Lindberg 1/24th Scale....Bugatti Royale Victoria 1931...

[louis Carabott]

Was a challenge but really enjoyed building this one ....Painted Lamborghini yellow ....then lacquered with Gravity colors....Engine detailed...and various details inside the cabin ....Hope you like it

Best Regards .....Louis from Malta  

[PappyD340]

Beautifully done!!

[Jim B]

Great looking Bugatti.  You're going to need a pair of binoculars to see over that hood! ?

[XYHARRY]

A beautiful model of an incredible marquee. Bugatti was an exceptional inevator and artisan as can be seen in the body lines and engineering so skilfully recreated in your build. Well done Louis.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Gluebomber]

Really nice work, Louis.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Beautifully done Louis!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[espo]

Beautiful paint color and finish, the interior contrast looks great. The engine is a model itself.

[Bugatti Fan]

Nice model from quite an elderly kit, and very well presented too.

This Lindberg kit was also released by Revell some time ago it anyone is looking for this kit.

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

That looks great.  I've never seen one other than the one I did.  I didn't like the yellow, so I just did my own build of how I'd have gotten it.  The period build looks great.

[Kenmojr]

Beautifully done.

[karbuildr]

Louis, that's a beautiful build of a classic automobile. Outstanding details, and I really like your display base. Very well done.

[Richard Bartrop]

Nicely done!

[Yeah Nah]

Exceptional work on this Louis. Your 'metalizing' technique is second to none.

[H.A.K]

Very nice.

[bbowser]

Very impressive finishing on the engine and radiator, well done.

[Bugatti Fan]

The car the kit depicts I think is in either the Henry Ford Museum of the Cord, Auburn, Duesenberg museum. But the current Cream colour with Dark Green lining was not the car's original colour scheme.

The car was originally Black with the lining done in Yellow when the body was fitted by the Weinberger Coachwork company in Munich. If anyone is contemplating making a model of the car as originally supplied the wheels will need to be changed by using a set from one of the Itsaleri kits plus other minor modifications.

 

[ea0863]

Just exquisite Louis, especially that engine! Thank you for sharing

[happy grumpy]

A real masterpiece and what a tribute for such an iconic car.

[slusher]

Outstanding build!

[louis Carabott]

On 9/18/2023 at 11:18 AM, Bugatti Fan said:

The car the kit depicts I think is in either the Henry Ford Museum of the Cord, Auburn, Duesenberg museum. But the current Cream colour with Dark Green lining was not the car's original colour scheme.

The car was originally Black with the lining done in Yellow when the body was fitted by the Weinberger Coachwork company in Munich. If anyone is contemplating making a model of the car as originally supplied the wheels will need to be changed by using a set from one of the Itsaleri kits plus other minor modifications.

 

This particular vehicle was sold to  a German Obstetrician  Dr Fuchs in 1932 who, because of  prewar tensions emigrated to New York in 1937 and he took the car with him .This is the third car out of seven built chassis no no41121 and was painted at his own request yellow and black ...It was later found in a scrap yard in 1946 and was restored in 1947 . In 1957 it was donated to the Henry Ford Museum not in its original colours but in oyster white with modifications to the engine .  

Edited September 19, 2023 by louis Carabott

[Bugatti Fan]

Dr Fuchs got the car to the USA via Shanghai I believe.

The full story about this car can be found in one of the late Gerald Wingrove's books, The Art of the Automobile in Miniature. It is a lovely compendium book describing many of his classic car models. Another one of his books The Complete Car Modeller 2 described more of his modelling techniques using the Weinberger bodied Bugatti 41 as the feature build for the book depicting the car as supplied to Dr. Fuchs. It is a fine follow on book to his Complete Car Modeller 1 book.

Edited September 20, 2023 by Bugatti Fan

[ATHU]

Fantastic build!!