Bugatti Royale Esders Roadster #41111 1931 in 1:75 scale

[caapa]

It was the first sold Bugatti Royale. The roadster was designed by Jean Bugatti for Armand Esders a textile industrialist. As requested the car was built without headlights because Mr Esders never drived after sunset. But he got the headlights in a little mahagony case onto all possiblities. Later was the car sold and rebodied by coachbuilder Binder. Today existing a replica of the Esders Roadster, half way built from original Bugatti parts.

A modelmaker friend of mine saw the growing fleet of Royales on the model exhibitions year by year and at least said good, good but open the doors! ( you have to know he was the one who infected me with the idea to open doors on 1:24 models) So I done my best with the doors altough they are not functioning. (there was an other modeler a profi on the exhibition who built a mail van in wild-west stile with functioning doors in 1:87 scale ! What a pity I couldn`t solve his secret since then.)

[cobraman]

Very nice !