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Post by alwaysindy on May 18, 2010 15:20:45 GMT -5
OK, so it's not from the '50's...  I gotta' blame Russ for this one...I asked how he made the straps for his 1921 Indy winner and he said "from some material left over from an old Monogram Bugatti"...of course, I got one and HAD to build this...  A nice kit and a cool change of pace...  Thanks for looking...Tim |
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Post by alwaysindy on May 18, 2010 15:37:39 GMT -5
EGADS! I posted it twice! Fat fumble fingers strikes again!...sorry about that...
Calvin;
That's the old European "2". Part of the reason I did this kit was because of that number.Maybe someone on here knows why it was used that way(the Cunnigham's at LeMans also used it)...
Tim
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Post by Calvin on May 18, 2010 19:35:20 GMT -5
Ha Ha, Im going to wright my 2's that way for now on..... ;D What blue did you use?.....Tamiya French blue? BTW You sure made it look real....what did you do the seat to give it that proper look? and your steering wheel really does look like wood! Overall I give you an A+  |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2010 20:51:10 GMT -5
Tim....
I'll gladly take he blame for this one. You did a wonderful job on this old kit I wish the powers that be at Revellogram would re-issue. Not a bad kit to build and you have a great model of a truly great car when finished!....Like Tim's here.
Again, great build and best to you!
Russ
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Post by alwaysindy on May 18, 2010 23:08:36 GMT -5
Calvin:
Thanks for the kind words. The seats on cars from the 20's-50's are always hard. I painted it Tamiya flat brown; then black wash,then Dullcote,then flat black streaks smudged with my fingers, then one last Dullcote. Sometimes it works well;sometimes not so well...
For steering wheels I use an old Testor's bottle of "Flat Light Brown" (I think). I've had it for like 10 years and somehow it just seems to look like old wooden wheels...
Like Russ said, this is a very nice kit and is an important piece of racing history. The wheels were molded aluminum with the brakes
molded in. Therefore, every time you changed a wheel, you also changed the brake. The various versions of this Model 35 claimed to have won something like 1,500 races in 10 years. You put fenders and lights on it (they come with the kit) and you have a LeMans sports car.Bugatti was one of the first to figure out that selling "customer cars" just allowed him to sell more. A very interesting racer...
Best to you!
Tim
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Post by Patrick on May 19, 2010 0:34:45 GMT -5
Wonderful job Tim! I have yet to do this kit and am even more motivated to build it because of your great example. You see, at the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 the second place car, a Bugatti 35B, was driven by a Chilean! I haven't been able to verify the car's color.
Patrick
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Post by illeagle10 on May 19, 2010 7:04:50 GMT -5
Nice job Tim!
Jim
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Post by robh on May 19, 2010 10:25:33 GMT -5
Very nice! Excellent detail work. As others have already stated, the seat looks great.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 13:55:37 GMT -5
Hi Tim! Great job. You really did that kit proud. I have always heard it is a very good kit, but you did a super clean build and everything looks *just right*.
Mongo
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