1934 MERCEDES BENZ W25 White Limited Edition of 3000 Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$399.95

Fans of this era of European racing will be aware that racing Mercedes were not always silver. They were originally white. At the first round of the 1934 F1 season the Mercedes team presented their beautiful white W25 to scrutineering only to discover that their racing machine was 1kg over class weight. As they couldn't re-engineer the car on the spot the team mechanics set to work overnight to strip the white paint from the car thus revealing the bare aluminium body underneath. The car made weight and the legend of the silver arrows was born. This model is the 'before' version in full white body paint. The car had a twin supercharged inline 8 cylinder capable of 354 horsepower, a very impressive figure for the time. It went on to win 4 GPs and 2 hill climbs in its first year of competition.

FERRARI 500 F2 Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$420.00

In 1952 the FIA announced the World Championship would be run to Formula 2 specs after Alfa Romeos withdrawal from the sport. Ferrari were the only team to have a car specifically designed for the new formula, the 500 F2, with an in line four cylinder engine mounted behind the front axle to improve weight distribution. Alberto Ascari used the car to win his first world championship, the Ferrari team winning every round of the 1952 championship. In 1953 Ascari and the 500 won their second world championship, and the Ferrari team won all but the final race.
Ascari won a record 9 straight championship races in the 500, a record which still stands today, and the 500 won all but one race it entered, making it statistically the most successful car in the history of the FIA World Championship.

MERCEDES BENZ SSKL 1931 Mille Miglia WINNER R. CARACCIOLA / W. SEBASTIAN Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$399.95

Rudolf Caracciola, partnered by Wilhelm Sebastian, was the first foreign (German) driver to win the famous Italian "Mille Miglia" (Thousand Miles) road race, an open road endurance event held in Italy. This race was held 24 times from 1927, 13 times prior to WWII and 11 races from 1947 - 57.
On April 12 - 13, 1931 they completed 1635 kilometers in the Lightweight supercharged 6 cylinder SSKL averaging 101.1 kmh. This all metal diecast model is composed of 1885 parts.

MERCEDES BENZ W196 STREAMLINER 1955 Italian F1GP Monza Sterling Moss Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$325.00

After the 1955 LeMans tragedy, many races on the F1 calendar were cancelled. Stirling Moss' only drive in the streamliner in 1955 was at what became the season-ending Italian GP at Monza. Mercedes had entered the W 196 Monopostos and the Streamline Silver Arrows. The Streamliner driven by Moss #16 was equipped with a three-spoke steering wheel and a seat with green checked textile covering. Mercedes-Benz had announced that it was withdrawing from motorsport activities and so the successful Mercedes team went to Monza knowing that the adventure was over after Fangio had won back to back championships in the W196. This fullmetal model is hand assembled of more than 1,100 parts.

MERCEDES BENZ 300 SL 1952 Carrera Panamerica 1-2 WINNER Karl Kling / Hans Kirk Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$300.00

MERCEDES BENZ 300 SL 1952 Carrera Panamerica 1-2 2ND Herman Lang / Erwin Grupp Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$325.00

After the Mexican section of the Panamerican Highway was completed in 1950, a 3100 kilometre multi-stage race across the country was established to celebrate this feat. This event attracted such drivers as Fangio, Ascari and Bracca and manufacturers Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche and Maserati and Americas Ford, Chrysler and GM. For legendary Mercedes Benz racing manager Alfred Neubauer, who had conquered GP, Nurburgring, Lemans and Mille Miglia, only one victory was missing the Carrera Panamerica. The cars and a team of 35 service crew made the 2 week sea voyage, and the drivers flew to Mexico in November 1952.
90 cars set off on the car breaking adventure, during the first stage the 300SL of Karl Kling and Hans Kirk was hit by a vulture, smashing the windscreen and injuring the codriver. After completing the first day, driver and codriver set about bolting eight vertical steel bars over the new windscreen to avoid similar impacts. Coming from 4th place on the last day Kling took the victory with Hermann Lang, the 1952 Lemans winner, making it a 1-2 victory for Mercedes.

MASERATI TIPO 61 (BIRDCAGE) 1960 Nurburgring 1000 klm WINNER Stirling Moss / Dan Gurney Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$399.95

The Maserati Tipo 61 (Birdcage) is one of the most iconic racing cars. The car was produced from 1959 to 1961 by
Maserati for endurance racing, in particular Lemans. It became famous for its intricate tubular latticework chassis of about 200 aluminium tubes welded together, hence the nickname Birdcage. This construction method provided a more rigid and at the same time lighter chassis than other sports cars of the time. Reliabilty proved a problem and the car retired from many races, but did secure back to back wins in the prestigous Nurburgring 1000 Klm race in 1960 and 61.

1961 FERRARI 250 GT BERLINETTA Red Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$399.95

1961 FERRARI 250GT BERLINETTA Yellow Scale 1:18 Email us to purchase now.

$399.95

Probably no other model has such a lasting and sensational impact on the history of Ferrari and the popularity of the Scuderia as the 250 GT SWB does. More than 40 years later this model is still hard to surpass, thanks to its graceful contour, flowing lines and harmonious proportions, indeed amongst the most desired of all vintage cars. The legendary 250GT mediates superbly between being a roadworthy car and an excellent racing car, the Berlinetta setting an historic record in terms of the number of victories clinched by a single model during its ten years of active car racing.
CMC has dedicated itself to reproducing the luxury (Lusso) edition of the 250 GT SWB, based on a street-version built in 1961. The all-metal model is composed of 1,141 parts and it is completely hand-assembled, including real leather seats and door trims. Every detail of the Sergio Pininfarina designed body and the Colombo V12 engine was transferred exactly and presented in a miniature form true to the original.