Pulling this together now then Dave
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Looking good.Comment
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Coming together now - seats assembled - painted with red leather, although the poor light has made it look yellow brown!
The bodywork is just about finished - all dry fitted together. The wheels are complete & ready to fit.
I can't find the dashboard at the moment! It's on the bench somewhere, but hiding................ It's only a flat part, so If it doesn't turn up, I can easily make another.
DaveComment
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Looks really good, really like the 2 tone bodyComment
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Hi Dave
Cracking job. Well done overcoming the issues with this. That AK Silver sounds interesting.
JimComment
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Well done Dave for peservering. This sounds like it's fought you pretty hard in a lot of places.
ATB.
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AK True Metal works well on reasonably small parts, but I think you'd have difficulty doing a large area - getting an even coating would need experimentation on how best to apply. It's a paste, about the same consistency as toothpaste, and I hate to think what would happen if you tried to airbrush it! I've found a soft brush works best - along with cotton buds, although they can shed fibres in the most obvious places! I've only used Silver & Brass, but there are a lot more on offer! https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/?pr...t_type=product
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Whilst waiting for varnishes to dry, I thought about what to build next - I'm enjoying this Heller 1/24, so I found another 30's 1/24 car in the stash - this has been at the back of the stash for at least 15 years! I think I bought it off ebay - no instructions, no decals. I believe I took one look at and decided not to bother! However a lot have years have passed, and I'm prepared to give this a bit of attention.
The 'chrome' plated sprue is quite one of the nastiest I have seen - it'll need stripping back - it'll depend on how
successfully the chrome can be removed whether this is a goer or not! Sorry about the blurry pic!
I've downloaded some Bandai instructions for this Bugatti - the Italeri version looks like a much simplified version ( ie no opening doors ) - and all the upper bodywork pieces seem to be there. The suspension & underneath? - I'll have to use the Bandai instructions to identify parts & wing the rest! There seems to be only one unique decal, and that's the tiny one at the top of the radiator - should be interesting. I'm going to put a few parts into the bleach jar to see if this is worth spending time on.................. if it works I'll be starting a new blog for this mammoth Bugatti
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Dave, looks like you have a job on your hands there, I have a Frnklin Mint diecast model of that car in my collection and if you like I can send you a few pictures if it will be any help.
Andy.Comment
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Bugatti seemed to use blue for most of their cars
Blue was the colour used by French Grand Prix Cars - Red = Italian White = Germany Green = GB - all much simpler in those days!
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Getting to the detail painting stage
Seats & door cards given a wash
Frames of the windows & handles given AK treatment
The bonnet has the centre hinge line masked and AK applied & buffed...............
Getting close to final assemblies now.................
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Running up to the finish line now. The Interior, especially the door cards were a bit fiddly to assemble - I should have added the door cards to the upper bodywork befoe adding it the the lower half.............
I think this will be last pictures in the 'under construction' section - I'll be able to finish this in the next day or two.
I left a few pieces of 'plated' parts overnight in my bleach jar.................
Not bad, so the Italeri Bugatti Coupe Napoleon is a goer - I've piled in more parts to be cleaning whilst I finish the Delage, and I'll start a new thread for this monster.
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Dave, I don't know what your religion is but I admire your faith! Making a good model from that old Heller kit must have been an uphill struggle at times, and posed you a few challenges. Just shows that some of those old kits have quite a bit of potential.
Despite Heller's idiosyncrasies on many of their kits their subject matter has given us classic car kit modellers some unusual car kits that we should be thankful for.
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