One of Monza’s main attractions is the “Temple of Speed,” or Autodromo Nazionale, the Formula 1 racetrack which has been the site of the Italian Grand Prix since 1922. Naturally the local publisher Arti Grafiche Monza included race cars in its series of paper models, Costruzioni Scientifiche “Cartoccino.”
The Boschi brothers Gino and Renzo, sons of Ettore Boschi, socialist, mountaineer, newspaper editor, publisher, and children’s author “Nonno Ebe,” founded the firm in 1929 and its logo appears on the activity sheets. Their design and printing are head and shoulders above the majority of their competitors in Europe and no glue was needed for their construction.
One of the best known is of the famous dirigible Norge 1 designed by the Italian Umberto Nobile, which Roald Amundsen flew over the North Pole in 1926. The sheet’s layout is so breathtakingly beautiful that one can be forgiven for overlooking the instructions built into the pieces’ arrangement and position. Cutting everything out would be a daunting task for all but very the patient with steady hands and small sharp scissors.
The race car sheet (manufacturer and model unidentified) is much simpler than the one for Norge 1. The fasces with the Roman numeral VI on the car’s body may indicate that the sheet was issued in1928, year 6 of the Fascist era.
The image of the finished model is more schematic than the colorful, well drawn, and nicely detailed pieces. 
The padded leather seat suggests restrained opulence, but could the driver navigate a high speed race with such a simple instrument panel? And where is the driver’s wheel?
In the same purchase as the race car sheet were issues of the Junior Italian Red Cross magazine, Crociata dei Giovani [The Children’s Crusade]. This high-minded and patriotic periodical also fed the flame in little fascists for luxury car ownership with advertisements for the stylish Fiat Ardita, the new touring car which was Italy’s riposte to the Ford Model B. Just the thing to drive a party to Monza in September for the Grand Prix…