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[Regis4446]

Stored in my workshop, I found a boxed Monogram Bugatti 35 1/24.

This is a very beautiful car of the '20s.

That is what happens when mounted, photo taken from the net.



Using vintage aluminum rims has 6 branches instead of the 8 present on the real wheels







Here is what it looks like the face of a real 35 B

[dc-65x]

WOW! Cool project.

[Tex]

A project worthy and deserving of your skills, Regis!

[SlotStox#53]

I've seen some cool custom slot car wheel work before but these Bugatti wheels are awesome!

Great start and project.

[Regis4446]

Thank you, friends.

I plugged the holes and added details, but not about to do too much, it must roll.

Oddly Monogram forgot to make the opening in the front cover for this version equipped with a compressor.







Radiator also covered with aluminum.



Flyscreen cut in aluminum with a file; narrower and stronger if crashed.











Here, a very interesting Bugatti 35B found in France and sold in 2005.

[Regis4446]

Here are pictures of the chassis during testing.

To accommodate the driver, I used a Tradeship gear set.







I had to drill holes in the small end Dynamic Guide

[Tex]

Nice work; you always make everything fit somehow.

[dc-65x]

Amazing craftsmanship........especially that lovely windscreen!

[George Blaha]

Hey Regis,

 

GRRREAT looking Pittman power and with that Alnico magnet in the motor front, the handeling must be really fast and smooth. The wheelbase and the track look spot on! Is it a 6 or 12 volt motor?

 

Shakey George

[Regis4446]

thank you friends

 
 

Amazing craftsmanship........especially that lovely windscreen!

it is thanks to slotbog.


George

it is a 12V motor

[Regis4446]

I realized track testing, and the crank broke I knew fragile, as expected

The engine / transmission is suitable, it is easy to control.

This afternoon, I have a little martyred Fujimi a driver to make it fit in the Bugatti.


I cut buttocks, having previously cut the seat height so that the driver is at the right height.






As the true, the crankcase is visible under self
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[Tex]

Very nice, Regis! I can see it slinging gravel as it rounds a country lane somewhere in France back-in-the-day.

[dc-65x]

Another masterpiece in the making!

[Regis4446]

Thank you friends

Yesterday achievement radiator cap and gasoline aluminum.

[Regis4446]

In the race, the Bugatti were commonly equipped with a screen to protect the radiators stones sent by the previous competitors, not very easy to replicate 1/24.

I glue a Ø1mm brass wire on aluminum foil thickness of 0.2 mm
it only remains to cut and glue the stainless steel mesh on the inside, then it only remains to cut the aluminum around.

[Regis4446]

The Bugatti running are rarely clean. He just has to see the cars of our friends across the Channel.

And as I had enjoyed the Louis 35 C / Maurice Trintignant, left in its juice, this last Retromobile in Paris.

Here is my interpretation

[Tex]

Aged properly, like fine wine!

 

Bravo, Regis Baron!

[dc-65x]

WOW! What a beauty. Thanks for sharing your build with us.

[Lone Wolf]

You have a brilliant eye for catching the details just right. It is a beauty.

 

One thing I noticed is that you are running Hypoid bevels. Is the rear axle not in line with the pinion? It looks to be in line. Certainly no criticism, just wondering. 

[Regis4446]

Thank you all for your comments

You're right Joe, the motor axis is lower than that of the rear axle of 3.17 MM.

It is for the driver to position the right height in the car.

[Lone Wolf]

Just more of your attention to detail

 

Would love to see a group of similar era cars going around a track, preferably one with scenery.

 

Need not be fast. I think that would be very cool.