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01/03/2025 3:48 pm
Ettore Bugatti's little Type 35 dominated racing from its inception in 1924 to 1930 with performance improvements designated by letter suffixes along the way. Powered by a 3 valve SOHC straight 8, its power climbed through different supercharges and ultimately maxed out at 130 HP. The car was by far, the winningest racer ever. Franklin Mint packed so much detail, parts and craftsmanship into this little model, it still amazes me. I love the swirl pattern replicating the machine turned metal on the dash, firewall and engine components. I delightful surprise happened a year or so after I bought it when I removed the seat cushion and found all the extra details including the spring suspended supports for that seat. Although I have a 1/18 CMC model of this first gen T35 with a parts count of over 1000, I never retired this little gem.
01/03/2025 5:15 pm
Thanks for all the beautiful pics Rich 👍
01/03/2025 5:26 pm
FMs high watermark? 1/24 scales high watermark? How did u ever get those bonnet straps together again? thanks
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01/03/2025 9:25 pm
@geoff-jowett I have all the micro-surgical tools I used in my practice so I could take things apart with a reasonable presumption I could put them back together. Of course that's when my hands were still functioning. LOL
01/03/2025 9:47 pm
Believe me at my age, 71, I'm still thankful that God has given me the dexterity to do that. 🙏
01/03/2025 10:54 pm
That's a beauty Rich. I'm still amazed I can build as well as I do at 63, lol. I just take longer. My hands aren't quite as steady, and thank God for magnifiers.😁
01/03/2025 11:57 pm
FMs high watermark? 1/24 scales high watermark? How did u ever get those bonnet straps together again? thanks
They just unhook right at the arrow, these are easy. I think Raffi designed this model.
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02/03/2025 10:39 am
@chav I unbuckled them for the shoot as I used the pics for our Lists and Reviews database. I didn't want the released belt to be in those pics.
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02/03/2025 12:00 pm
That is a beautiful model. Thanks for sharing pictures.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
02/03/2025 10:19 pm
@rich-sufficool The 2 I remember that buckle in 1:24 are CMC too: the Black Prince and the Porsche's.