CMC Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix, Nation Colour Project - Italy - 1/18

Description

CMC Bugatti Type 35 Nation Colour Project - Italy, 1924 Limited edition of 800 units

For Ettore Bugatti, building cars was a question of perfection or, to put it another way, an art form with which it was necessary to “design in beauty”. The Type 35 marked the beginning of a period of around seven years in which the Bugatti brand dominated motorsport. With our „Nation Colour Project“, we want to bring the colourful racing car scene of the twenties and thirties into your living room. According to the Grand Prix regulations, national colours were prescribed for each country for the racing cars eligible to compete. The model presented here represents the country-specific racing car livery of Italy.

• Hand-assembled metal precision model made from over 930 parts
• Authentic and true-to-scale moulded bodywork
• Red Grand Prix racing livery Italy (starting number 11 and body labelling fictitious)
• Side-mounted spare wheel with leather strap fastening
• Solid metal front axle painted in silver matt lustre
• Front suspension in typical Bugatti lean angle, i.e. wheels with positive camber
• Double-wing bonnet with perforated cooling slots, hinged and secured with double leather straps
• Frame longitudinal member in metal design.
• Lower long side of bodywork with perforated ventilation slots Radiator grille and stone guard grille in metal design
• Metal leaf springs on front and rear axle with suspension function
• Double-wing tank cap made of stainless steel and can be unscrewed
• Highly detailed 8-cylinder in-line engine with all add-on units and complete pipework / cabling
• Movable external gear lever and handbrake lever
• Movable protective grille on the driver's side
• Prototypical steering box with worm gear Double metal exhaust pipe
• Rotating metal engine starter crank handle
• Prototypical metal wheels in cast aluminium design with flange-mounted ribbed brake drum (wheel construction made of 35 parts)
• Wheels removable with original replica four-eared threaded rings
• Different tyre profiles front / rear Seats and backrest upholstered in genuine brown leather Steering wheel with metal spokes and steering wheel rim with cord wrapping
• Originally designed dashboard in metal-brushed sunburst finish with all round instruments and inserted ignition magneto
• Cockpit hand oil pump lever can be moved
• Remote thermometer on the radiator cap

Special feature: Specially manufactured metal body screws with Bugatti-specific moulding. All screws elaborately secured with fine stainless steel wire, true to the original.
Item number: M-100 B-001-1-