Maserati 4CL Streamliner 1939 Tripoli Grand Prix 1/24 - Quickbuilder -

[TZ2]

German Slot company Carrera just released some vintage Grand Prix 1/24 cars in their Digital124 line. Very interesting for me is the Maserati 4CL alloy-bodied streamliner as raced in the 1939 Tripoli GP. Despite a few 1/43 models, this car had never been made in model car from before. Reference for the real car is very limited and I don’t know which reference Carrera used and how accurate the model is. Nevertheless, the model with its excellent (Maserati Red) painted plasticbody and accurate numbers is so nice, that I tried to built a curbside model using only the body of the slotcar.


By constructing a simple chassis from styrene sheets, using wire-wheels and tires from Profil24 1938 Alfa GP, steering wheel from the parts box and some detailing of cockpit and driver figure, this model is a real ‘quickbuilder’ and will be a rare addition for any vintage Grand Prix car model collection.



Stefan

[quadzero]

Excellent subject matter, we really need more model kits like this beautiful car. Thanks for sharing this.

[Scalemodelfanatic]

Beautiful car and model, the figure looks very nice to, this is the type of model that could be made into a nice,simple and small race display diorama.

[F1Tommy]

Originally Posted by TZ2

German Slot company Carrera just released some vintage Grand Prix 1/24 cars in their Digital124 line. Very interesting for me is the Maserati 4CL alloy-bodied streamliner as raced in the 1939 Tripoli GP. Despite a few 1/43 models, this car had never been made in model car from before. Reference for the real car is very limited and I don’t know which reference Carrera used and how accurate the model is. Nevertheless, the model with its excellent (Maserati Red) painted plasticbody and accurate numbers is so nice, that I tried to built a curbside model using only the body of the slotcar.


By constructing a simple chassis from styrene sheets, using wire-wheels and tires from Profil24 1938 Alfa GP, steering wheel from the parts box and some detailing of cockpit and driver figure, this model is a real ‘quickbuilder’ and will be a rare addition for any vintage Grand Prix car model collection.



Stefan

I also bought this slotcar for the same reason. The wheels are smaller than on the 2.9(308), I think 16 or 17 inches on this car. It was a small car for back in 1939. The details do look pretty good from the pictures I have.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012