Garfield Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Lovely work, Bren. When I saw the thread title my immediate thought was that you were working on one of these... Bugatti autorail PLM by kitchener.lord, on Flickr Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Was hoping it might have been a Veyron myself Quote
Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Was hoping it might have been a Veyron myself Think the EB110 was a much better looking car. And it actually looked like a car, unlike the Veyron which is basically an aeroplane engine pretending to be a car. Quote
Broithe Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 A friend of mine is involved with this venture - http://lightning-cars.co.uk/ . A plastic swing-bin, a few more bits and a cordless drill. Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 That's some railcar!!!!! Eight wheeled bogies! Imagine that on the Bundoran branch or the Harcourt St line.... or the Portadown to Carrickfergus all stops.... Quote
Garfield Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 That's some railcar!!!!! Eight wheeled bogies! Imagine that on the Bundoran branch or the Harcourt St line.... or the Portadown to Carrickfergus all stops.... A pretty revolutionary bogie for 1930s, too, JB... they were designed to carry the railcars at speeds of around 100mph, and be able to take tight curves without decelerating. There's an interesting page about them here: http://retours.eu/en/23-autorail-bugatti/# Saw the last surviving Bugatti autorail at Cité du Train in Mulhouse during the summer and it's certainly a sight to behold! Quote
Broithe Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 A pretty revolutionary bogie for 1930s, too, JB... they were designed to carry the railcars at speeds of around 100mph, and be able to take tight curves without decelerating. A bogie in Molsheim. Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I didn't know those things even existed. Did they actually operate at that type of speed? Where, when? Come to think of it, what are Ireland's fastest railcars ever? ICRs? A 70 class in good order in its day could put on a serious burst of speed, though it was like sitting on a cork in a rough sea.... Quote
Garfield Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I didn't know those things even existed. Did they actually operate at that type of speed? Where, when? They were used by a few of the pre-grouping railways in France on some top link service and SNCF continued to use them in this role up until the 1950s, at which time it was decided they were too expensive to operate (I think their engines used a mix of petrol and alcohol rather than diesel). The lone survivor continued in departmental(!) use up until the 1970s or thereabouts. Anyway, sorry for dragging the topic away from Bren's quality workmanship... Quote
A4mallard Posted December 14, 2015 Author Posted December 14, 2015 Thanks for the comments,I've gone a bit off topic myself this year. I've lost a bit of interest in the model trains.The 121 was a one off,a flight of fancy I had some spare perspex it was a toss up between a class 20 or the 121. Getting back to the Bugatti type 35, it's made from empty thinners tins and a little MDF. So far everything on it has been scratch built. The body went together fairly quick it's the little bits that take the time.I don't think i'll get it painted this side of christmas but I will post some photos when it's done. Next year I plan to have a go of the Bentley blower and a big 141 and maybe a bit of painting and wallpapering...... regards Bren Quote
DiveController Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I've lost a bit of interest in the model trains.The 121 was a one off,a flight of fancy, I had some spare perspex If it's bothering you that much I would be happy to take it off your hands:D PM me Quote
A4mallard Posted December 29, 2015 Author Posted December 29, 2015 A bit more progress, in paint but still has a bit more work to be done. I reckon its roughly 1/5 scale but it's not balls on accurate but close enough. I will post more pics when I've done a bit more. regards bren Quote
Warbonnet Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Having seen this beauty up close all I can say it will be a stunner! Even has a real leather interior! Quote
Weshty Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Wow, scratchbuilt steel (?) with multiple compound curves. Superb stuff. That's throwing down the gauntlet. Quote
Horsetan Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 Lovely work, Bren. When I saw the thread title my immediate thought was that you were working on one of these... Bugatti autorail PLM by kitchener.lord, on Flickr And here's something similar - scroll about three-quarters of the way down the page after clicking the link. Quote
Garfield Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 And here's something similar - scroll about three-quarters of the way down the page after clicking the link. That's one of the 'Presidential' Bugatti autorails - the first type to enter service. That particular one is actually the last surviving Bugatti autorail of them all. Saw it last summer at Cité du Train in Mulhouse: (My iPhone camera struggled with the terrible lighting in the museum) Quote
A4mallard Posted January 12, 2016 Author Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the kind comments. The car started off in a blue foam form, which I sanded to shape. I used an empty thinners tin, cat food tins, coke tins.. ect to shape the body. I originally started to solder to body together but discovered hot glue is way quicker because using hot glue on metal is very hard to hold in your hand, I applied hot glue to both pieces then stitched it together with a soldering iron. Other materials used, MDF for the wheels and plastic spure from old kits and anything else that came to hand that the wife doesn't know about. For the future I'm planning a Mercedes SSK Black Prince, from the chassis up a proper scale model. A large scale Millennium Falcon and a Deltic and a 141 P.S. as i have said already the Bugatti is to scale i just don't know to what scale......... it was more an exercise in making something out of the materials available. I consider it finish, I don't think it merits any more detail. regards bren Edited January 12, 2016 by A4mallard Quote
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