Bugatti "35" Targa Florio
1January 25, 2023Glorious Box
2January 25, 2023Superb Presentation
3January 25, 2023Instructions............would it be rude to start with "Ordinary"? Just exploded assembly, really..
4January 25, 2023But it does LOOK GOOD, right?!?!?!?
5February 14, 2023Stage 1 almost completed - trial assembly......
Many hours of filing, scraping, drilling, Tapping, etc went on before I was game enouigh to assemble this much.
6February 14, 2023Radiator housing is OK on this side
7February 14, 2023But there are rough sections on the fore and aft of this side - Consulted with Harry Edmond on how to deal with this.... more elbow grease!
8February 14, 2023Another view of test fit
I noticed after I test fitted the steering wheel, that the column was pointing toward the centre of the car, which is wrong. These things had a driver & a navigator.. - see 5 photos on for the correction
9February 14, 2023This is the gearbox, after I scraped the side into a flat shape - was very rounded with a large seamline
10February 14, 2023Same on this side - Also the "slots" on the bottom of the gearbox that are supposed to line up with the mounting points on the gearbox mounts....THEY DON'T - have to figure out a solution to this - this could be where a 3D printer might be useful - but I only have a 2D one!!...LOL
11February 14, 2023The beginnings of the rear suspension - rather cleverly clamped in place by the floor
12February 14, 2023The tools I used on this rather shitty gearbox casting - not finished yet
13February 18, 2023There was too much detail on the steering box, like 2 bolt heads under the linkage intake, which was mis-aligning the steering box, as described earlier. So, out with the file.........several times.... until it seemed better
14February 18, 2023The final fit of the steering box on the chassis rail, now the steering column presents to the drivers side of the car. It was at least 1cm to the centre, which would have made it impossible to pass it through the dash.
15February 18, 2023Addressing the troublesome finish on my radiator....
After much filing, I think what I had what a pretty s&^%%y chrome finish - anyway, it's all file away now - still needs a little grinding, maybe with some Dremel grinding paste, but I like this finish more than the poxy chrome - it was too shiny
16February 18, 2023Closer to what I want.... - will have to get back to that gearbox fitment.......tomorrow?!?!?
17March 2, 2023Bit of a delay, sorry - had to do some REAL work for SWMBO
Finally got around to using some cutting compound on the radiator
18March 2, 2023and the other side too - used a fibre pad on the Dremel...
19March 2, 2023Looking at the Sump/Mount of the engine - there's some nasty sink marks there......and they'd be in a very awkward place to fill, etc...
20March 2, 2023Out with the Dremel, and a fine grinding stone...
Not perfect, but a big improvement.......lets see what other
21March 2, 2023Did some similar grinding on the edges of the floor.....1
22March 2, 2023floor 2
23March 2, 2023floor 3 - might need to finer polishing to complete the work
24March 2, 2023I received this book on the marque this week - fantastic reference, and the last 20 or so pages are dedicated to models of this car!!
* Amalgam Collection in 1/8
* Art Auto Collection in 1/8
* Monogram USA in 1/24
* Revival Italy in 1/20 (This One!!)
and some more too..
25March 5, 2023Chassis back together after painting radiator, to check that steering column alighment was OK
26March 5, 2023Yep, I think that'll do - also put the can on the radiator, after doing a bit of cleanup on that
27March 5, 2023Lower front view (upside down) of the gearbox......
What can I say.... You could be forgiven for thinking this was a different part, from a different kit, in a different scale!!! It's that bad!
Top Arrow is where I chiselled across some of the leading edge of the cast so that it sits against the chassis cross-piece.
lower arrows show where I widened the slots which are supposed to match the chassis .
28March 5, 2023Lower rear view (updside down) of the gearbox....
Top Arrow is where I chiselled across some of the leading edge of the cast so that it sits against the chassis cross-piece.
lower arrows show where I widened the slots which are supposed to match the chassis . (This is a deliberate copy & paste from the previous step!)
29March 5, 2023Out with some thick superglue & clamps.
very delicate placement to get it in the right (?!?!) place.
The circles showing where the widened slots match (ha ha ha !!) with the chassis cross piece.
30March 5, 2023The circles showing where the widened slots match (ha ha ha !!) with the chassis cross piece.
