Iteleri Bugatti Type 35B

[KINGSLUG]

Not exactly what I wanted but close enough.
Primer..alclad steel..Vallejo rust wash..tam

iya rust pastel..then Vallejo German red primer...

 

[Ron2]

Not exactly what I wanted but close enough.
Primer..alclad steel..Vallejo rust wash..tamView attachment 173469iya rust pastel..then Vallejo German red primer...

That looks awesome!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Well..I do know a lot about rusty exhaust manifolds..the bane of a mechanics existance..

 

[Glenn S]

Not exactly what I wanted but close enough.
Primer..alclad steel..Vallejo rust wash..tamView attachment 173469iya rust pastel..then Vallejo German red primer...

Great work on the exhaust system!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Thanx
I love rust...

 

[KINGSLUG]

Have to take a break..came down with an upper respiratory infection..
Tried to work on it..but i think all I may do is screw it up..not much sleep in 4 days..not good for working on fiddly bits..

 

[BarleyBop]

take a break

... for sure, and if you are anything like me, I tend to lapse into shallow breathing when concentrating and keeping hands steady... not good in your condition!

 

[KINGSLUG]

I tried yesterday with some pe...quit after 2 pieces.
I've got several sub assemblies going now as I wait for the 3rd batch of paint.
I just don't like the water based stuff.
Going to try tamiya laquer in a can.
Cant put the motor or the radiator in until the front frame is painted...
Started on the dash..would be nice if they showed you were a lot of the lines go...hard to trace them even with 400 pictures and the book. Like this spagetti..

 

[KINGSLUG]

Oh..no..they came out with this...
Oh well..I guess I'll have to buy it..

 

[KINGSLUG]

Boo..its in 1/24...

 

[BarleyBop]

upper respiratory infection.

... hope you are taking care of that!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Not much but trying to snooze at night and coughing..its a virus..nothing to take for it..
Has to end soon

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Well, get better. I'm enjoying your build very much. Absolutely amazing work and research.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Thanx.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Funny..I found the only type35 in utah..its locked up in a permanently closed museum..

 

[BarleyBop]

locked up in a permanently closed museum

...grrr; and even more of the good stuff in private collections, most of which hoarded out of sight as 'investments', never to be seen by humanity, ever again.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Yeah it sux..no reason for it.
At least jay Leno has all kinds of videos and drives them.all over the place.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Progress... the salt weathering on the front frame came out well..doing it on the entire shell should be fun..

 

[KINGSLUG]

The site is acting very strange today

 

[BarleyBop]

Last coupla days... looks like upgrades behind the scenes causing server interruptions.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Last coupla days... looks like upgrades behind the scenes causing server interruptions.

Yeah. What's up with the pictures? Site is weirding out on us

 

[KINGSLUG]

Hoses and clamps..I hate hose clamps..

 

[BarleyBop]

hate hose clamps

...even when I think I've got it figured out, the screw head always ends up in the wrong place!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Im waiting on micro brass tubes to try and make the worm gear for the clamps

 

[BarleyBop]

worm gear

Whoa! my brain just melted down...

 

[KINGSLUG]

Well..I'm going to use the tubes and a rod inside it..it won't be a workable one but it will simulate the screw inside the tube.
We shall see

 

[BarleyBop]

micro brass tubes

... where do you get them? I find the wall thickness to tube diameter gets too thick the smaller they get...

 

[KINGSLUG]

Used the cutter today with the porcelain blade to cut a leather piece. No way could I have done it with a regular scalpel.

 

[KINGSLUG]

Wow...so..the decal for the dashboard
That simulates engine turned aluminum..fell apart...
So..I found the only company that makes something like it. MFH...its 10 bucks..then they send me the final bill
Its 40 bucks..
I give up...

 

[KINGSLUG]

Contacted Iteleri..Hopefully i can get a new decal...