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Offline kpnuts

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Italari Bugatti type 35b
« on: January 15, 2024, 01:27:57 AM »
Hi all been away for a while but I'm back now, probably won't be as prolific as before but getting back in the saddle.
I know it's the hard way round but I've decided to do it as a barn find first then do it as a full restoration.
So far I've used these two items for the start of the weathering 


This is only a start I've also added some of the body colour to the chassis.





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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2024, 12:41:52 AM »
Bit more done to the engine of this.










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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2024, 03:18:31 AM »
More work on this, I have to say it's no where near as good as the mefistofeles kit detail and fit wise I would actually go as far as to say it's the worst italari kit I've built in a while, the detail is very soft (there is a lot of it but it's not very crisp) if I had the patience (and the time) I would cut all the nuts and bolts heads off and replace them.

That said its certainly not a bad kit but since I was looking forward to it being a new mold kit I'm a bit disappointed with it.










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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2024, 06:15:58 AM »
 :smiley: I just had my car's leaky top plate fixed with a new gasket - looks like yours needs one too ;D :smiley:

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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2024, 03:43:31 AM »
Hi all more done to this, did the exhaust with a combination of pastels and paint, quite pleased with how it's coming along, doing the corrosion on the water pipe with a combo of talc and pastels ground up (need to get more texture on it yet, may use a bit of salt)










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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2024, 09:50:46 PM »
 :smiley: 8)
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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2024, 03:21:28 AM »
So I'm getting less and less impressed with this kit, the instructions would have you in stages 1 and 2 glue parts 32c and 33c in then in stage 8 would have you attach the silver wire with the vinyl tube the chain is very fragile and the tube is a very tight fit, thus its an impossible task (at least without risking breaking the chain, also you have to add the silver wire to a slot in the back of parts 32c and33c which is on the inside and so can't be seen. I had to carefully remove the parts to attatch the wires then glue the parts back in with the wires already attached. They would have been better saying to attach the wires at stage 1 before you glue the parts in place, doing that would not interfere with any assy after that and would make life so much easier.










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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2024, 05:23:40 AM »
Started dirtying up the chassis, got so many ideas about staging this wreck, I really want to show the chassis and engine separate from the bodywork, thinking in a barn with body parts piled up somewhere, so many ideas.








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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2024, 02:59:18 AM »
Hi all bit more rusting.








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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2024, 02:17:07 PM »
On the frame like that? That's pretty-much a terminal case of Car Cancer! :o
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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2024, 05:01:29 AM »
More done to this poor old jalopy.







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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2024, 05:06:03 AM »
More dirtying and rusting of the body.





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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2024, 06:59:30 AM »
Need to build a shed for it ...  with birds pooping on it from the rafters :-\

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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2024, 11:18:17 AM »
Lovely weathering/mucking up on this beauty!  :smiley:
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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2024, 03:57:00 PM »
Thanks, im fabricating a barn for it as we speak (and thanks for the chicken poo idea, will definitely be using that)

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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2024, 06:22:30 PM »
Great work, mate! :smiley:


Quite a big kit, isn't it. :icon_surprised:
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Re: Italari Bugatti type 35b
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2024, 09:06:52 PM »
It is.