31March 5, 2023The circles showing where the widened slots match (ha ha ha !!) with the chassis cross piece.
Clamping it and leaving it awhile!!
32March 5, 2023Top view with gearbox in place - happy withthe placement
33March 5, 2023and from below - and that completes Step #1
34March 5, 2023Parts for Step #2 - lots more clean-up required
35March 5, 2023Front suspension beam - bad flash & pin marks
attacked it with a couple of files, and a seam line removing tool
36March 5, 2023All cleaned up - looks pretty good
37March 5, 2023Front suspension leaf springs - again pretty bad seamlines
38March 5, 2023Same tools, plus a 1mm chisel to detail leaf ends.
Will highlight the leaves with some black panel line wash.
39March 18, 2023Lower Front suspension beam in place with 2 screws -I had previously attached each of the leaf springs with SuperGlue (front & rear), however, the installation of this lower beam makes it all very rigid!!
Just when you start to feel good about this kit......
40March 18, 2023The instructions suggest that the rear pin on the damper is HIGH on the damper, however, no matter how much you think you can trim the damper, it doesn't sit between the chassis rail & the leaf spring........ Refer to some pictures of the real car - Aha!! - the damper sits HIGH on the chassis rail. So, the dampers in the kit are wrongly made.
41March 18, 2023Decided to cut the mounting "piece" off the damper bracket, and after the mounting error dawned on me, I was able to install each of the "pieces" I had removed, onto the opposite damper.
42March 18, 2023This meant that the previously HIGH position of the rear damper pins, became LOW positions. Love that SuperGlue!!
43March 18, 2023So the damper now sits HIGH on the chassis rail........ which means that...... all the above angst and surgery..........was necessary!!
(could have done without the angst & erroneous instructions!!)
44March 18, 2023Onto the rear suspension....
Note the different aspect of the side-mounted diff brace!?!?! Hmmm??
The instructions show it with the end bracket pointing down - This would need the brace to somehow pass through the cockpit floor!!
45March 18, 2023I went ahead and tapped a thread into the diff (had to drill an extra ~4mm into the diff.) and mounted the brace, which HAS to point UP because of the brace's alignment with the diff shape (previous pic). - A test fit shows how the brace fits in the side of the drive-shaft tunnel and then points UP to the back of the gearbox - but there's no hole (or instruction) to allow it to be attached - I think I'll drill a wee hole & attach it!!. (WHEW)
46March 18, 2023So, here's the complete test fit of the rear axle/suspension.
It's a couple of mm too wide to really tie together properley, so some adjustment will be required.
By the way, I've polished up all the whitemetal parts with a mini wire brush on the Dremel, so that's how I'll be leaving them.
Workshop Clean condition!!! I'm happy about this kit, again!!
47March 24, 2023While working on the adjacent rear suspension, the superglue holding the gearbox in place let go!!!
Sought advice & research about gluing Whitemetal to whitemetal.
Found and used this Selleys Araldyte Clear.
48March 24, 2023Seems to be holding OK, and you'd be hard pressed to see it.
49March 24, 2023I applied it quite liberally to make up for the shitty fite between bearers & gearbox slots!!
.....back to the rear drivetrain!!
50March 24, 2023Drivetrain bushes & spaces painted Titanium (SMS Advance) - The paint adhered really well to the odd-ball plastic, after rejecting the inital attempt with Tamiya Acrylic.. This view from above doesn't do any justice to the juggling required to get all 6 mounting points in place at once.
51March 24, 2023Lower view. Still have to install the rear chassis joiner, which then holds the rear of the 1/2 leaf springs. This will squeeze together the chassis rails, however, the bolt supplied is wrong. needs to be 1.3mm by 9mm plus nut width - Off to Ringwood "Float A Boat" on Tuesday.
52March 24, 2023The gearbox is supposed to have a pin on the LHS where you can "hook" on the Diff Brace - not on my gearbox, and the screwmount I made was in the wrong place, distorting the bracket........I figure you're gonna hafta look REAL hard to find this.......so it'll do!!
53March 27, 2023Step 3 - jumping ahead - here are the parts needed, plus some screws
54March 27, 2023casting is rough - serious seamlines and flash at the rear
55March 27, 2023and the front's no better
56March 27, 2023Here's the front de-seamed & polished with wire brush on Dremel - Too Shiny???
