Airfix 1/24 Aston Martin DB5 (07402)

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Airfix 1/24 Aston Martin DB5 (07402)
The first Aston Martin appeared in 1914, the name being derived from a combination of the name of the designer, one Lionel Martin, and the venue of the car's first competition success at the Aston Clinton Hill-climb.

The cars first appeared commercially in 1918. In the late twenties, the Company changed ownership and thereafter produced the first O.H.C. model, which had successes at Le Mans between the two World Wars. The company was acquired by David Brown in 1947. Initially, production centred around a 2-litre push-rod engined car, the first of the famous "DB" series arriving later when a 6-cylinder O.H.C. Lagonda engine was installed in the earlier chassis. This type of car, the B+DBRI/300 won the 24-hour Le Mans race in 1959.
Since this time the cars have undergone considerable development culmination in the DB5, a car which combines the comforts of a luxury touring car, coupled with the excellent high performance synonymous with the marque.
The "Superleggera", or lightweight body, is of light alloy construction around a small diameter multi-tubular framework, the whole mounted on a platform chassis. The 6-cylinder, 4-litre engine is also light alloy with "wet"-type liners. The hemispherical combustion chambers have two valves per cylinder, operated directly by short tappets from the twin overhead camshafts. Drive is via a hydraulically operated clutch and David Brown 5-speed gearbox on which top is overdrive. In standard form, the engine develops 282 b.h.p., whilst the optional "vantage" engine (with three Weber carburettors replacing the standard S.U. pattern) develops over 300 b.h.p.

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