CMC Mercedes-Benz W125 #1 GP Donington 1937, Rudolf Caracciola

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A masterpiece of architecture model: M-113 CMC Mercedes-Benz W125 #1 GP Donington 1937, Rudolf Caracciola

CMC has replicated the Caracciola car virtually identical to the original.
All parts of the W 125 are pieced together to give a valuable collectors item. The love for details can be seen in the 51 small and 27 larger metal rivets and the laying of the 41 cables and wires.

Technical data of the CMC model:
  1. Model: Precision model hand-assembled
  2. Manufacturer: CMC GmbH, Classic Model Cars, Germany
  3. Scale: 1:18
  4. Item-No.: M-113
  5. Color: silver
  6. Driver: Rudolf Caracciola
  7. Parts: more than 900
  8. Limited Edition: 1,000 pcs
Model details:
  • Hand-assembled diecast precission model composed of more than 900 single parts
  • Authentically-crafted, true-to-scale body
  • Dashboard of stainless steel with hand brushed marble effect surface
  • Cooler grille of 35 handsoldered stainless steel wires in front of a fine metal mesh
  • Removable wheels on filigree spokes. Hand mounted steel wires. Authentic tyres
  • Removable engine hood with spring-loades locking hooks and an additional leather belt for keeping the food fastened. Milled ventilation slits to the side of the engine compartment
  • Cockpit seat is covered with real textile
  • Detailed replication ot the drum brakes with ventilation and cooling slots
  • Brillant bodywork painted and polishe to a mirror finish with tampon printed starting numbers
Description of the original vehicle: The Donington Grand Prix of England that took place on October 2, 1937 was the final race of the season and the last round of the 750 kg formula racing. Mercedes entered four race cars of the type W125 for the Donington Grand Prix of England that took place on October 2nd, 1937. For the British, it brought the Grand Prix to their island for the first time, an opportunity to see spectacular performances and auto giants.
Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union had been closely involved in the competition of major Grand Prix races, so a duel was expected to unfold between them, especially after both teams were reported to have sent their top drivers to the UK, such as Rudolf Caracciola for Mercedes-Benz and Bernd Rosemeyer for Auto Union. For safety reasons, the race organizers also decreed that all cars participating in this race be equipped with an additional leather belt to keep the engine hood shut, which gave each race car a very distinctive look.
The race itself was a merciless showdown between the young Bernd Rosemeyer in an Auto Union Type C and Manfred von Brauchitsch in his Mercedes W125 with a 570-hp 8-cylinder compressor engine. At the end Rosemeyer won, whereas von Brauchitsch finished 2nd and Caracciola, 3rd. The other two Mercedes drivers Hermann Lang and Richard Seaman, a native son and hero, were out of luck. Both had had to retire from the race because of technical problems or accidents.
With starting number 1, Rudolf Caracciola took off from the 2nd row of the grid, but he soon managed to catch up with the race leaders. In the course of the race, “Caratsch” took the lead for some time. But he was not on the top of his game that day. Towards the end of the race, he was surpassed by his teammate von Brauchitsch and Rosemeyer, leaving behind only a 3rd place finish possible for him. That was exactly how the race ended.
All in all, Mercedes should be satisfied with a 2nd and a 3rd places. The W125 proved to be the most successful Grand Prix car of the season, and Rudolf Caracciola won the European Championship in his W125.

Technical data of the original vehicle:
  1. 8-cylinder-inline-engine, Roots-compressor
  2. Two overhead camshafts
  3. Bore x stroke: 94 x 102 mm
  4. Maximum output: up to 570 hp at 5.800 rpm
  5. Displacement: 5.660 ccm
  6. Topspeed: approx. 320 km/hr
  7. Wheelbase: 2,798 mm
  8. Track front/rear: 1,473 / 1,412 mm
  9. Dry weight: 749 kg
  10. Front wheels with single-wheel suspension and a double wishbone and coil springs
  11. De Dion rear-axle with lengthwise installed torsion bars
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Wrote by Klaus Peter H. on 20.09.2019

Einfach Fantastisch !!!!

Ich habe mich nach Jahren endlich (Die Preise waren für mich nicht leider bezahlbar) durchgerungen ein Modell zu bestellen. Und ich muss sagen, endlich !!!! Die Qualität und die Detailtreue sind einfach unschlagbar. Das nächste Auto ist schon bestellt und es wird nicht das letzte sein. Im nun fortgeschrittnem Alter kann ich mir das zum Glück auch leisten.Absolute Qualität hat ja auch gezwungener Massen seinen Preis.Aber das, was geliefert wird, ist sensationell.

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