57March 27, 2023Step 3 parts cleaned up - must have spent a couple of hours doing this....
also cleaned up plastic steering wheel, handbrake & gear lever, flash & seamlines
58March 28, 2023Don't you just hate it when the instructions don't match the parts - here they cleartly show the driveshaft mounting on the pin on the engine block, which could then be slid in with the rear end of the driveshaft going on the gearbox................wrong
59March 28, 2023Here you can see the pin on the back of the sump, already installed in the car, as is the gearbox.
60March 28, 2023short of cutting off BOTH the pins, there's no way to squeeze in the driveshaft.....
61March 28, 2023Solution - dismantle everything you did in the last 2 steps...make that almost 3 steps!!
62March 28, 2023Attache the driveshaft to the gearbox, which is now securely glued to both the support beams....
63March 28, 2023and re-install everything - deja vue anyone?!?!?!?
64April 8, 2023With all of the "imprecision" of the gearbox mount, the alignment of the gearbox 'tube' was a few mm out - so I had to chiselaway some of the mounting arm, and then gently bend the mount further toward the rear - I then discarded the crazy tubes supplied in the kit, replacing them with a single brass tube. enlarged the hole for the handbrake & glued the gearstick on the end - needs some paint but looks OK!! A step FORWARD!!
65April 8, 2023Thanks to "Float A Boat" in Ringwood, I procured some M1 bolts, nuts & washers, and was able to secure the rear chassis braces.
66April 8, 2023Started applying some SMS "Advance" Copper to parts on the engine block, according to some internet photos of the real beast, using a micro-brush! LHS here
67April 8, 2023RHS too! Will start adding parts & extra tubing to the motor soon, and more painting...
68April 9, 2023Exhaust Manifold cleanup - before left, after right - I must add that the one on the right had much more flash to start with.
69April 9, 2023More engine parts - Oil filter & water pump cleaned & paint - Carbies to do!
70April 9, 2023Both Manifolds clean and test fitted to block
71April 9, 2023Oil fiter mounted to block - I wasn't happy with the possible gluing of this part...
72April 9, 2023so out with the drill bits & a wee screw!!
(I broke 3 drill bits whgilst doing this!!)
73April 9, 2023Decided to improve the method of mounting the water hose on the pump. Will have to use 2-part Araldyte to glue these whitemetal pieces in place.
74April 23, 2023An expression comes to mind - "trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" - no disrepect to the sow!
The instructions show this as straight-forward, but the dash & firewall are NOT connected - time to fix that before installing them into the body.
75April 23, 2023The exact measurement between the dash & the firewall - I actually locked the vernier in this position to maintain that measure.
76April 23, 2023I used 1/16th 2-sided tape to temporarily glue the dash in place - the dash mounts to 3 side in the body, so it's a good place to start.
On the reverse, I'll use the same 2-sided to temporarily hold the firewall in place.
77April 23, 2023There's one insertion "lug" on the back of the dash for fuel pressure pump handle, so I drilled it out a tad & inserted a brass pipe. This is my first joiner between dash & firewall.
78April 23, 2023Similarly, after the useless muck-metal ignition-carrying-tube broke, I've drilled that mount out & installed a brass tube
79April 23, 2023and on the inside, I'll use a sleeve to get a decent gluable area, to attach dash to firewall
80April 23, 2023Trimmed & drilled ignition-carrying-tube test fitting beside the engine block. I've drilled out the 7 spark plug lead holes & will have to manufacture something at the open end to carry the 8th spark plug lead. and some sort of bracket to attach it to the block........well..... this is only 1/20 scale.....
81April 26, 2023My previous attempts at providing a sturdy enough joint between dash & firewall weren't working so I cut & filed 2 additional brass pipe joiners.
Spent way too much time configuring a suitable clamp to hold all this together, and then allow me to remove it from the body.......way too much.....here's the final soltution!!
82April 26, 2023I applied some araldyte whilst this was IN the car & let that set overnight, then carefully pulled it out the next evening. It HELD!!
83April 26, 2023You can see the crazy clamp that I had to build & aint it crazy that you have to go this extreme to make it work.
More Araldyte applied whilst out in the open - left it another day......
84April 26, 2023Removed the clamp!! Voila!!
