Bugatti T35 #58 Grand Prix Yellow Livery w/a Female Racer Figurine Ltd Ed to 600 pcs Worldwide 1/18 Diecast Model by CMC

Brand new 1/18 scale car model of Bugatti T35 #58 Grand Prix Yellow Livery with a Female Racer Figurine Limited Edition to 600 pieces Worldwide die cast model car by CMC. Brand new box. Real rubber tires. Steerable wheels. Has opening engine compartment. Double exhaust pipes made of metal. Rear-view mirror attached with acorn nuts. Movable lever for the cockpit-hand oil pump. Metal front axle, painted in a dull silver finish. Prototypical steering housing with worm gear. The metal crank handle can be turned around. Seats and backrests are covered in real leather. Detailed interior, exterior and engine compartment. Removable wheel with an authentic four-eared nut. Authentic replication of the body, crafted true to scale. Female Racer figurine is approximately 3.5 inches tall. Dimensions approximately L-8.25, W-3.25, H-2.5 inches. Side-mounted spare wheel, fastened with leather straps. Removable double-leaf tank cap made of stainless steel. Radiator grille and stone-chipping guards made of metal. The driver’s windshield can fold down on a leather apron. Different tire thread patterns for the front and rear wheels. Steering wheel with metal spokes and a cord-wrapped rim. Movable gearshift and handbrake lever outside of the cockpit. Functional metal compound springs at the front and rear axles. Front suspension in a typical Bugatti tilt (with positive wheel chamber). Metal chassis with ventilation slots perforated in the side rails longitudinally. Hand-assembled metal precision model made of more than 930 single parts. Highly detailed 8-cylinder in-line-engine, including all aggregates, cabling and pipes. Double-leaf engine hood with perforated cooling louver, hinged and fastened by leather straps. Replication of wheels in cast aluminum design with a flanged ribbed brake drum (wheel assembled from 35 parts). Authentically replicated dashboard with a metallic finish of geometric brush makings and complete with instruments and a magneto for fuel ignition. Metal body screws custom-made in the famous Bugatti T35 style. All body screws are positioned true to the original design and secured by a stainless steel wire. To pay tribute to courageous pioneering "speedqueens", the "Bugatti Nation Colour Project" is releasing a two-piece bundle item that consists of a Bugatti Type 35 replica in the yellow finish and an attractive female race car driver figurine. This item is only available as a two-piece bundle. Historically, grand prix racing seems to have been a domain of competition for males exclusively. But that is a misconception. As recently as 1980, Desiré Wilson, a female driver from South Africa, won the British Aurora F1 Championship at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit. There was also Lella Lumbardi from Italy, who participated in seventeen F1 races, and finished in the top six at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. For the legends of "pioneering speedqueens", however, one has to go back to the early years of motor racing – the 1920s and 1930s, when women were no less enthusiastic about motor racing than men. CMC is releasing two special editions in commemoration of pioneering “Speedqueens“ who raced brilliantly and success-fully in their Bugatti T35’s. Among them were Helle Nice and Jannie Jennky from France, Elisabeth Junek from Czechoslovakia, and Lucy Schell, an Irish American, to name just a few. To take Junek for instance. In a career that spanned just five years, she ran wheel-to-wheel with the world’s best drivers, redefined racing preparations revolutionarily, and became the first woman to win a Grand Prix. She remains the most successful female racing driver in Grand Prix history.