A fine 1:8 scale scratch-built model of the 1924 Grand Prix de Lyon racing Bugatti Type 35, by Art Collection Auto of France, 1990s, limited edition, constructed from in excess of 700 steel, brass, and aluminium parts, featuring brass bodywork finished in three-coat pale blue paintwork, featuring hinged bonnet revealing detailed engine with wiring, radiator and driver's side stoneguards, with sprung suspension, the drivers compartment with hand-stitched leather seats, aluminium fascia with instrument panel, functioning steering, articulating gear-stick and hand-brake and other details, with solid rubber tyres set to removable 'artillery' style wheels with screw-in spinners, the model measuring approximately 46cm long and with imprinted signature P.Fontenelle to underside of the body.