Funkychiken Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 I bagged this off eBay a while ago, and whilst its a detailed kit, it has its flaws - especially with the sink marks & injector pin marks. I'm pretty sure I've seen this very car - if not one very similar in Henry Ford's Museum in Michigan. I remeber it being a beast. so its a nother build to hone the skills, looking forward to getting a good shine in 2K clear - even if that's either considered out of scale, or not appropriate for this age of car.
Funkychiken Posted July 20, 2023 Author Posted July 20, 2023 Its a big kit for 1:24, but probably about right considering how big the original is, here is the body shell pitched against a chassis for a 1:25 Ferrari 250 GTO 1
atomicholiday Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 I'm pretty sure you're right about this being the car at the Ford museum. I've seen it there a couple of times. It's my favorite museum. I'm interested to see how the build goes for you. Following along for the ride! 1
Funkychiken Posted July 20, 2023 Author Posted July 20, 2023 I've also added magnets to the engine cover, i've had too many hoods/bonnets fall off cracking the paint to not do it...
Chuckyg1 Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 I've never heard of this kit. This will be cool for sure. Can't wait to see how it goes. 1
ea0863 Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 Cool stuff. I'll be interested to see how you stuff the 250GTO interior into the Royale! 1
Funkychiken Posted July 21, 2023 Author Posted July 21, 2023 9 hours ago, ea0863 said: Cool stuff. I'll be interested to see how you stuff the 250GTO interior into the Royale! Lol!
Bugatti Fan Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Emre, I don't think that Atin intends to cross kit any Ferrari bits into the Royale. It was shown as a compsrison to show the gargantuan size of the Bugatti. Yes it definitely is the car in the Henry Ford Museum. The Lindberg kit (it has also been issued by Revell I believe somewhere down the line) has been around since the 60's/70's. The car was originally black with a yellow body trim and edges to the wings. It was originally bought by a Dr. Fuchs and had coach work made and fitted by Weinberger of Munich. Dr. Fuchs left Nazi Germany and the car found it's way to the USA via Shanghai. It eventually ended up in New York and was left almost derelict in a dealer's yard after the engine block froze and cracked. It was almost on the point of being scrapped when Charles Chayne a motor industrialist found and saved the car. He had it restored to how it appears today at the Ford Museum. Besides changing the body colour and interior trim, he guilded the Lily a bit with non original wheel trims, and other additional exterior accessories. The Lindberg kit as mentioned depicts the car as it is today. Those wishing to return it to original will need to rob an Italeri Royale of its wheels. Looking the Gerald Wingrove plans, the kit appears to have a rear inboard quarter elliptic spring that was fitted directly under the chassis member missing on each side. Edited July 29, 2023 by Bugatti Fan 1 1
Funkychiken Posted July 23, 2023 Author Posted July 23, 2023 I've stipped all the chrome from the kit, and there was a lot of it! lots of awkward sink marks like these to deal with
Funkychiken Posted July 23, 2023 Author Posted July 23, 2023 Chassis was assembled using the body as a jig, its not got great attachment points for the cross members, so I did this pre-painting to ensure I stood half a chance of a strait and square chassis
Funkychiken Posted July 23, 2023 Author Posted July 23, 2023 Wheels were stripped of chrome, I used Zero 1k clear over Zero black & the silver trim is actually Alclad II chome - just too many layers of it. I wanted a more silvery look as there is so much chome on the car it would all look the same...
Paul Payne Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 This is a great kit and builds up well. Keep going! 2
Funkychiken Posted July 26, 2023 Author Posted July 26, 2023 I used the body again as a jig to pre-assemble the 2 bits for each of the Left & Right sides of the engine cover. I had wanted to put a piano hinge on it, but that would have been too much hassle and beyond my skill set, so thats why I added the magnets. the fitmets points are not great, without doing this, it would be wonky
Funkychiken Posted July 26, 2023 Author Posted July 26, 2023 The coach had a split in the rear left hand corner, so I glued in the interior door card to hold it together, and then went through a few rounds of filler and sanding. then the body parts were primered in Zero grey & base-coated with Zero interior cream. I'm not looking for authenticity, it's just a paint I had lying around, and it looks good!
Alex Flint Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 I've built one of those. Here's mine. I used the Monster Garage Zimmer Log Splitter as my reference for it. And, yes, this is a scale model. It's not a 1:1 scale car. 3
Dann Tier Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 This is gonna be brilliant!, it looks like its got some good molded in details too. 1
Funkychiken Posted July 27, 2023 Author Posted July 27, 2023 17 hours ago, Alex Flint said: I've built one of those. Here's mine. I used the Monster Garage Zimmer Log Splitter as my reference for it. And, yes, this is a scale model. It's not a 1:1 scale car. That's a stunner!
Funkychiken Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 I was on a roll a few weeks ago I clear coated my Mustang with Zero 2K, it came out fairly good. With that one I used 50% Mr Levelling thinner for the thinner part. For this one, I thought I'd try and use 100% thinner for the thinner part of the mix. It turned out great. the smoothest finish I've had so far. Biggest problem was dust - and this may have something to do with the retarder in the thinner. It's going to take a lot to sand out the bits of dust, so I'm going to focus next on the chassis and engine. 1
Pierre Rivard Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Wow, that paint looks like it's still wet! It is a big car. I once saw a 1/18 Royale die cast and it looked like it was a 1/12. Huge! 1
Chuckyg1 Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 Coming along nicely. That clear coat came out great. 1
Funkychiken Posted July 30, 2023 Author Posted July 30, 2023 Nearly everything is painted now, only really started to build little bits - like the dash. This week i'll focus on the engine and chassis, then probably have to go to sanding and polishing the coachwork. As said before, everything that was chromed was stripped using Dot3, then the black stuff was finished with Tamiya Semi-gloss. the chrome is with Tamiya semi gloss as a base, then Zero 1K Clear & alclad II chrome light misting. I have noticed that the Alclad II does not grab very well onto Zero 2K clear, so some bits have to be re-done. Other metalic colours are Alclad II Aluminium and Tamiya Titanium, a bit of white in there too...
stavanzer Posted July 30, 2023 Posted July 30, 2023 Looking Great, Atin! You have a gift for detailing. 1
Bugatti Fan Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Atin. Now that the chrome has been removed from the engine block will you be removing the moulded on plug leads and replacing with wire? The plated parts that have been stripped and redone with Alclad look much better. I have this kit and the chrome is very heavy looking on it. Alex. Some would say that what you did with this kit was sacrilege! But building kits should be fun first and foremost, and your 'off the wall' build with those wheels make it look a real mean machine! Edited July 31, 2023 by Bugatti Fan
Andy Oldenburg Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Great job on this build!? Love how you got those "chrome" parts look like real. The paint is outstanding! Super finish. 1
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