This is a scale model kit to be assembled by an adult; it includes all the parts as indicated, but it does not include glue or paints.
What a great plastic reproduction, and not just because of the size, of the mythical Bugatti Type 35B that achieved so many successes! Totally new Italeri molds, which include a complete breakdown of elements such as the engine, the chassis, the suspensions, complemented with a set of photo-etched parts where a detailed front grille shines and a decal sheet that allows you to select between two versions with pedigree, the winner in Monaco in 1929 with number #12 and the one that obtained second position in 1930 with number #18, yes, behind another Bugatti Tyoe 35. Spectacular!
Additional details for the
Bugatti Type 35B car scale model kit:
- Manufactured by Italeri in 1/12 scale with reference 4710 (also listed as 8001283047104).
- Raced at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 and 1930.
- Includes metal parts, photo-etched parts, plastic parts, rubber parts, water slide decals, other materials, assembly instructions and painting instructions.
- Download Italeri 4710 product brochure in PDF.
- Package measures 280 mm x 560 mm x 116 mm (width x depth x height), weighting 1046 g.
- Box barcode 8001283047104 (GTIN/EAN)
- Featured in newsletters 507, 539 and 548.
Artist and engineer. Ettore Bugatti tried many times to fuse beauty with the ability to win races in a car. After some notable failures, the Type 35 emerged as the design of an eccentric genius.
There is no doubt that Ettore Bugatti took the 1924 French Grand Prix in Lyon very seriously, as he arrived at the circuit with a team of six brand-new racing cars plus a remarkable entourage: 30 tons of spare parts in three train cars and two trucks with trailers, luxury tents and beds for 45 people, showers, kitchen, and the huge house on wheels of the Bugatti family pulled by another truck. With such a huge “circus” Bugatti had to be in the news, but it was the six new competition cars, which arrived rolling down the road, one of them driven by Bugatti himself, that attracted the most attention. It was the public premiere of the Type 35, featuring an advanced design with a unique blend of beauty and functionality in which all body and chassis elements were harmoniously united.
One of the novel elements of the Type 35 were the rims, made of cast aluminum with eight wide flat spokes and integrated drum brakes, which had the great advantage that they were much cheaper to manufacture than those with spokes. and they did not require the long and tedious adjustment of the same to ensure perfect concentricity. The idea of integrating the brake drums into the rims was intended to allow the brake pads to be changed at the same time as the tires, although some misalignments in the turning of the drums complicated the operation in more than one Grand Prix. Bugatti's concern for detail shows in things like the brake pedal with its compensator to ensure that the braking balance was equal on both sides of the car.
During most of its active life the Bugatti Type 35 used water-cooled 8-cylinder in-line engines with a displacement of 2 or 2.3 liters, with 3 valves per cylinder (2 intake and one exhaust) actuated by a single overhead camshaft. This cylinder head layout initially proved highly inefficient, and the adoption of a gear-driven three-lobe Roots-type supercharger was inevitable on the Type 35B from 1926. The 2-litre Type 35 engine produced about 90 hp, and about 120 hp supercharged. The 2.3-litre 35T also produced around 120 bhp, with supercharged 2.3-litre derivatives approaching 140 bhp.
The Bugatti 35 was perhaps Ettore Bugatti's most accomplished model, winning over 1,800 races in its working life.
This item is not suitable for children under 18 years old. SpotModel recommend this item for advanced modellers and professionals with high experience on building cars and bikes. Read carefully all instructions.
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