Now I can work on the details whilst it's outside of the car, like installing instrument dials, magneto, etc etc.......
85April 27, 2023Trying to replicate the Fuel Pressure Pump Handle from a photo in Haynes book on the Bugatti 35
86April 27, 2023"Magneto & Titanium Man....."
ok, just the magneto - unfortunately the tweezers hogged the focus, sorry!
87April 27, 2023Trying to trim the 1.8mm radiator tubing (aftermarket) into the 1.4mm holes got the better of me - so I carefully drilled out the holes to 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, & then 1.8mm - Solved! - also had to re-open the 3 holes in the radiator - there's that backward step!!
88April 29, 2023This section of the build troubles me in that there's no cover for the driveshaft between engine & gearbox!! - Would you drive like that???
89April 29, 2023Photos from the Haynes book show a cover in various guises, like this...
90April 29, 2023So, even more scratchbuilding, I used some 1/2" PVC Tubing and carved out the cover. The fun part will be clamping & gluing this in place.....
91April 29, 2023Used a Molotow pen to apply the first coat - voila, an aluminium cover!!
92April 29, 2023turned my attention to the Magneto - glued it into the dash, and passed the lead through the slot - all superglued from the rear.
93April 29, 2023as an alternative to using the rubber radiator hose, I tried bending some 2mm PVC rod. Lots of "finger-heating" and holding in position to get it to maintain shape......hmmmm , we'll see? not sure about this idea??
94April 30, 2023That's enough stress for one night!!!
Fragile decals which HAVE to be trimmed to 4.3mm & 3.1mm diameters to fit inside the frames! Tried to re-glue one sliver of the oil gauge decal - just a dab of Mr Setter - ??? where is it? - the sliver stayed with the brush.....now somewhere in the Mr Setter bottle - WTF!?!?!?!
95April 30, 2023Firewall & wiring tube & radiator hose test fit - RHS
96April 30, 2023Dash & driveshaft cover test fit
97April 30, 2023Dash & driveshaft cover test fit
98April 30, 2023All 3 radiator hoses test fit - using 1.8mm diameter rubber core (doesn't kink!)
99May 3, 2023How to do & attache the spark plug leads?
I found this "Spring Unit" that I bought years ago as 'a-round-tu-it' - Well, finally getting around to use it!
0.5mm coated wire & springs cut to 2mm lengths.
The spring is readily available from T2M (Tuner Model Manufactory - T2M-2015C)
100May 3, 2023Spring pieces superglued to spark plugs to form "caps"
101May 3, 2023Springs bent to open up a gap, then wire inserted into that gap - Voila!!
102May 3, 20238 spark plugs done - I think I will follow up with a touch os superglue to ensure none fall off..
also re-installed top top of engine oil pipe, putting in the appropriate "kink" so it can run along the edge of engine.
103May 11, 2023Here's a slightly different version of this kit to the one I'm working on - Zac Christofas came upon this version as part of a "lot" he purchased, but later found that the kit was largely incomplete. Whoever had started it had used all the chassis & suspension components.....but not kept them with the box. Seeing as what's left was basically useless - Zac then gave it to me!!! Thank you, Zac!!
Some of these bits will get used in a future diorama, but not in time for Expo 2023!!
104May 11, 2023Back to real life, after my good fortune, and time to mix up the Araldyte - here gluing in the assembled Dash/Firewall, and the Seat back.
We'll just sit that aside for a day.....
105May 11, 2023Next target with the Araldyte was the scratch-built drive-shaft cover - Voila
106May 11, 2023In the meantime I attacked the joined fuel tank from the 2nd kit, with some grinding & polishing.
Just the fuel tank has an air of Bugatti flair about it.
107May 11, 2023I'll used this in a later diorama - but it's a piece of Art - don't ya think.......meanwhile the glue is setting....
108May 14, 2023Caught up in the fuel fumes...... !;^)}........ I glued up the original fuel tank and polished that too.
Just to see which would be best to display in a future diorama - Looks to me like the new one (on the right) came up the best.
109May 15, 2023Time for a Body Sandwich, meaning that nearly all of that chassis get hidden - especially the Fuel tank - it just adds weight to quite a heavy little car. No motor yet.
110May 15, 2023Body Sandwich right hand side, with a lovely view of the dash & steering wheel.
