Limited Edition of only 150 units produced.
This 1/32nd scale model is cast resin and etched metal, hand assembled in Spain.
Comes with a diorama in a walnut wooden box. Extra figure included.
The Ferrari 246 SP was developed together with the 156 F1 “Sharknose”, which would win the constructors’ championship and a double for drivers in Formula 1 in 1961. Carlo Chiti adapted the effective chassis of the new F1 to the regulations of the World Manufacturers’ Championship, so that the 246 SP was, to a large extent, a Formula 1 car with the essential modifications to incorporate the two regulatory seats and thus turned it into a Sports Prototype.
The displacement of the V6 “Dino” block used in the F1 was increased to 2,417 cubic centimeters to deliver 270 hp at 8,000 revolutions per minute and an estimated maximum speed of over 160 mph. Regarding weight, it would weight only 1300 lbs.
In this way, at the same press conference in 1961, the 156 F1 and the 246 SP were unveiled together, the first endurance model with a central-rear engine created by the brand, the first to debut and to achieve the first great victory. It was on the difficult Piccolo delle Madonie circuit, where Olivier Gendebien and Wolfgang Von Trips won the Targa Florio.
This is the version we have reproduced at Modelant, the winner of the 45th Targa Florio in 1961. An impressive and fearsome race, raced on a tortuous route through the Mediona mountains where each lap was over 44 miles long with an endless number of impossible-to-memorize turns that pushed cars and drivers to their limits.
The driver duo was made up of Olivier Gendebien, an experienced specialist in long-distance races, and Wolfgang Von Trips, who we have reproduced at the wheel of our replica, in what would be his last great victory. A few months later he would meet his death in Monza after a fatal crash that would claim another 14 lives when he was leading the Formula 1 drivers’ championship with the 156 and which was at the hands of Phil Hill who overtook him in points in that same race. According to the devastated Hill, the title should have gone to Von Trips.
A few days after his death, the Von Trips family entrusted the care of their karting track in Kerpen to a bricklayer who was fond of repairing karts, a certain Rolf Schumacher, who seven years later had a son whom he would name Michael.
In addition to Von Trips at the wheel, we wanted to reproduce the scene in which, after winning the race, Olivier Gendebien climbs into the 246 SP to head for the podium. To do so, we included a detailed replica of the Belgian driver, ready to sit on the rear hood just as he did on April 30, 1961.
TECH SPECS: handmade resin body, 3D printed chassis, 18K "slim" FF130 motor, plastic snap-on wheels, 8/26 gear ratio, inline configuration.
