Plastheniker Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Hi, About ten years before Volkswagen acquired the name "Bugatti" in 1998 there was an unsuccessful attempt to revive this legendary marque that had stopped making cars soon after the end of WW2. The result of this first attempt was the attractive and technically outstanding EB 110. On all markets, however, it failed completely: Maybe because it was manufactured in Italy without any recognizable relation to the original Bugattis, maybe because there was almost no dealer and service network, maybe because it was rather expensive without offering much more than its established competitors. Anyway production was stopped after a few years and approximately 100 vehicles. I suppose I built my model about 15 years ago. The Airfix kit was probably a reboxed ROG kit. As far as I remember it was a good but quite difficult kit. Of course as Bugattis most 1:1 EB 110 had metallic blue or solid blue paintworks.
001slick001 Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Such a great car and model. I really like the 6 turbo chargers. Only the engine remains of my kit that I built years ago.
58 Impala Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Nice build,nice paint. I still have that kit unbuilt in the Monogram box. Saw another thread of someone who just built that kit. That made me go dig it out of my stash, just can't decide what color to paint it.
Nacho Z Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Very nice! You don't see these very often. It is good to see one completed.
o-man Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Man that blue is awesome on that car. Crisp details.
Chuck Most Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Nice indeed! Always wanted one of these cars as a kid... still do. I need to get one of these kits.
om617 Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Very nice EB110. An era before Volkswagen made it into looking like an bathroom soap.
ssroczyn Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Very Nice!! Did you say this was the Airfix Kit? I have both the Airfix one and the Monogram one. Seeing yours makes me want to go and tackle mine!! Great Job and I really like the blue you picked! Steve
Plastheniker Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for all comments! I was told today that my Airfix kit was not a reboxed ROG kit because there were two completely different kits, one by Heller/Airfix and another by Revell/Monogram, the latter of rather poor quality. I hope that this information is correct.
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