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 November 2 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 ? ??

[absmiami]

the author admitted he wasnt sure - but he thinks the team cars used these lights to signal to the pits …

[TC]

On 11/7/2025 at 8:28 AM, absmiami said:

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 ? ??

Hi, the paint was as follows:

primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000 from spray can.

model was then airbrushed with Vallejo mecha color sky blue.

masked with tamiya flexible white tape for outlining dark blue and then tamiya yellow tape to cover rest

Airbrushed Vallejo model air French blue for dark blue.  Let dry overnight and removed masking

let sit for a week and then cleared with starting with several light layers with Mr surface clear uv cut gloss from a spray can.  Finished with wet coat

revell chrom for headlight chrome from spray can.  Let dry for several weeks before touched

aluminum parts are spaz stick chrome spray paint but not over black.  Gives a nice aluminum look…

[Big Messer]

22 hours ago, absmiami said:

the author admitted he wasn't sure - but he thinks the team cars used these lights to signal to the pits …

That makes sense.