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Mercedes SSKL White & Cream Bburago 1:18

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Mercedes SSKL White & Cream Bburago 1:18 3002-M1 Diecast
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Bburago's 1:18 diecast Mercedes SSKL in white and cream recreates the supercharged pre-war racer that carried Rudolf Caracciola to victory in the 1931 Mille Miglia. This is a used model with opening doors and bonnet; the box shows traces of storage while the casting itself is unaffected. A distinctive anchor piece for a pre-war motorsport shelf.
Mercedes SSKL White & Cream Bburago 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Bburago
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
3002-M1
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Mercedes SSKL White & Cream Bburago 1:18

TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Mercedes SSKL in white and cream reproduces the supercharged 1931 racer, with opening doors and bonnet. Used model, box with traces of storage, casting unaffected. Entry-tier build for a pre-war motorsport display.

The SSKL was Mercedes-Benz stripped for competition, its long bonnet housing a supercharged six that carried Rudolf Caracciola to the 1931 Mille Miglia, the first outright win for a non-Italian driver in that race.

Diecast Detail on a Pre-War Silhouette

A car this old is mostly exposed mechanicals: a long, narrow bonnet, cycle-style wings, and a bare cockpit with no roof to speak of. Diecast suits that brief well, giving the bonnet and wings a weight and rigidity that plastic could not match at this scale, though the entry-tier tooling shows a little softness in the finer wire-wheel and exhaust detail compared with a costlier build. Both doors and the bonnet open on this example, exposing the simplified engine detail beneath, a genuine point of interest on a car whose mechanical layout is half the story. The cream-over-white scheme keeps the long bonnet legible from across a room, which matters more on a period racer than on a modern coupe with fewer visual landmarks.

A Used Example for a Pre-War Collection

This copy has been owned before, and its box carries the storage marks to prove it, while the model itself remains sound. Pre-war racing subjects are thin on the ground at entry-tier pricing, so a Caracciola-linked SSKL fills a real gap for a collector building a motorsport chronology back before Grand Prix cars had bodywork as most now know it. Displayed beside later Silver Arrows or period Bugattis, it earns its place as the car that opened Mercedes' international competition story.

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