111May 15, 2023Awaiting an engine - I found it easier to sandwich top and bottom without the engine, carbies & wires getting in the way. Had to drill and tap the rear mount hole & then find a suitable tiny bolt - and even more fiddling for the front - there's a wee bolt that holds a bracket to the underside of the front fairing, then the fairing clamps the top & bottom bodies around the chassis - very crude - but above my engineering grade to better it....
112May 16, 2023Steering wheel position adjusted - took about 5mm OFF the column length
113May 16, 2023Engine block installed & joined the camshaft drive to the magneto - Now I need to create a belt to drive the tachometer - the silver pulley at the top-left corner of this shot - I'm not really mad......am I...??
114May 16, 2023All 8 spark plugs connected to the wiring system - Note that the No.1 Cylinder Spark Plug lead comes from the end of the "wiring bearer". Honest, it does!!
115May 18, 2023for comparison, the real thing - photo taken from All Pyrinees - Monaco Car Museum web posting
116May 16, 2023Another view of the wiring - none of them are glued into the "wiring bearer"
117May 16, 2023Test fit of the exhaust manifolds on the LHSide of the block. - They fit!!
118May 19, 2023The wheels are just another example of how poor the moulds were for these kits - they're ROUGH!
Flash, pin marks, incomplete holes & non-flat mating surfaces
119May 19, 2023The tools I used: Angled round & flat chisels to carve away the flash - 2 Abrasive Dremel Brushes to polish the metal
120May 19, 2023The wheels after carving away the flash & rough surfaces
121May 19, 2023After polishing with the Dremel attachment - they look gorgeous now!!
122May 21, 2023Time to rivet the wheels pieces together....and fit them to the car.......
Front suspension problems - when trying to mount the wheels I've managed to strip the threads on the mounts behind the stub axles!
123May 21, 2023The brass bolt holds the stub axle onto the axle hub - which has stripped thread. It is a very inferior item - will have to source something more robust
124May 21, 2023In the meantime I've successfully managed to buff all the tyre treads, getting rid of the centre seam - There's no tread visible on these tyres, but I don't think they ran slicks back then?? - I'm NOT going to start cutting the tread into them!!!!
125May 21, 2023After some swearing and modification, got the front stub axles stabilised & nice & tight, however......... (Seems to be a common word in this build)
126May 21, 2023The imbedded wheel nuts won't pull the wheels fully onto the axles, so that the back of the drum brake mounts flush with the drum.
I suspect that the rivetted construction might be the problem....
127May 21, 2023As it leaves an amount of the back of the rivet proud of the drum.........need to think this through.....
128May 30, 2023Not a simple problem - the depth of the drum brake backing plate was too thick by about 2mm - filed that away!
The shoulder on the axle-pin impeded the entry of the axle-pin into the wheel - filed that away!
The rivet-back inside the wheel impede the axle-pin insertion - ground that away!
All of this took several hours, many test fits, grinding, filing scraping, test fit.......
129May 30, 2023This process was delayed when I broke the bolt holding the brake baxk to the axle-pin, when I was trying to add thread depth to the axle-pin.
Of course it would break, you clutz!!
Thought I'd try my hand at drilling it out - with a 1mm drill bit, in a 1.4mm hole - fortunately the broken bolt was much softer that the axle-pin!
Success!!!! - Quick! take out a lotto ticket!
130May 30, 2023The end result - the brake drum inners look like they should!
The wheels no longer turn, but I can live with that!
131May 30, 2023Exhaust pipes in - superglued to the manifold, and just sitting inside the rear keeper - Look good!
132May 30, 2023Crank handle in place - it's not the best.........but I need to move on!
133May 30, 2023Cabin interior is now complete - I can't take the credit for the steering wheel as it was in the box from Zac, but it's a ripper - Actually metal framed and then sandwiched with veneer - just like the real thing! Note co-drivers fuel pump lever, also with laminated handle.......well, painted to look that way!
134May 30, 2023I always wanted to properly hinge the bonnet...................................so I started to do just that.
Bonnet halves are taped together so that they maintain the correct "closed" fit..... don't know how much "hinge movement" I'll get.....
135May 30, 2023Long story-short - finished up drilling a 0.8mm hole through the first hinge node & 3/4 of the way through the 2nd node.
136May 30, 2023Other end, same deal.
