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05/12/2012 6:08 am
Photos - 1931 Mercedes-Benz SSKL Mille Miglia
With thanks to Rusty Hurley for the review and history.
For a bit more on the 1:1 go to
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/566/Mercedes-Benz-710-SSKL-27-240-300-hp.html
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05/12/2012 6:58 am
One of my very favourite CMC models
05/12/2012 7:47 am
I wonder how hard it would be to air brush those wheels.
They are very well done but inaccurate regarding color. The dark red Targo Florio has painted wheels and looks great. Anybody done this?
05/12/2012 11:59 am
I don't think it'd be too difficult . . .
the hub spins off and the tire peels off the wheel.
You first!!
05/12/2012 12:31 pm
John, why do you think the White Elephant's wheels are wrong?
The Targa Florio car is a 1924 Mercedes (before the days of Mercedes-Benz), not a 1931 Mercedes-Benz SSKL. It was painted red, including its wheels, to look Italian and to fool the partisan spectators of the 1924 Targa Florio into thinking that it was an Italian car and thus discourage then from chucking stones at it during the race!
The only other SSKL that CMC produce is the winner of the 1931 German GP and its wheels are painted black.
I've never seen anything but black and white pictures of the Mille Miglia winner and, from them, it looks as though the wheels are unpainted as portrayed by CMC.
SSKL means Super-Sport-Kurz-Leicht (super-sport-short-light, it's hardly likely that a car with such a name would add the extra weight of paint to any part of it, unless it was absolutely necessary - after all, why did the Mercedes pre-war GP cars get the name of Silver Arrows, because they were unpainted aluminium to save weight.
05/12/2012 1:46 pm
Beautiful model George!
05/12/2012 3:56 pm
Paul - What's with the pedal on the right-hand floor?
Is that a brake for the co-pilot?
05/12/2012 6:07 pm
You may well be right....
I will see if I can find the pictures you mentioned. If not black, then I would suggest a dull silver might be appropriate. Just thinking. Just not a big fan of the bright metal look. Same holds true for the Auto Unions. The wheels are beautifully done, but the unfinished look seems too show car looking. Maybe I will give it a shot.
05/12/2012 8:21 pm
Interesting, Paul. Do you remember this PMA model?[PIC]
Was this supposed to be the same car in the same race?
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05/12/2012 10:57 pm
George, I've always thought it's the co-driver's control for the pressurised fuel system.
05/12/2012 11:35 pm
I had one, Richard!
The problem is, there is no present day rference for the 1931 Mille Miglia winning car, but from all I have discovered, it appears to have had spoke wheels, with stainless steel spokes and aiuminium rims that were unpainted.
06/12/2012 6:06 am
Simply a breathtaking model and another extraordinary effort by CMC.