Italari 1/12 Bugatti type 35b

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Hi all been away for a while but I'm back now, probably won't be as prolific as before but getting back in the saddle.

I'm starting with this one.

I know it's the hard way round but I've decided to do it as a barn find first then do it as a full restoration.

So far I've used these two items for the start of the weathering 

This is only a start I've also added some of the body colour to the chassis.

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Bit more done to the engine of this.

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More work on this, I have to say it's no where near as good as the mefistofeles kit detail and fit wise I would actually go as far as to say it's the worst italari kit I've built in a while, the detail is very soft (there is a lot of it but it's not very crisp) if I had the patience (and the time) I would cut all the nuts and bolts heads off and replace them.

That said its certainly not a bad kit but since I was looking forward to it being a new mold kit I'm a bit disappointed with it.

[kpnuts]

Hi all more done to this, did the exhaust with a combination of pastels and paint, quite pleased with how it's coming along, doing the corrosion on the water pipe with a combo of talc and pastels ground up (need to get more texture on it yet, may use a bit of salt)

[NOBLNG]

I think it looks great so far.? I have never built anything bigger than 1/24th scale and I like to add some details. The temptation to go crazy with details on larger scale models must be hard to resist.?

[kpnuts]

It is (and of course skills tend to dull that ship)

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So I'm getting less and less impressed with this kit, the instructions would have you in stages 1 and 2 glue parts 32c and 33c in then in stage 8 would have you attach the silver wire with the vinyl tube the chain is very fragile and the tube is a very tight fit, thus its an impossible task (at least without risking breaking the chain, also you have to add the silver wire to a slot in the back of parts 32c and33c which is on the inside and so can't be seen. I had to carefully remove the parts to attatch the wires then glue the parts back in with the wires already attached. They would have been better saying to attach the wires at stage 1 before you glue the parts in place, doing that would not interfere with any assy after that and would make life so much easier.

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Started dirtying up the chassis, got so many ideas about staging this wreck, I really want to show the chassis and engine separate from the bodywork, thinking in a barn with body parts piled up somewhere, so many ideas.

[LaughingIndian]

This is great! I can’t wait to see more!

[kpnuts]

Hi all bit more rusting.

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More done to this poor old jalopy.

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More dirtying and rusting of the body.