March 20, 2025

Italeri's Bugatti Type 35B - Targa Florio 1928 - Monaco GP 1930 in 1/12th scale.

To complement their earlier Type 35B, Italeri has released another version, this one with new colours & parts as the 1928 & 1930 racers. We look at the new colours, etch & history in our preview...

Italeri's Bugatti Type 35B - Targa Florio 1928 - Monaco GP 1930 in 1/12th scale.

Bugatti Type 35B—Targa Florio 1928—Monaco GP 1930
From Italeri
1/12th Scale
Kit #4716
Two colour choices included in the box
ETA: The kit will be released in the first week of April.
Italeri has released images and information of their adaptation of the 1/12th scale Bugatti Type 35B into the famous 1928 & 1930 winning racer. See the new colours parts & built up kit in our preview

The Subject: The Bugatti Type 35B
The Bugatti Type 35B is one of the most iconic and revered racing cars in motor racing history, both technically and competitively. Ettore Bugatti's masterpiece was a unique mix of engineering skill, design, elegance, speed and its relatively lightweight. Produced during the 1920s, it won an incredible number of races in both “road” and “on track” competitions. The Bugatti was, in fact, specifically designed for the world of racing, which included the introduction of technical and mechanical solutions for the car that made it ideal for the racing circuits of the period.

Eliška Junková-Khásová, a Czech automobile racer in the 1928 Targa Florio, Bugatti. The Type 35B dominated. This is one of the car options in the colours of this kit.
Aesthetically, it was universally known and recognisable by the unmistakable shape of the horseshoe-shaped radiator, which was a key design feature of Bugatti as a car manufacturer. Due to its 2,263 cm³ 8-cylinder engine with a four-speed mechanical gearbox and equipped with a volumetric compressor, the Bugatti Type 35B was able to attain a top speed of 210 km/h. It was produced in limited numbers until 1930.

The second choice of markings was this blue-coloured car. The 1930 Monaco Grand Prix was a prestigious Formula One motor racing event held at the iconic Circuit de Monaco. Notably, French driver René Dreyfus secured a remarkable victory in a privately owned Bugatti, outpacing the factory Bugattis of Louis Chiron and Guy Bouriat. The competition was, however, tainted by controversy surrounding allegations of race-fixing.

The new kit from Italeri:
We have already seen the Type 35B built up in the previous release, but now we will look at the new parts, decals and the two colour schemes built and painted up.

Here some key features of the new Bugatti Type 35B—Targa Florio 1928—Monaco GP 1930 in 1/12th scale:
Steerable front wheels
Opened engine cowling option
Highly detailed engine (below, you can see it made up and painted).
Rubber tyres
2 spare wheels
You can see the car partially built with an instrument cluster and chassis below...
Chromed parts 
Photo-etched parts
Screws and tubes
Artificial leather
Die-cut mask sheet (as an alternative to decals, if you like).
Decal for two versions
There are two marking choices supplied in this kit. We have the colour profiles of the two versions, both in striking colours. Here they are made up by the modellers from Italeri.

You can get Italeri's kits from Italeri directly from their website or from their distributors worldwide.