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Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie #31 B. Rosemeyer 1937 Silver Revell 1:18

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Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie #31 B. Rosemeyer 1937 Silver Revell 1:18 08436 Diecast
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Revell's 1:18 diecast Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie recreates Bernd Rosemeyer's #31 silver record car in its streamlined bodywork, built for hillclimbs and high-speed runs. A rare pre-war subject for a shelf built around the golden age of Grand Prix engineering.
Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie #31 B. Rosemeyer 1937 Silver Revell 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Auto Union
Model Manufacturer
Revell
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08436
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie #31 B. Rosemeyer 1937 Silver Revell 1:18

TL;DR: Revell's 1:18 diecast recreates the Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie, the streamlined silver racer Bernd Rosemeyer drove for hillclimbs and speed record attempts in 1937. Its enclosed, aerodynamic bodywork sets it apart from open-wheel Grand Prix cars of the same period, making it a distinctive pre-war centrepiece.

Few pre-war subjects carry as much genuine drama as an Auto Union streamliner, and Rosemeyer's own story, one of the era's most fearless and gifted drivers, gives this shape real weight beyond its silver bodywork.

Revell's Diecast Treatment of a Streamlined Racer

Unlike an open-wheel Grand Prix car, the Stromlinie's enclosed bodywork demands the diecast tooling capture long, unbroken surfaces rather than exposed mechanical detail, and that shows in how the silver finish wraps continuously from nose to tail with minimal panel breaks. The diecast weight suits a car built for stability at genuinely high speed, and the smooth underbody treatment reflects the aerodynamic thinking Auto Union applied specifically to record and hillclimb work rather than circuit racing. Racing number 31 is picked out cleanly against the bare metal silver, in keeping with the unpainted, polished-aluminium look these cars actually wore. As a Race Models release rather than a street subject, this diecast asks to be displayed on its own or alongside other pre-war German silver arrows rather than folded into a general saloon collection.

Bernd Rosemeyer and the Streamliner's Speed Record Role

Auto Union developed streamlined versions of its rear-engined Grand Prix cars specifically for hillclimbs and record attempts, where raw top speed and stability mattered more than cornering agility, and Rosemeyer became the driver most associated with pushing them to their limits. His combination of fearlessness and mechanical sympathy for a genuinely difficult, tail-heavy chassis made him one of the defining names of 1930s German motor racing before his career ended tragically in a record attempt the following year. For a collector building a pre-war racing shelf, this Stromlinie represents the technical extreme of the era, aerodynamic thinking applied decades before it became standard practice, carried by a driver whose reputation still anchors the period's mythology.

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