally there are some exceptions!

Andrew, on the Napier Railton I tried a few things to get the desired aluminium finish by experimenting on odd bits of plastic card. Basically I started with a white automotive acrylic primer. When this had hardened off, after a gentle rub with very fine wet n dry paper and dusted off, I used a chrome finish aerosol that is normally sold as a craft item. When this had hardened off properly I used C1 polishing powder and buffed it gently until I got the desired effect. Metallic painted finishes by their nature are 'soft' even after drying so care was needed during handling. It is recommended after priming using gloss black under finishes like Alclad and AK metallics however. Sorry you missed my Bugatti build article in MCM. Perhaps they may be able to supply a back copy?

Hi Andrew I did an article about the Bugatti build that was in MCM back in 2013 (I think).. If you are a regular MCM reader you may have that copy. In answer to your other questions, I have not done any of these as builds on the forum, and yes, I do have all of the late Gerald Wingrove's books. Before he retired to Spain I visited his workshop in the UK and found him very generous with advice. I kept in touch with him occasionally right up to shortly before he sadly passed away. My models are built mainly in plastic. What I did was adapt many of Gerald's techniques to that medium. For example where he would be soldering metal I would be using liquid plastic adhesive. I use Plastruct liquid cement a lot as I tend to use plastics other than polystyrene like acrylic, ABS etc. Of course I use many other adhesives as well depending on what other materials I am working in. I get though a fair bit of Revell Contacta, Two Part Epoxy and Cyano Superglue as well depending.

Didn't Hubley do one of these in plastic way back in the sixties? I think someone else re released it a number of years ago. it was a full plastic kit as opposed to Hubleys Diecast and plastic hybrids.

De Luxe Materials in the UK make a rusting kit for models. They make and carry a huge range of model making adhesives, fillers and specialist modelling materials. check out their website.

Kurt The most exciting thing about F1 that happened in the UK this year was that their engineers took a break from making racing cars to reverse engineering and producing much needed ventilation machines for Corona Virus patients in hospitals. Their fast design turn around skills enabled them to react very rapidly to this situation and help save lives so credit where it is due. As a retired engineer I can appreciate what work was entailed in doing this, getting 3D computer aided designs prepared for each component and getting them translated into machine code for their CNC machines, sourcing electronic and other bought out components and then getting the machines built in record time!

I find F1 a bit of a procession most times, and appears more down to the engineering and reliability of any given car. The British Touring Car Championship is much more exciting to watch on TV. Your NASCAR racing is really hairy! A good view from all around the oval. Close racing without safety runout areas as in F1 if someone gets it wrong on a bend, just a concrete wall to hit all the way around!

Back in the Sixties over here in the UK there was a company named Burns who made really nice solid guitars. Most of the rock groups at the time started abandoning them for Fenders and Gibsons from the USA as they were perceived to be more trendy at the time. I played drums at the time, and stuck to my Premier set that I just loved, but the 2 guitarists in my group exchanged their Hofner Verithin and Framus Bass for a Gibson Les Paul and an Epiphone Bass. Oddly enough I was flicking TV channels one evening recently to see 50 to 60 years on a Burns Vibra Tone being played by a lead guitarist in a current pop group.

Really well finished models. The two tone maroon and cream really suits the convertible.

Hi Larry, will the relaunched magazine he distributed for over the counter sales in the UK? W.H.Smith is I think the UK equivalent to the Barnes and Noble stores in the US. Smith's have their own distribution set-up in the UK.

Andrew, scales are as follows, ....Bugatti Type 59 1/16th. Hispano Suiza. 1/12th. Napier Railton. 1/18th Thanks for the compliments Daniel and Ray.

Roman, your painting skills are excellent. Just out of curiosity, do you model figures as well as cars? The way you detail paint suggests that you have brought over some figure painting techniques and used them to advantage on this model. I am following this build with interest. This will be a really outstanding model when completed.

Interesting thread! The mention of Alclad Chrome over Rustoleum Gloss Black jogged my memory about Alclad. Unless I missed any other poster's mention of it in an earlier post on this thread, Alclad make grey and white primers that have to be air brushed. I have used them and found them to be an excellent product. As the company is devoted to a model makers product there should be no issues with it an any kit polystyrene plastic. Naturally it can be used on other materials like resin,, metal and wood, so it is really a good all round primer.

I have jut the one, a Fujimi Enthusiast series Ferrari Daytona Coupe from a model shop closing down sale many years ago. It looks a fantastic kit with plenty of well moulded parts. I also have some Robustelli photo etched windscreen wipers for it and some other detail photo etched logos etc. Another thing I came across was a set of self adhesive scale car badges that were actually made in relief and look very realistic. Keep looking in the box every now and again but getting no further as I have been doing some scratch builds over the last few years. Maybe one day I will get around to building it. I have a Fisher Bugatti Racing Aeroplane kit on the go at present. Very detailed resin kit.

Search functions no matter what website or forum you are on usually throw up a lot of dross to wade through. It is just the nature of the beast. I think that we will just have to say goodbye to Modelhaus for good as I cannot see anyone taking what would be a very big commitment on!

3 of mine, complete scratch builds. Bugatti Type 59 Hispano Suiza H6C Brooklands Napier Railton

I like Eddie's Mk1 Ford Classic Capri WIP model. .My brother's first car way back in the 60's was a Classic saloon. There was another guy that used to cruise around Reading UK, my home town, in a white Capri GT like the one Eddie is modelling.

Pat, the picture of Purdey's TR7 brought back a few memories. A mate of mine had a yellow one. Joanna, a national treasure. I have been watching the travelogue programmes she has been presenting on TV recently, that included some of the filming cock ups. What I like about her is although she has a very posh upper class English accent, she is very down to earth, and does not take herself too seriously whilst being very professional. Her role in Absolutely Fabulous as the over the top older retired model is a classic in self deprecation where she really takes the mickey out of herself and her previous profession as a model back in the 60's 70's era. She is one of the very few celebrities that I would actually like to meet.

I have a feeling that a TR7 may have been done by Revell as Purdey's TR7 from the Avengers TV series. Joanna Lumley was playing the part of Purdey I believe. Not sure about the Airfix one being an own tool, or it they used someone else's under licence at the time. Airfix have issued a number of different car kits under licence down the years in 1/25 and 1/24 scales.

As Atlantis have acquired the Renwall moulds, I wonder if the Virgil Exner 1960,s design versions of the Packard, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Mercer Cobra, and the rest of that small series of moulds still exist? It would be nice to see these reissued it Atlantis have them. As far as I can remember they were only issued once.

I would guess that this was done to streamline this website a bit as larger scale models do not tend to feature a lot compared to the majority interest in the usual 1/25 and 1/24 majority scales on here. The Scalemotorcars website appears to be much more orientated to the larger scale builder however.