Sheer beauty and very well painted - congrats to your find. I nearly have all Pocher Classics, most of them still unbuilt and mint in their box - waiting for my retirement when I will have time to build them ;) . Around 2000, Pocher went out of business, and dealers just wanted to get rid of the kits, so I got your Bugatti in sealed box for 400 EUR, and the (IMO even more beautiful) Bugatti Surprofile, the Coupe version of the T-50, for 300 EUR. At that time I purchased every Pocher I could find, now my cellar is filled up to the ceiling with dozens of big Pocher boxes. Unbelievable, but true. You might want to try the even more spectacular Mercedes variants - they have more parts and especially the black convertible is a wonderful model.
I remember looking at these in my local model shop back in the 70`s but they were out of my budget. I still scan ebay for them but I still can't afford one😩
That is unbelievably realistic and as you said Dave a museum pice I am sure you will find away to repair the front end and even if you don't it is very much a work of art and a great FIND....KA
Dave, in Italian the "ch" before an "e" is pronounced like an English "k". So it should be po-kair, rhyming with "hair". The computer tools may well be small enough. There's a shop near the Vic Market that has those tools and they are not so pricey.
Nice find. Someone did a nice job putting this together. Did you ever fix that front axle? Frankly it's no wonder it failed Pocher used a cheap die casting instead of drop forging nickel steel like Ettore Bugatti did on the real one, lol. I built one of these 30 years ago. It's the easiest of the Pocher "classics" to build because unlike the earlier ones most of the parts actually fit together! Though it was easy it took about a year of steady work to complete. The classic kits just seem to go on forever and of course there are things to improve everywhere on a 50 year old model.
Nice kit indeed. I have a Mercedes from Pocher in the same scale. Alas...... If nobody tells you to polish the shit out of ALL metal parts, and cover them in a high quality clear lacquer, they will start rusting........... But you won't find out until it's too late. How do you polish and paint all metal parts once the model has been assembled ? Well.... You basically take the model apart again, with or without force, and rebuild the whole damn thing..... Thank you Rivarossi Pocher, for NOT telling us in the instructions and for providing us with scrap metal............. And these kits are bloody expensive, too....!!!!
Purchased the Pocher Alfa Romero 40+ years ago. I was completely disappointed. The lack of workmanship, poor fitment and generally a poorly manufactured model kit. Most of the screw holes needed to be taped. The fiddliest model I ever came across. Even back then these kits fetched a pretty penny. I ended up giving it away...beware before you buy.
Dave... I hate to tell you, but I bought and built this model, also the Rolls Royce, and the Mercedes, when they first came out. And I paid the horrendous sum of $100.00 each. . .
Sure, but the last models sold by shop here in France, were twenty years ago, at least. I have some (real) motorbikes bought around 600 € at the same time and now I can sold them around 5000€ each one ! it's the same !
If you need tools for it, investigate computer tool kits; they have some ridiculously small sockets, screwdrivers and other bits and bobs that can come in well handy, and usually all in one kit. That aside, this looks fantastic. I've seen other Pocher kits in the past (never this one though) and they've all been a labour of love for whomever builds them - they're not a weekend build! Pocher's attention to detail is on another level. Great find.
I sell the old kits and the new ones is the tool box under the backseat Lift up the back under seat and there should be a tool box and other car stuff. I live in the US .if you don't know how it fix it or have the tools please don't mess with it you won't make any good money on it . I bought one at a thrift store for 50 bucks in a wooden Box the old man was a Watchmaker but my dad was the 1st distributor to sell these kits and the US so we have all the kits and the older ones if you send me good pictures of the parts you need i can help you or i have friends in England who collects and works on these kits for collectors so he might be Cheaper option for you for the parts Then me. but anyhow if you need help just let me know.i have lots of people who have parts
Recon. Please a simple question: in the Bugatti K76 the real and original stop lights are two vertical red lights or one clear white circular lights.? I' m a little confused about that. Thanks. Do you have the K84 Bugatti 1:8 complete kit?. This fantastic model is even more beautiful than K76 ( in my opinion). Or better, do you know someone that has the model fully built?
Very good video. I am taking a break from building my Pocher Bugatti. I've had the kit for 30+ years and decided it was time to finish the model. Your video can work as a benchmark. Parts are available for this kit, so, you may be able to repair yours.
