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11/02/2021 12:05 pm
I love collecting Bugattis. Sometimes you have to hit the bargain basement for some of the more arcane models. For the price of $6, I brought home a French "Majorette" Type 55 roadster with coachwork by the rather unknown company of Chapelle & Jabouille which seems to be more known for taxi cab bodies.
The second model is a more upscale $12 Bburago 1932 Type 55 that was bare bones but better build quality.
Both of these models got a bit of paint detailing, a faux wood dash with punched out butyrate (CAB) lenses. The bare arm rested were 'upholstered' with masking tape and painted the same saddle brown. I rate them both as 2-3 foot models (without readers).
Here's the Bburago (It's much nicer):
Tony Perrone and Tony Perrone reacted
11/02/2021 12:13 pm
Have one of these but it needs appropriate tires, looks like Bugatti resto-mod. Burago was putting same tires on every model for years. Otherwise it has very decent shapes and with your touchup looks much upscale. Excellent pictures as usual!
Tony Perrone and Tony Perrone reacted
11/02/2021 12:25 pm
I agree. The bodywork of these models are not that bad. Especially the Bburago is ok. If only the wheels were ok it would be great to collect them cause there are a lot of different colours. But these great pictures make me doubt... I think i will start. 