Mercedes #10 Winner Targa Florio 1924 Werner, Sailer 1:18 CMC

The model was produced in the usual CMC high-quality and reflects back the original as possible.

Model features:

• Authentic cockpit replica
• Detailed engine compartment
• High-end quality and details
• Turning front wheels
• Limited edition
• Opening bonnet

A masterpiece of architecture model:

 Model details:

• Precision metal model hand-assembled of more than 1.009 single parts
• Steering wheel with metal spokes
• Steering wheel rim covered with leather, leather seats
• Nicely designed dash board with round instruments
• Movable drivers wind shield
• Movable lever for ignition- and compound adjustment
• Manual pump to set the gas tank under pressure and grease gun for water pump lubrication
• Double-leaf enginehood made of copper. Side panel can also be opened
• Highly detailed engine with cabeling and arangement of levers
• Removable spark plug sockets
• Motor-subshell of copper sheet
• Steel wire-brake cables for the front and rear wheels
• Rotating metal-starter hand crank
• Cooler with rock protection guard from fine-meshed wire netting
• Shock absorber with movable lever arm
• Moving handbrake with working detent pawl and upholstered leather handle
• The starting number 10 is mounted in an elaborate tampon printing method on the burgundy painted body
• Six-layer metal leaf springs with spring function at the front and rear axle
• Tank filler neck and tank cap with removable bayonet lock stainless steel
• Functional hood locks with spiral springs

Description of the original vehicle:

For the development of a race car for the 1924 Targa Florio, Ferdinand Porsche was appointed the new chief designer at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. Under his peronal direction, the 1923 compressor engine was carefully studied and then modified with a series of ground-breaking innovations. As a result, its maximum output was increased to 126 hp (later up to 150 hp).
On April 27, 1924, racing against the toughest competition, Christian Werner drove his two-liter supercharged Mercedes with starting #10 to a double victory at the Targa and Coppa Florio in Sicily. His teammates Christian Lautenschlager and Alfred Neubauer finished 2nd and 3rd for the Targa Florio and then took 10th and 13th places respectively for the Coppa Florio.
The Mercedes race cars wore an unusua livery for these two races. Instead of the white German racing color, they were painted a red Italian racing color. With this move, the Mercedes pilots were able to steer clear of possible stone throws from hot-tempered Italian spectators who could be hostile to non-Italian race cars.