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Martini Porsche 935 by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I would just like to say on the site where the tutorial is posted, I notice I'm now a deleted member(we had a falling out as it was a free site originally and you now have to pay to be a member) they told me I was always welcome to return (provided I paid) seems that's not the case now, I notice they keep all my posts though as a guest. -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Thanks guys, well that was a daft mistake, still this one was special order, he wanted it heavier for better road holding so had it made out of iron, think I got out of that quite well, and a very convincing story if I do say so myself😄 -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I have a story for that, a wealthy banker stored it in a barn at the start of ww11 so the Germans didn't get hold of it and maybe died or went abroad and forgot about it. -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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. -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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. -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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) -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
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Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
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Citroen Traction Avant by kpnuts - FINISHED - Heller - 1/8
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I used to have a YouTube channel but deleted it because i had someone tell me the traction avant wasn't about in ww11 I said it was and posted some pics on there it got very abusive from there on to the point of saying they would find me and kill me (obviously they couldn't, or I hope so) anyway lots of links to stuff I posted on there obviously don't work now. -
Bugatti Type 35b by kpnuts - Italeri - 1/12
kpnuts replied to kpnuts's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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 And made a start weathering the engine. And added some body colour to the chassis. -
Hi all whilst waiting to find the stuff to continue the bugatti I decided to start this. I've built a few of these kits, first thing I've noticed is they have changed the con rod to crankshaft connection and I don't see it lasting 10 seconds when it's running, still I think if I remove the con rods and pistons (as long as I leave the crankshaft I think it will still work so I may remove them.
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