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Introducing the Race Weathered Bentley Blower
Race Weathered at 1:8 scale
We are thrilled to offer a special edition of thirty race weathered Bentley Blowers, as raced by Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin and Jean Chassagne in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the 21st and 22nd of June 1930. This unique edition of only thirty models has been meticulously hand-painted and detailed by our master model makers to show every detail of the race dirt and damage as the car raced at the renowned Circuit de la Sarthe. The first model in this edition has already been delivered to a client, and the remaining models will be weathered to order by our artists in Bristol. Each of the thirty models will be accompanied by an archive quality Giclée print of the car mid-race in the pit stop, curated by Amalgam from the Motorsport Images Collection.
Each 1:8 scale model measures over 54 cms/21 inches long and is an officially licensed 24 Hours of Le Mans product.
The first Bentley Blowers were finished too late for Le Mans in 1929, and only two of the cars reached the start line in 1930. Neither car reached the finish line, but it is widely considered that the Dudley Benjafield and Birkin privately entered Bentley Blowers’ relentless pursuit of the Rudolf Caracciola's Mercedes SSK paved the way for the victory to the Bentley works team Speed Six of Barnato and Glen Kidston. Despite this, many consider the Blower’s finest hour to have come in the 1930 French Grand Prix at Pau. Amid a field of Bugatti Grand Prix cars, Birkin wrestled the huge Bentley to a heroic second place in what was almost certainly the heaviest car ever entered in a grand prix, at over two tonnes.
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It is important to note that payments are still charged on your existing credit card. Splitit simply provides you the method to do this and information about the instalments. Here is an example of how the service works for a customer buying a £2,000 model in 4 instalments of £500 each:
Splitit obtains authorisation from the credit card company for the full purchase amount of £2,000. This is not a charge on the card; it is simply reserving £2,000 from the customer’s line of credit.
- The credit card company then charges the customer £500 for the first payment.
- During the second month, Splitit requests authorisation for the outstanding purchase amount of £1,500, and charges the customer the second installment of £500.
- This authorisation and charge process continues until the full £2,000 is collected - in this case, for 4 months.
No, this is an interest-free payment method with no additional fixed fees, service fees, interest or hidden fees of any kind.
No, your item will be processed after the first initial instalment and delivered as normal upon passing our Quality Control check at Head Office.
- You can pay using Splitit with a valid Mastercard or Visa
Nothing, no credit check is required if you use a Splitit instalment plan and there is no impact on your credit score. All the bank sees is the individual instalment charges each month. If one of your payment authorisations is declined, there is still no affect on your credit rating; it is simply a declined charge. The denial would simply accelerate payment of the remaining balance (unless you provide a different card which was not denied).
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The instalments appear on your statement as individual charge items with the name of 'Amalgam Collection'. These payments will appear monthly according to your instalment plan, with the same charge amount each time.