Then I inserted the correct length of 0.8mm bronzed rod, plus a couple of mm. Then I used a clamp to cautiously squeeze them into position, slowly.... - All went well, so I was able to file the ends away.
137May 30, 2023This is the normal resting angle of the hinged parts
138May 30, 2023The halves can fold "together" ok, but folding the other "open" way will impact on the paintwork, so I wont try that.
It means that the bonnet will sit on the car OK, but be displayed off the car entirely - I can boast that it's hinged, at least!
139May 30, 2023The bonnet sitting on the car -I think it looks pretty good!
140May 30, 2023now to the steering - yeah, problems there too!
The supplied tie-rod is to short!! In order to fit with the wheels facing straight, you would have to used the last piece of thread at each end, which would never stay in place - so I had to scratch build a new, longer piece. Here, the kit part is taped to the body to show the comparison
141May 30, 2023The new longer part in place, and the steering tracks OK
142May 30, 2023More problems with the linkage to the steering arm - the part wont sit well on the cam arm at the wheel.....Still thinking this one through....
143May 30, 2023Also, the wheel caps - all the reference books & images I have show the same Bugatti wheel cap - the ones supplied in the kit are brass.
Out with the Molotow pen, and some SMS Black - might need another coat, but getting there!!!
144June 10, 2023Disaster - the weak metal used in the steering horn gave way, so now i've lost the 2 tabs that are supposed to connect to the steering rods.
Found that Revival have a web-site - left a message for help.........
145June 10, 2023You can see where the tabs were....
146June 10, 2023As a destraction from the doom & gloom, I started on the spare wheel carriers, bending the carrier strips around the tyres.
You have to make buckles for these, and the bonnet strap, out of wire...................my first 2 attempts aren't worth a photo.......what to do???
147June 10, 2023As a further distraction, I decided I WOULD make an idler shaft & install the tachometer drive belt off the camshaft pulley.
Pretty sill attempting this so late in the build, so access was less than perfect - anyway, I did!
148June 10, 2023a better shot of the finished tacho drive belt & idler - OK, so there's no adjustment on the idler, but this is 1:20 scale!
149June 10, 2023Back to the steering horn - the best advice I had (Thanks Dave Tinker!) was to drill out the horns & insert bent dress pins. That's putting a 0.5mm hole in a 1.2mm bearer......hmmm
150June 10, 2023Success & Araldyte'd in place - RIP 5 drill bits!!!
151June 10, 2023The old 2-steps-forward and 1-step-backward - one of the pins came out - redrilled it, reglued it with a new superglue.........(sigh)
152June 10, 2023More work on the spare tyre carriers - made the ring from an appropriately sized aluminium tube - leather straps clamped into place & superglued - These SMS small tweezers are just the best!!
153June 10, 2023More clamping & gluing
154June 10, 2023sitting on a wheel to see how they look - better than I expected! Yay!
155June 10, 2023Thanks to "Float-a-Boat" for this ladder - 2mm internal width
156June 10, 2023Perfect for making "buckles"
157June 10, 2023Voila - Le Grand Buckle!!
actually - le petite buckle!!
158June 12, 2023Steering fully assembled! Yay! - the steering tie rod really should have 'left-hand-thread' on one to ease installation, however, i solve this by threading it to the right place with the RH wheel/hub off the model - Tricky, but worked!
159June 12, 2023Rivetted & ready to go
160June 12, 2023Left side spare wheel & carrier on the car, waiting for buckle-paint to set.
161June 12, 2023Right side spare wheel & carrier on the car - sort of compromises gearstick and handbrake movement!!!
Checking references about this.....????
162June 14, 2023References show that the drum is integral to the wheel assembly - when you take the wheel off, you get to check the brake shoes - OK
Reattached to wheel for each spare.
163June 12, 2023front view - sans bonnet - but I guess that's obvious?!?!?
3 1/2 Bugatti days to Melbourne Model EXPO 2023!!!
164June 14, 2023Refernces also show that the "piano hinge" is not painted, and although the hinge in this kit is disproportionate, I decided to mask it off & chip away the paint..........................
165June 14, 2023I dont have a photo of the mask removal - suffice to say that the original paint didn't stay stuck as well as I had hoped........ there was some cursing!!!