Hi Dave. I've bought a identical yellow Pocher Bugatti 1/8, one hour ago by Ebay (It comes from Italy). It is my second Pocher . First is a Mercedes 500 K 1/8" 1932, red. I will be counting the twenty days until coming (the new) to Miami. Dave, this Pocher were built in the 90s. Is impossible to think that the car is absolutely perfect after almost 30 years. But always you'll find a person to fix it. In my case my Pocher will come with several imperfections but a good technician will fix the damaged parts I enjoy every day simply watching my current red Pocher. The Pocher 1/8 are a masterpiece The most beautiful? , I don't know. I have the CMC Bugatti Corsica 1938 1/18 refull, with fine 1/18 figures and driver. Both Bugatti are fantastic and extremely beautiful
Hi Dave, Things seem to have become a bit quiet on your website, particularly given that you were planning on spending more time modelling. I do hope that you are OK? Best Wishes Dave C (Scotland)
As an octogenarian I bought this when it came out... I was impressed by the gearing in the differential... who wouldn't be! Still in its box, unbuilt, as are a lot of others since there is too much else to do?
Reminds me of an article in model mag, working crankshaft and piston. Inline 6. Piston where diameter of pencil ends. I think the scale was 1/16. Very cool find. And great investment.
Yea. In Ebay you can find several important original parts for Bugatti K76. Internal pieces. Frontal Lights, windows, doors, stop lights, and similar are more hard to get
Maybe a lot of model builders like Pocher kits but I don't! They're way too big and way too expensive and not even worth their price. This isn't real model building!
LOL...............It's the best thing you have ever had on here .,......... stop going off crook about the the brocken left wheel .............if it wasn't foer that you would have been able to afford it lol ........I want one to ,................one day ???? Great find Dave ....... if you don't wan't it . give me a price ....i'll see if I can do it. Ron
P.S.: I stopped by our local thrift store for their 50% off day and, whilst chatting with my brother on the phone, I look on this shelf and there was a Pocher Alfa 8C-2300 kit, partially built, but all parts seemed check out. My cost after discount. $20 Quite a find.
look very good and very good quality, maybe this one and the rolls royce but when you look other models like the alfa romeo 1300c Muletto and Monza and I am talking because I am work to finish this models for a customer I found a lots of lacks and the quality of fits is very deficient, very oversizes friction shocks. front axle with the springs must be relocated 2mm each side front grille must be cut and the body relocated with the frame , all parts need a lot of work to make a present quality model
I own this model from Pocher. I bought the kit about 25 years ago. the jewel is still in my living room today. the engine is completely realistic and has internal moving pistons and crankshaft.
@@DavesModelWorkshop Yes he is one of the greatest models I know. There are small series on this scale, some completely made of metal, but they are very expensive. It's a shame that Pocher no longer exists. But I doubt an assembled model is profitable. It would have to be an unbuilt model kit.
I agree, it is a truly stunning find. Love it.
How do you bribe your wife? I come to my house, with a bottle of Vallejo paint and the hell is open. Amazing model!
Bummer 😶😶😶
Lol same..... all i get is stop playing with your toys 😣..
y'all need better wives.
Sheer beauty and very well painted - congrats to your find. I nearly have all Pocher Classics, most of them still unbuilt and mint in their box - waiting for my retirement when I will have time to build them ;) . Around 2000, Pocher went out of business, and dealers just wanted to get rid of the kits, so I got your Bugatti in sealed box for 400 EUR, and the (IMO even more beautiful) Bugatti Surprofile, the Coupe version of the T-50, for 300 EUR. At that time I purchased every Pocher I could find, now my cellar is filled up to the ceiling with dozens of big Pocher boxes. Unbelievable, but true.
You might want to try the even more spectacular Mercedes variants - they have more parts and especially the black convertible is a wonderful model.
I remember looking at these in my local model shop back in the 70`s but they were out of my budget. I still scan ebay for them but I still can't afford one😩
😲😲😲😲😲😲,,OutRageously Beautiful Dave, perhaps Drilling/pinning & JB WELD n TCL Sanding and Buffing Would Repair The Axle Damage ?? God Bless All.
That is unbelievably realistic and as you said Dave a museum pice I am sure you will find away to repair the front end and even if you don't it is very much a work of art and a great FIND....KA
Awesome find! I don’t do car models but seriously, this is a beautiful thing!
I think you need to build a period garage for it!
I have this model, it was of my grandfather. He started but its not finished. I dont know how can i finish it. Need so help!
Dave, in Italian the "ch" before an "e" is pronounced like an English "k". So it should be po-kair, rhyming with "hair". The computer tools may well be small enough. There's a shop near the Vic Market that has those tools and they are not so pricey.
amazing detail! great find!
Great and beautiful! Now I guess you'll need a Chiron the same scale to put side by side as a showcase. 😉
Great find Dave!👍 If it was me, I'd drill,pin and epoxy the axle.
