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.