1937 Bugatti 57G

[TC]

1/24 Soft Line kit

[absmiami]

Nice 

[Dave B]

And different, should be interesting.

Dave B 

[Bugatti Fan]

Nice model.

A friend of mine has also built one of these and it looks a really nice kit.

[stavanzer]

Never seen one of these. The Kit looks very detailed.

[Smilesperhour]

Very nice topic

[Big Messer]

What is the purpose of the large hinged lid between the cockpit and the hood?

[Big John]

I would venture to guess that it is for Accessing the magneto since it appears to be hidden behind a firewall. (true this is a highly detailed model but I expect is accurate)

Edited September 7 by Big John

[TC]

Painted with Vallejo acrylics.  Model air French blue over mecha color sky blue.

paints mixed in airbrush cup with with a bush using several drops of airbrush flow improver, a little Vallejo thinner and a drop of retarder medium 

.5mm needle at 25 psi

Will remove flexible tamiya masking tape tomorrow and see if any French blue bleed under it

[TC]

Clean parting line

tamiya flexible tape worked great

[TC]

More progress

[TarheelRick]

Beautiful paint job on a rather unique racer.

[Kanada Kustoms]

Cool subject... Looks like a nice kit and you're building and painting it well!

Edited Sunday at 11:32 PM by Kanada Kustoms

[TC]

A little more added

[Big Messer]

What is this?

[TC]

[1959scudetto]

Looks fantastic !

[Bugatti Fan]

Very nicely built and finished classic Bugatti.

Lovely radially spoked wheels as found also on a T59 really compliment this model. Do they have to be built up ?

 

[Mark W]

Very cool subject, the paint turned out fantastic.

[TC]

On 11/5/2025 at 4:41 AM, Bugatti Fan said:

Very nicely built and finished classic Bugatti.

Lovely radially spoked wheels as found also on a T59 really compliment this model. Do they have to be built up ?

 

Yes. They are nice thin photo etch wheels that you build up

[Bugatti Fan]

Thanks for coming back on the wheels Tom.

I have a very old white metal Wills (South Eastern Finecast) Bugatti Type 59 that those wheels would be perfect for so will contact LMM to find out if they sell them as a separate item set.

I had another look at your T57 pictures and have to say what a superb paint job you did on it. The kit really looks nice and I am sorely tempted to buy one looking at your result. As I mentioned before that a friend of mine has also built one and speaks very highly of the kit.

[absmiami]

Got the book on this beast - i’ll answer your question - in the meantime - what was your method of paint finish and did you manage without clear coat ? ??