Nice find. Someone did a nice job putting this together. Did you ever fix that front axle? Frankly it's no wonder it failed Pocher used a cheap die casting instead of drop forging nickel steel like Ettore Bugatti did on the real one, lol. I built one of these 30 years ago. It's the easiest of the Pocher "classics" to build because unlike the earlier ones most of the parts actually fit together! Though it was easy it took about a year of steady work to complete. The classic kits just seem to go on forever and of course there are things to improve everywhere on a 50 year old model.
Thank you. No, in the end I left it as found (I prop the front axle on a small wooden box)
Nice--is it for sale?
No, I decided to keep it.
@@DavesModelWorkshop Ah! Well, thank you for responding, and please let me know if you ever change your mind. :-)
Top notch model...and work!
I have this kit new in unopened box along with another new in box Alfa Spider
is it sprayed yellow or just black.
The plastic comes moulded in those colours, and then the two separate pieces are joined together.
Nice kit indeed.
I have a Mercedes from Pocher in the same scale.
Alas...... If nobody tells you to polish the shit out of ALL metal parts, and cover them in a high quality clear lacquer, they will start rusting...........
But you won't find out until it's too late. How do you polish and paint all metal parts once the model has been assembled ?
Well.... You basically take the model apart again, with or without force, and rebuild the whole damn thing.....
Thank you Rivarossi Pocher, for NOT telling us in the instructions and for providing us with scrap metal.............
And these kits are bloody expensive, too....!!!!
Dave just get the replacement axle and take it a jeweler to fix..just a thought
PS I have 1/200 Trump Hood and a Tam F4 C/D in the stash just need my workshop set up better oh well it will happen good luck Dave
Great deal on that model
It's pronounced "poker" like the card game. You are pronouncing it the French way but the "ch" in "pocher" is pronounced as a hard "k" in Italian.
Can't you weld it or something?
100$ wowww
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
Purchased the Pocher Alfa Romero 40+ years ago. I was completely disappointed. The lack of workmanship, poor fitment and generally a poorly manufactured model kit. Most of the screw holes needed to be taped. The fiddliest model I ever came across. Even back then these kits fetched a pretty penny. I ended up giving it away...beware before you buy.
Do not sell it! :-)
Dave... I hate to tell you, but I bought and built this model, also the Rolls Royce, and the Mercedes, when they first came out.
And I paid the horrendous sum of $100.00 each. . .
Sure, but the last models sold by shop here in France, were twenty years ago, at least. I have some (real) motorbikes bought around 600 € at the same time and now I can sold them around 5000€ each one ! it's the same !
That is damn nice, insane detail. You can apparently get a factory sealed kit off eBay for the low low price of... $3836.03 AUD :p.
If you need tools for it, investigate computer tool kits; they have some ridiculously small sockets, screwdrivers and other bits and bobs that can come in well handy, and usually all in one kit.
That aside, this looks fantastic. I've seen other Pocher kits in the past (never this one though) and they've all been a labour of love for whomever builds them - they're not a weekend build! Pocher's attention to detail is on another level. Great find.
Another thought is a jewelers repair kit available on EBay. Lots of tiny tools for doing all sorts of things to tiny, tiny parts.
Remarkable detail and functionality. I half expected you to start the engine. ;-)
I sell the old kits and the new ones is the tool box under the backseat Lift up the back under seat and there should be a tool box and other car stuff. I live in the US .if you don't know how it fix it or have the tools please don't mess with it you won't make any good money on it . I bought one at a thrift store for 50 bucks in a wooden Box the old man was a Watchmaker but my dad was the 1st distributor to sell these kits and the US so we have all the kits and the older ones if you send me good pictures of the parts you need i can help you or i have friends in England who collects and works on these kits for collectors so he might be Cheaper option for you for the parts Then me. but anyhow if you need help just let me know.i have lots of people who have parts
Recon. Please a simple question: in the Bugatti K76 the real and original stop lights are two vertical red lights or one clear white circular lights.? I' m a little confused about that. Thanks.
Do you have the K84 Bugatti 1:8 complete kit?. This fantastic model is even more beautiful than K76 ( in my opinion). Or better, do you know someone that has the model fully built?
Very good video. I am taking a break from building my Pocher Bugatti. I've had the kit for 30+ years and decided it was time to finish the model. Your video can work as a benchmark. Parts are available for this kit, so, you may be able to repair yours.
Hi Dave. I've bought a identical yellow Pocher Bugatti 1/8, one hour ago by Ebay (It comes from Italy). It is my second Pocher . First is a Mercedes 500 K 1/8" 1932, red.
I will be counting the twenty days until coming (the new) to Miami.
