Signature Models 1/18 Aston Martin 1934 Le Mans #11 Blue (18121BL)

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Signature Models 1/18 Aston Martin 1934 Le Mans #11 Blue (18121BL)
Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin, who ran a company selling Singer racing cars but longed to build a more sophisticated model of their own. Martin described their objective as: “A quality car of good performance and appearance: a car for the discerning owner driver with fast touring in mind, designed, developed and built as an individual.” They began by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini racing car designed by Ettore Bugatti. They named the car Aston Martin after Lionel Martin and the Aston Clinton hill climb racing course where their Singers had triumphed. In 1919 they completed their first production car with a Coventry-Simplex engine and top speed of 70 mph. It was expensive at £850, and only a few models were sold. Bamford left the company, and Martin eventually sold it. After a succession of owners, Aston Martin was eventually bought by the Italian-born engineer ‘Bert’ Bertelli and moved to Feltham in Middlesex. Bertelli’s stylish, low-slung racing cars such as the 1930 International rebuilt Aston Martin’s reputation on the track, but he lacked the capital to solve the company’s financial problems, and in 1932 it was taken over by the wealthy Sir Arthur Sunderland. He financed the production of the 1934 Ulster with a long, streamlined tail and circular wings. The development of the Ulster had begun under ‘Bert’ Bertelli, and it became one of the most popular racing cars of the 1930s..

Very nice model of the British Aston Martin, opening bonnet with straps, detailed cockpit with wood effect floorboards, die cast body, detailed interior, rubber tyres, steerable wheels, perfectly modelled engine, accurate gauges and dash

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