Italeri - 1:12 Bugatti Type 35B - Targa Florio '28 / Monaco GP '30 it is a car
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description: Italeri Bugatti Type 35B — Targa Florio 1928 / Monaco Grand Prix 1930 — 1:12 Scale Model Kit Some racing cars become famous because they win. The Bugatti Type 35 became famous because it kept winning. Introduced in 1924, Ettore Bugatti’s masterpiece combined elegant bodywork, light weight, precise handling, and advanced mechanical engineering in a car designed specifically for competition. During its extraordinary career, the Type 35 family accumulated more than 1,000 victories and won the Targa Florio five consecutive times. Apparently, once was not considered conclusive. The Type 35B was among the most powerful versions. Its 2.3-liter straight-eight engine used a Roots-type supercharger to produce approximately 140 horsepower, driving through a four-speed manual transmission. With a lightweight body and chassis, the car could reach approximately 130 mph—an impressive speed in an era when the driver sat above the fuel tank, protected by goggles, a small windscreen, and considerable optimism. Italeri recreates this landmark racing car in large 1:12 scale with approximately 336 components, including 60 photo-etched parts, opening engine cowls, steerable front wheels, rubber tires, chrome-plated pieces, realistic plumbing, artificial leather, and two historically significant marking options. The completed model measures just over 12 inches long. Two Cars. Two Very Different Racing Stories. The kit offers two versions of the Bugatti Type 35B: No. 58 — Eliška Junková, 1928 Targa Florio No. 22 — René Dreyfus, 1930 Monaco Grand Prix winner One won. The other finished fifth and became legendary anyway. Eliška Junková — Targa Florio 1928 Eliška Junková arrived in Sicily with an unusually modern approach to racing. She spent weeks studying the Targa Florio’s 67-mile mountain circuit, recording corners, braking points, landmarks, and road conditions. This was necessary because the course contained roughly 1,400 corners per lap, and drivers completed five laps. There was no co…
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