Dave, this Pocher were built in the 90s. Is impossible to think that the car is absolutely perfect after almost 30 years. But always you'll find a person to fix it. In my case my Pocher will come with several imperfections but a good technician will fix the damaged parts
I enjoy every day simply watching my current red Pocher. The Pocher 1/8 are a masterpiece
The most beautiful? , I don't know. I have the CMC Bugatti Corsica 1938 1/18 refull, with fine 1/18 figures and driver. Both Bugatti are fantastic and extremely beautiful
Hi Dave,
Things seem to have become a bit quiet on your website, particularly given that you were planning on spending more time modelling. I do hope that you are OK?
Best Wishes
Dave C (Scotland)
Would make a great rc car. Great purchase.🍻🍻🍻🍻👍👍 now it needs it's own scale fuel pump!
Absolutely stunning Dave. Fix it. I know you can fix it. Good to see you back
What a beautiful model and great fine. Hope you can get it restored.
See Model Motorcars, Ltd for tools and aftermarket Pocher classic parts.
As an octogenarian I bought this when it came out... I was impressed by the gearing in the differential... who wouldn't be!
Still in its box, unbuilt, as are a lot of others since there is too much else to do?
Hi Jon, gosh, if it's still with it's box and in good condition these are worth a lot of money now!
Pocher kits have come to the point , that a Saudi Prince can`t even afford one.
Reminds me of an article in model mag, working crankshaft and piston. Inline 6. Piston where diameter of pencil ends. I think the scale was 1/16. Very cool find. And great investment.
Straight Eight cylinder, engine, I believe.
Can you still get original parts? I know it’s a long shot, but is it worth a try...
Yea. In Ebay you can find several important original parts for Bugatti K76. Internal pieces. Frontal Lights, windows, doors, stop lights, and similar are more hard to get
Maybe a lot of model builders like Pocher kits but I don't! They're way too big and way too expensive and not even worth their price. This isn't real model building!
Certainly expensive, no disagreement there!
I'm stunned by this model kit.
Bloody beautiful, have checked how close a air brush spanner is for size,till next time have a good one mate
Just to say if you check daves Facebook you can see he is still active recently
LOL...............It's the best thing you have ever had on here .,......... stop going off crook about the the brocken left wheel .............if it wasn't foer that you would have been able to afford it lol ........I want one to ,................one day ???? Great find Dave ....... if you don't wan't it . give me a price ....i'll see if I can do it. Ron
I've built a couple Pochers. That one is very well done. My dad bought out inventory in US as Kmart Toy buyer in 1975
What a thing of beauty! A true work of art. The Deco age had such beautiful flowing lines. Now we're all "function over form" sadly.
amazing detail~~
Amazing!👀👀👀😎👍
Metal epoxy if you can't work with the bolts.
Good call. Thank you! It is almost 3 years later, and I still haven't repaired this! I'm lazy... ;)
@@DavesModelWorkshop Been there :D
Beautiful model indeed. I guess you are not going to weather this one . 😆
Wasn't expecting your hand to enter the frame at the start, thought that was a source material photo, haha
Heh heh, I like to keep you all on your toes ;)
Hi Dave, I'm missing your videos. Is everything OK?
Astounding detail. Absolutely phenomenal.
P.S.: I stopped by our local thrift store for their 50% off day and, whilst chatting with my brother on the phone, I look on this shelf and there was a Pocher Alfa 8C-2300 kit, partially built, but all parts seemed check out. My cost after discount. $20 Quite a find.
Scored! Absolute bargain!
that was a good find Gerald Wingfield built a lot of them when he was a live
Gerald Wingrove you mean? He scratch built his to 1/15 scale.
@@deeno329 thats right
look very good and very good quality, maybe this one and the rolls royce but when you look other models like the alfa romeo 1300c Muletto and Monza and I am talking because I am work to finish this models for a customer I found a lots of lacks and the quality of fits is very deficient, very oversizes friction shocks. front axle with the springs must be relocated 2mm each side front grille must be cut and the body relocated with the frame , all parts need a lot of work to make a present quality model
That is disappointing to learn that not all the Pocher models are as good. :(
@@DavesModelWorkshop yes. For me too. Shi..hapen
I own this model from Pocher. I bought the kit about 25 years ago. the jewel is still in my living room today. the engine is completely realistic and has internal moving pistons and crankshaft.
it is rather lovely, isn't it? I still own mine after considering selling it on at a profit ;)
@@DavesModelWorkshop Yes he is one of the greatest models I know. There are small series on this scale, some completely made of metal, but they are very expensive. It's a shame that Pocher no longer exists. But I doubt an assembled model is profitable. It would have to be an unbuilt model kit.
Are the tires hard plastic, or are the actual rubber, i.e., realistic?
They are rubber, so compressible.
Hi Dave, everyting ok? Been a bit quiet on your channel lately.
You OK Dave? Been worryingly quiet here...