Homebee Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) Special Hobby is to release a 1/72nd Bugatti-De Monge 100P racer kit - ref. SH72457 Source: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2020/Nuernberg_2020.html More about this racer a/c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Model_100 V.P. Edited January 11, 2022 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Gruntfuttock Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Be still the beating heart!! Well up there on my wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Fresh news Source: https://www.specialhobby.info/2021/09/news-from-special-hobby-092021.html Quote . Our team are also working hard on the already announced 1/72 family of the Mirage III kits or the speed record Buggatti 100P kit, also in 1/72. V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 3D renders Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH72457 V.P. 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Oh my that's pretty. The single-piece spinner's an interesting move... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 What a gorgeous aircraft, my wallet is gonna take battering and SWMBO won't be happy!!! I'll hide the rolling pin!!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelraynz Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 My reaction "Wierd, Special hobby must be getting bored, dabbling in fictional aircraft.......wait, it was real?!...... prototype..1939!! WUTTT!!!!!"😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I have one of the large scale resin kits of this beauty by Fisher Models and Pattern, When looking at it, I am impressed both by the original aircraft and the kit iteself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Awesome, this is definitely going on my wishlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Schemes Source: https://www.specialhobby.net/2021/10/sh72457-bugatti-100p-racer.html V.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I couldn't imagine it in anything but blue. Anyone know what that second scheme represents in context of the aircraft itself? It's the colours of the French flag, but I don't know if it was ever painted in that scheme, not if it was ever planned to be. So, I'm not sure if it's a "what if" scheme, but then the whole aircraft is pretty much a what if... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, kiseca said: Anyone know what that second scheme represents in context of the aircraft itself? Kamufláže budou dvě, jedna z nich fiktivní = There will be two camouflages, one of them fictional. 7 minutes ago, kiseca said: the whole aircraft is pretty much a what if... Well... a flying replica of the Bugatti 100P was built, and this is basically a kit of that replica, so it's hard to say it's what-if. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 47 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: Kamufláže budou dvě, jedna z nich fiktivní = There will be two camouflages, one of them fictional. Well... a flying replica of the Bugatti 100P was built, and this is basically a kit of that replica, so it's hard to say it's what-if. Thanks for that. I didn't realise the kit is based on the replica - the original as far as I know is still on display in Wisconsin so I would have assumed they'd use that. As far as I know the original never flew, hence what if, as it never never got the chance to fulfil its purpose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/18/2021 at 4:21 AM, Piotr Mikolajski said: Sadly the AC crashed later killing the pilot ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: Well... a flying replica of the Bugatti 100P was built, and this is basically a kit of that replica, so it's hard to say it's what-if. 8 hours ago, kiseca said: Thanks for that. I didn't realise the kit is based on the replica - the original as far as I know is still on display in Wisconsin so I would have assumed they'd use that. So they based the kit on a replica that crashed and literally burned (the site photos are not for the faint-of-heart) five years ago rather than the accessible original or drawings of same?? Eh? What's the source on that, @Piotr Mikolajski? Edited October 22, 2021 by k5054nz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I didn't say the kit was modelled on a replica. I'm just saying that the blue paint scheme in the box is the paint scheme of a flying replica, because painting schemes are what we're talking about. What the model was based on, I have no idea. I also don't know to what extent the replica differed from the original, I only remember that they tried to build it as faithfully as possible. If there's a Bugatti expert here, maybe he can tell more about the differences, because we can't learn too much about it from the renders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Imagine this in a What-If scheme as an Adl'A fighter during the battle of France, right up the What-If IV GB street! Oddly looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: I didn't say the kit was modelled on a replica. I'm just saying that the blue paint scheme in the box is the paint scheme of a flying replica, because painting schemes are what we're talking about. What the model was based on, I have no idea. I also don't know to what extent the replica differed from the original, I only remember that they tried to build it as faithfully as possible. If there's a Bugatti expert here, maybe he can tell more about the differences, because we can't learn too much about it from the renders. The comment of mine that you quoted was "the whole aircraft is pretty much a what if..." You responded to that sentence with "this is basically a kit of that replica, so hard to say it's a what-if." So no, you weren't talking about the painting scheme at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 6 hours ago, kiseca said: The comment of mine that you quoted was "the whole aircraft is pretty much a what if..." And this comment makes no sense, because the plane is no what-if. The original plane never flew, but it exists as much as possible. 6 hours ago, kiseca said: You responded to that sentence with "this is basically a kit of that replica, so hard to say it's a what-if." If you hadn't taken that answer out of context, you would have found that a moment earlier I had written about the fact that there would be two paint schemes in the box, one of them made up. The one that is not invented is, to me, the replica paint scheme. After all, the original was not completed before the war, so there are no photos of it painted according to Bugatti's vision of what he wanted to achieve on the finished aircraft. 6 hours ago, kiseca said: So no, you weren't talking about the painting scheme at that point. How charming. Someone who knows better than me what I was writing about and what I meant. My ex would be jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 It might not have been what you meant, but it absolutely was what you said. As for the charming comment, that makes us even, I didn't find your original response to me charming, either. But whatever. Have a nice day, I'm not here to have arguments with testy strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Yesterday Special Hobby published photos of the moulds and it's worth noting the space for the insert in the mould for sprue B. Such inserts are used to lower mould production cost and give alternative parts injected with those who are repeated in every box - in this case wheels, undercarriage and some cockpit parts. Another photo shows two halves of one insert with propellers, undercarriage covers and a few other parts. What kind of alternative parts they can add to this kind of kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: Yesterday Special Hobby published photos of the moulds and it's worth noting the space for the insert in the mould for sprue B. Such inserts are used to lower mould production cost and give alternative parts injected with those who are repeated in every box - in this case wheels, undercarriage and some cockpit parts. Another photo shows two halves of one insert with propellers, undercarriage covers and a few other parts. What kind of alternative parts they can add to this kind of kit? Possibly for creating an emergency lightweight fighter like the Caudron 714 - then we are definitely talking about a what if French AF 1941. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, LN-KEH said: Possibly for creating an emergency lightweight fighter like the Caudron 714 - then we are definitely talking about a what if French AF 1941. In that case, what could appear on the frames? Another propeller? Partial undercarriage covers? Gun barrels? Nothing else comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 10/22/2021 at 3:38 PM, Piotr Mikolajski said: I I'm just saying that the blue paint scheme in the box is the paint scheme of a flying replica, because painting schemes are what we're talking about. The completed original was painted the same colour. An interesting read on the original's development with tidbits about the pursuit variant: https://oldmachinepress.com/2012/11/01/bugatti-model-100p-racer/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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