Lindberg 1931 Bugatti Royale Victoria 1:24

[Funkychiken]

This was finished late 2023, but I've just now had a chance to take finished pics in a homemade photo booth.

WIP can be found here:

This is the best finish 2K paint I've ever acheived out the airbush - if it wasn't for the 3 or 4 dust spots, I wouldn't have needed to polish.

Not sure why, but I've not been able to achieve the same finish since.

Other than magnets in the engine hood, its OOB

Coloured in Zero Paints interior Cream. De-chromed & used Alclad II chrome over glossed black - it had to be done a few times as the chrome coat was fragile & easily removed through handling.

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[espo]

Great looking paint finish and the top finish looks realistic. 

[Jim B]

Cool Bugatti.  Very well done.

[beeRS]

What a beautiful classic. Very nice work ?. 

[Funkychiken]

14 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and the top finish looks realistic. 

 

12 hours ago, Jim B said:

Cool Bugatti.  Very well done.

 

1 hour ago, beeRS said:

What a beautiful classic. Very nice work ?. 

Thanks guys, much appreciated! 

[XYHARRY]

Very nice Bugatti there Atin, the colour and finish looks great. Well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[David G.]

Beautifully done!

David G.

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very well done! I have this kit, but after building the Mercedes SSK a bit ago, I'm very hesitant to tackle this one, lol.

[gtx6970]

I like it.

I've got several 30s kits I want to build

[bisc63]

That is just beautiful. Perfect color choice, it just looks classy! Well done.

[Moparman18064]

Gorgeous! Fantastic build!

[PappyD340]

Beautifully done!

[slusher]

Beautiful!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great looking classic. Nice job. 

[Funkychiken]

Thank you all for the kind comments!

[mrm]

This thing was a monstrosity when it was first build. In a good way. One of the biggest cars ever made. I think some of the engines end up powering locomotives. From all the Bugatti Royales, I don't think there were two the same. 

[Bugatti Fan]

A very nicely made model of how the car appears today.

I have one in my stash to build and it looks to be a very nice kit considering it dates back to the 1960's.

It was originally finished in black with yellow accents on the edges of the wings and the main  body side trims were also yellow. The car was rescued from a New York breakers yard having a cracked engine block by Charles Chayne, a GM executive. He had the car restored and repainted plus adding some non original items and different wheel trims. He must have had his own ideas about how the car should look and be painted, as most restorers would have tried to make the car as original as possible.

To build the Lindberg/Revell kit as the car looked originally one could purloin an Italeri Bugatti Royale  and substitute the wheels and possibly the engine and some other bits from the Italeri version to do a mild kit bash.

Edited October 13, 2024 by Bugatti Fan