BUGATTI ROYALE WEINBERGER by 3DClassics123456
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One of the most intricate model which I have created!
BUGATTI ROYALE Cabriolet Victoria Ludwig Weinberger (Munich) 1931 Chassis #41-121
When German physician Joseph Fuchs took delivery of his Bugatti Royale in 1932, the car was painted black with yellow trim.
There’s favorite Bugattis in every area. Say you want style, art deco influences, you go Type 57SC Atlantic. You want race car: Type 35. But if you want ultimate grandeur you have to go for the Royale. This was a car calculated to push Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Hispano-Suizas and Delahaye aside. But the timing was off, and the car was a failure. The hope was to sell it to royalty but not one Royal was able to buy one.
The Royale was made to dwarf all other luxury cars by any standard of measure. The biggest car. The biggest engine. And the price, adjusted for inflation mind you, was around $700,000.
The wheelbase was 169 inches. And it weighed 7,500 lbs. It had its own wheel design called "Roue Royale" that were 24 inches. The mind blower was the engine size, though, at 12,763cc in a straight-8.
Due, as I say, to bad timing (The depression of the thirties killed the market) only six Royale were ever built and amazingly all six survive. Some are worth more than others, due to the designs by different coachbuilders. Some have been rebodied several times.
This Bugatti T41 Royale Weinberger cabriolet is known by its first owner, Dr. Josef Fuchs of Munich. Chassis # 41 121 was bought new in 1931 by Dr. Josef Fuchs for $41,000, but the Doctor hadn’t reckoned with the growth of the Nazi party and his family was forced to flee Germany. He first moved his family and the Royale to Italy, then picked an odd choice--Shanghai –
before finally making it to New York in 1937 with his family and the car. Before the war, he hadn’t used anti- freeze and the engine froze and the block cracked. Somehow avoiding the prewar scrap drives, he kept the car in his backyard under a tarp.
During the war there were scrap drive zealots aiming to find every old car possible so it could be melted down to make guns and tanks.
This car got close to oblivion, being taken to a junkyard in 1941 or 43 and a friend of GM engineer Charles Chayne called him up and tipped him off about #41121 being available. He bought it over the phone for $400 plus $12 tax.
He was a good candidate to buy it, being eventually named Vice President of Engineering at General Motors. He had access to engineers that could cast a new block, make anything you wanted (but a neww block for the Bugatti was never cast). After he restored the car over a four year period, he donated it to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, in 1959 where it's still on display. Unfortunately, many parts of the restored car, including the paint scheme, are different of the original one!
Comments (15)
3DClassics123456
I forgot to write that this model will be soon available for Poser and Daz in 3DClassics' store at Renderosity
Parme
Elle est épatante! Les reflets sont très intéressants ( c'est le barbouilleur que je suis qui parle);D
3DClassics123456
Pour les reflets, c'est DAZ and Iray. Du temps où je faisais dans l'hyperréalisme je travaillais d'après des photos et c'était "galère".
Ken _Gilliland
beautiful car and work
3DClassics123456
Thank you Ken. Your animals and information are far more interesting than my poor models. Preserving life for the future is so important...
Radar_rad-dude
I have always been fascinated by this car! It's immense proportions and the beautiful coach design! That incredibly long hood epitomizes the elegance and sheer opulence of that era. I even wrote an essay about it in high school and got an A+. Much to my embarrassment, I had to read the whole thing in front of class, but somehow managed to muddle my way through it. Everyone clapped enthusiastically when I finished and friend clapped me on the back with more enthusiasm. My teach was really proud I had written such a nice essay and heaped much praise on me. I still think back fondly about that memory. It looks like you have recreated a master piece here, Alain. My hat is off to your stellar modeling skills!
3DClassics123456
Very interesting anecdote! An example of the fact that we have some important memories "hidden" somewhere in our brain. Thank you for this comment.
PhthaloBlue
Sensational model!
3DClassics123456
Thank you, but I am just a modeler. The real author of the car is Weinberger.
Saby55
Excellent work my friend 👍🙋♂️
3DClassics123456
Thank you. A lot of work ( around 250 hours ) and many, many small parts! Of course wrong imprecise blueprints and not enough photos of the original model in Black and yellow "suit"...
marcopol
Encore une superbe modélisation, bravo cher Alain :)
3DClassics123456
Merci marco! Tu vas bientôt recevoir un lien pour la récupérer.
gaius
Et les fans de s'écrier : "Elle est fan...elle est fan...elle est fantastique"... d'autres chanteraient "Qu'elle est belle, qu'elle est belle..." Dis, t'en n'aurais pas une vraie à céder ?
3DClassics123456
Tu ne l'auras pas en vrai ( le modèle est évalué à environ 700 000$ ) mais en 3D. Ca coûte moins cher.
madame
Une pure merveille… du travail de pro !!
JohnnyM
You did such a masterful creation in this beautiful Bugatti model...it looks amazing! The effort and thought that goes into creating all your models is the work of a true perfectionist...congrats my friend! :-)
3DClassics123456
Thank you, but your superb animations are far more interesting than my models. About that point, remember that I shall give you all the models you want for creating animations!.
AliceFromLake
Fantastic model. Too sad that these cars are so expensive because I like vintage cars. I own a vintage car but it is not that old.
3DClassics123456
Thank you. I have three "vintage" cars in my garage. But what means "vintage"? Are a MG Midget 1977, a MGB GT 1977 and a BMW 2800 CS 1969 vintage cars?
AliceFromLake
Well, everything older than 30 years is a vintage car for me. :-)
KarmaSong
Fantastic modeling, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for our friend Gaius :-)
Flint_Hawk
Amazing work!
Mediacandy
Un travail incroyable ! 💜