Bugatti 100P in 1/24 por favor?

[aurfalien]

Hello,

I've a friend (ex Navy lifer; go Navy!) who loves air craft and has his own small plane?

At any rate I'd love to build him a Bugatti 100P in 1/24 however the only kit I've found was Fisher Models which is no longer around due to the rather catastrophic wild fires last fall.  Heck, I've PTSD over them as well and never thought I'd be so fragile over it.

At any rate, does any one know of a Bugatti 100P in 1/24?

[Pete J.]

A quick google of "Bugatti 100P model kit" showed up a Sharkit in 1:72 scale and a Planet Model kit in 1:48 scale, which seem to be available.  There are also a number of diecasts out there.  I know they are not 1:24 scale but they are what is available.  Your really need the larger scale with this model and the real deal aircraft is tiny.  The 1:72 scale version would have a wing span of about four and a half inches.  By contrast the 1:48 scale would be about six inches and the Fisher Pattern is about twelve inches. 

I can't vouch for the quality of these kits, as I have not seen them.  I can vouch for the Fisher model.  Great kit. Lots of great engine and gearbox detail.  Also a pretty good cockpit. 

  I have been working on it for a while and it is really nice, but finding one will be chore.  I did see a call out not long ago. Paul Fischer was apparently looking for pristine copies of some of his kits to recreate the molds as I recall.  Not sure if or when he will be back in business.  The Camp Fire really did a lot of people in!  Terrible disaster.  I hope he can get back in business.  You never really know what you have until it is gone!

[aurfalien]

On 3/28/2019 at 10:57 AM, Pete J. said:

I did see a call out not long ago. Paul Fischer was apparently looking for pristine copies of some of his kits to recreate the molds as I recall.  Not sure if or when he will be back in business.  The Camp Fire really did a lot of people in!  Terrible disaster.  I hope he can get back in business.  You never really know what you have until it is gone!

Hi Pete and thank you.

I did manage to save one of his kits, a 1/24 Ferrari White Elephant.

Would you happen to know of this post of his asking for kits to make molds from?

I'd love to help him as much as I can.

Edited March 31, 2019 by aurfalien

[Pete J.]

8 hours ago, aurfalien said:

Hi Pete and thank you.

I did manage to save one of his kits, a 1/24 Ferrari White Elephant.

Would you happen to know of this post of his asking for kits to make molds from?

I'd love to help him as much as I can.

I got it second hand on Facebook when they were running the "Go Fund Me" campaign.  I would suggest that you go to his web site and use the contact page.  I really don't have anything to give him to help out.  I have chopped up too many parts on my 100P to use them as patterns for machining parts. 

[aurfalien]

On 4/1/2019 at 12:47 AM, Pete J. said:

I would suggest that you go to his web site and use the contact page.

Thanks Pete.

I just sent Fisher Models a message and hope to help him as much as I can.

Edited April 2, 2019 by aurfalien

[Bugatti Fan]

There was another resin kit of the P100. It was a limited run resin kit done by Les Coolper in the UK. The sca!e was 1/43rd to be comparable with car models in that popular kit and collector scale. I think it was issued in the 80's. Going further back to the 70's I reviewed   a 1/72nd scale injection moulded limited run out by Matt Hargreaves in 1/72nd scale for Scale Models magazine in the UK.