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Auto Union Type C #57 H. Stuck Winner Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1936 Minichamps 1:18

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Auto Union Type C #57 H. Stuck Winner Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1936 Minichamps 1:18 155361057 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Auto Union Type C reproduces Hans Stuck's 1936 Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb winner, #57. A finely detailed pre-war racer for collectors of Grand Prix and hillclimb history.
Auto Union Type C #57 H. Stuck Winner Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1936 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Auto Union
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155361057
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Auto Union Type C #57 H. Stuck Winner Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1936 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:18 diecast Auto Union Type C reproduces Hans Stuck's #57 winner at the 1936 Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb. Stuck earned the nickname "Bergkonig", hill king, for exactly this kind of victory, making the model a genuine slice of pre-war motorsport history.

Shelsley Walsh remains Britain's oldest motorsport venue still running today, and Hans Stuck's Auto Union Type C victory there in 1936 came from a driver already famous across Europe for dominating hillclimb events in cars this powerful and this difficult to control.

Minichamps' Pre-War Racing Detail

Auto Union's rear-engined Grand Prix cars were mechanically unlike anything else racing in the 1930s, and Minichamps' tooling captures that unusual silhouette, the long nose ahead of the cockpit, the exposed wheels and minimal bodywork, with real attention to period accuracy. The metal body carries the substantial weight expected of Minichamps' motorsport-focused diecast, and the paint finish holds the silver Auto Union livery with a clean, even depth rather than a flat approximation. Fine details like the exposed exhaust and cockpit surround are picked out with genuine care, reflecting Minichamps' established specialism in pre-war and Grand Prix subjects.

A Genuine Slice of Hillclimb History

Hans Stuck's hillclimb dominance in this era is well documented, and a model tied to a specific, named victory at a specific, real venue gives a pre-war motorsport collection genuine historical grounding rather than a generic period racer. Displayed among other 1930s Grand Prix machinery, this Type C brings both mechanical distinctiveness and a verifiable competitive story to the shelf.

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