Bugatti Royale Victoria by Weinberger

This Lindberg Bugatti Royale reissue was built for Scale Auto review; it's in the February '09 issue.

The model is pretty decent, the instructions are awful. Assembly was a challenge with such poor instruction photos without usable diagrams, and most of the pins/receivers had holes that were about half the size needed. That said, take your time and you'll have a nice model.

Color scheme inspired by a Veyron, I wasn't wild about the car's current off-white w/dark green accents or the original black w/yellow accents. Even though I had a bear of a time assembling it, I love how it looks finished. I think the 1:1 car would be stunning in this color combo :cool:

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Beautiful model and as usual perfect build! This Bugatti is on my to do list two in 2009! Hey, i'm already in 2009! :naughty:

Great looking Bugatti Bob!

The color combo really suits that car nicely. Clean assembly w/o flaws. Just a shame that the wipers are molded on the window frame *sigh*

What a jewel, beautiful model of a beautiful car. This should be in a museum.

Thanks for the replies! It was definitely worth building from the outcome, just had to fight it a bit along the way. This is one of those cases where my vision for the finished model was pretty much exactly how it came out; it's not always easy to envision an unknown color scheme on a subject especially on a one-off car like this. Going to concours d'elegance shows every year pays off when I build the occasional classic :smile:

Exellent work. What colors did you use?

Exellent work. What colors did you use?

Thanks! Main body Tamiya pure white (all exterior stuff decanted/airbrushed); fenders Tamiya gloss aluminum & clear, top/trunk Tamiya fine light gray primer w/a coat of Tamiya semigloss clear to give it a sheen, interior painted like maroon leather.

Wow, that's beautiful. Very tasty :)

Hi Bob, i like very much how your modelcars are painted. Please tell me, if is not a secret, which type of Airbrush you use for painting the body's? Single or double action airbrush and nozzel diameter is 0,3 or 0,5 mm? Which type is better for this painting?

Elegant charmant! :) :thumbsup:

What a beautiful car! I like the choice of a colour scheme. Bob, can you to show us the engine?
I assembled one Royale some years ago for my friend http://forum.autoinscale.com/viewtopic.php?pid=43666#p43666 , and now I do it for myself, but in a new level http://forum.autoinscale.com/viewtopic.php?id=2806