Out with the dremel & wire brush - I wanted to take the paint off any.....but only off the INSIDE of the bonnet!!
166June 14, 2023Left side after respray with Tamiya "French Blue"
167June 14, 2023Right side - BIG THANKYOU here to Chris for the primer & paint, Dave & John for the advice, Harry for the handholding and support.
I think we're still heading for EXPO - on Friday after it sets completely!!
168June 14, 2023Removed the "hinge" masking - could have been better - will adjust tomorrow, delicately!!
169June 14, 2023Enthused with the painting, I tried SMS Advance "Ocean Blue" on the chip beside the filler - PERFECT!!!!!
170June 14, 2023So I took the opportunity to paint the dampers, & the top of the front hub - Gorgeous!!
171June 14, 2023Time for strapping - 4 buckles & mounts made
172June 14, 2023Attached to the car - I tested the superglue on the old bonnet first!
173June 14, 2023Good enough to get a name - Hey, it's a BUGATTI !!
174June 14, 2023Patiently waiting for the bonnet.........
175June 18, 2023Getting the rest of the model ready for competition - both spares on-board & strapped in
176June 18, 2023Front-left view
177June 18, 2023front-right view
178June 18, 2023RHS view - closing time for entries was 15:00 on the Friday - finished this and the decals on the bonnet on the Thrursday evening........
179June 18, 2023Instructions for any handlers
180June 18, 2023In amongst the competition, on the Friday prior to judging
181June 18, 2023Judging completed, and found that my Bugatti was awarded "Commended" & labelled so on Saturday afternoon.
Pretty happy with that, as this was never intended as a competitive entry.
182June 18, 2023WOW!! Really Blown Away by this! Toward the end of the Model Expo, some prestigious awards are also handed out, on top of the traditional "First", "Second" and "Third" in each section.
In this case, I won the Bill Hamer Memorial - Automotive Modelling Excellence Award!!! This is the very same award that My good mate Harry Edmond achieved in 2017 for his Ford GT40 - I am truly flattered to be in his modelling company!!! Wow!!!
183August 30, 2023
Comments
52 25 January 2023, 22:32
Roger TrewenackThanks gorby & Robert.
If you want to see a complete build blog, have a look at Scott, here...
intscalemodeller.com..b282f0089f62978f2827
Roger
14 February 2023, 21:05
Michael KohlAs you said: lots of hard work. But you are doing fine. Nice progress.
5 March 2023, 11:01
Roger TrewenackYes, if finished it will be at Sandown............of course, it may look like a melted mass of whitemetal if it really pisses me off!!
3 May 2023, 08:45
Roger TrewenackThanks everyone for your feedback & encouragement - really spurring me on towards completion...
Just went to install the fuel tank - the "mounting point" are......... no, there aren't really any mounting points on the chassis - will install it to match the fuel intake hole, in the body!!
11 May 2023, 23:58
Jack AaronfeldSo what category is this going into at expo? Will need to make sure I don't enter into the same one!
17 May 2023, 09:16
Roger TrewenackHi Jack,
it'll be in the 1/20th ........can't tell yet - the form is not yet available on their website?!?!?!?
17 May 2023, 22:31
bughunterNice details 👍 You will make it in time!
Sorry that reading my comment took your valuable time.
12 June 2023, 08:58
Roger Trewenackha ha ha - I like it!! !;^)}
thanks! that's more time wasted, but then, I AM rather good at that!!
12 June 2023, 11:15
bughunterCongratulation! For the finishing in time, the Commended and for your Award of course 👍
18 June 2023, 13:27
Roger TrewenackThanks for all your comments, folks - every one of them helped spur me on to get it "there"!!
18 June 2023, 20:45
Album info
Revival - mainly metal kit
Much like all Italian Cars, this kit will be hard work - definitely not a "Tamiya"
Certainly is a challenge!! (18/3/23)
Like Scratchbuilding? - You'll love THAT part of this kit!!!!! !;^)}
** Now a combination of 1 1/2 kits, thanks to Zac's half-kit donation **
Sandwich time (15/05/23)
We have Ignition!! (16/05/23)
Getting Wheely close! (20/5/23)
Only a week to Melbourne EXPO (last entry time 16th June 3PM) - Can I make it in time??
(14/6/23) We're gonna get there.............Just!!! will submit her on the Friday morning
