BUGATTI T50B
A Type 59 Bugatti chassis was fitted with a 4.7ltr T50B engine and this central cockpit single seat body.
Practiced but not raced in the 1936 French GP, it was driven to second place in the Vanderbilt Cup by Wimille and won the first post - Second World War race meeting. A second car with a 3ltr engine managed to complete a single lap of the 1939 GP.
THE MODEL
The kit includes precision light weight body shell including driver and head, white metal mirrors, wheel back plates. Photo etch aero screen frame and PEW 3 wheel inserts. White roundels, 40 red numbers and Bugatti badge decals.
PENELOPE'S TIPS
SM1m chassis with CL wheels. Either GPT tyre pack or PCS 26mm rear and 24mm front tyres.
Alternatively V wheels VT tyres and PEW 3 wheel inserts.
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