Sunday, September 8, 2024

1930 Blower Bentley: Complete (#6 for 2024)

A fussy but well-done 1/24 kit from Heller (reboxed by Revell). That supercharged 4.5 litre 4-cylinder must have been a real truck engine, but it has grabbed the popular imagination -- if you weren't excessively distracted by Diana Rigg's outfits, you may recall John Steed drove one in The Avengers.  


DNF at Le Mans in 1930 (the 6-litre Speed Sixes took 1st and 2nd). 

 
 

Posed here with my two other prewar Le Mans cars, 1923 Chenard Walcker 32 Sport (1st) and 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B (DNF). The early years of aerodynamics... 



What's next you ask? Maybe back to the multi-media kits. Stay tuned!  

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