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Mercedes 300 SL W198 Gullwing Silver Grey Bburago 1:18

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Mercedes 300 SL W198 Gullwing Silver Grey Bburago 1:18 3513 Diecast
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Bburago's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing in Silver Grey features genuine opening gullwing doors, the car's most famous detail. This is a used example, and its box shows traces of storage while the model itself is intact. An accessible entry point into collecting an automotive icon.
Mercedes 300 SL W198 Gullwing Silver Grey Bburago 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Bburago
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
3513
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Mercedes 300 SL W198 Gullwing Silver Grey Bburago 1:18

TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing in Silver Grey has genuine opening gullwing doors, the car's defining feature, revealing a period-correct cabin. It is a used example, and the box shows traces of storage. An accessible diecast of one of the most recognisable coupes ever built.

The 300 SL earned its nickname purely from a mechanical necessity, and this diecast lets that upward-swinging door mechanism work exactly as the original engineers intended.

Working Gullwing Doors at an Accessible Price

The doors on this casting hinge upward from the roofline rather than outward, faithfully reproducing the tubular chassis constraint that forced Mercedes engineers into the gullwing solution in the first place. Lifting one open reveals a cabin trimmed to reflect the period's leather and chrome detailing, and Silver Grey paint sits with an even shine across the long, low bonnet typical of the era. Because the doors are the model's central mechanical feature, panel tolerances around their edges run slightly wider than a sealed body would need, an honest trade for a genuinely working mechanism at this price. This is a used example, and the box shows traces of storage, wear consistent with shelf time rather than anything affecting the door hinges or paintwork, both of which remain functional.

An Automotive Icon Made Accessible

The 300 SL's gullwing doors exist because its lightweight tubular frame ran too high along the sides for conventional doors, turning an engineering compromise into the car's most celebrated feature and one of the most recognisable silhouettes in automotive history. Bburago's mass-market diecast approach brings that icon within reach of far more collectors than an investment-tier resin replica ever could, and the working doors mean the model's signature detail is not just implied but genuinely demonstrated. At 1:18, it anchors a classic sports or 1950s-themed shelf convincingly, offering real subject weight at accessible pricing.

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