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Auto Union Type C Streamliner #72 B. Rosemeyer World Record 1937 Revell 1:18

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Auto Union Type C Streamliner #72 B. Rosemeyer World Record 1937 Revell 1:18 08420 Diecast
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Revell's 1:18 diecast Auto Union Type C Streamliner, #72, reproduces Bernd Rosemeyer's 1937 world record car built for Autobahn speed runs. A genuine piece of prewar Grand Prix engineering history.
Auto Union Type C Streamliner #72 B. Rosemeyer World Record 1937 Revell 1:18
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Brand
Auto Union
Manufacturer
Revell
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08420
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About the Auto Union Type C Streamliner #72 B. Rosemeyer World Record 1937 Revell 1:18

TL;DR: Revell's 1:18 diecast Auto Union Type C Streamliner in #72 livery reproduces Bernd Rosemeyer's 1937 world record car, built for closed-road Autobahn speed runs rather than circuit racing. It's a genuinely significant piece of prewar Grand Prix engineering, tragically tied to Rosemeyer's death during a later record attempt.

Few prewar race cars carry a story as dramatic, or as tragic, as the streamliners Auto Union built to chase speed records on closed sections of the new German Autobahn.

Rosemeyer's Record-Breaking Streamliner

Auto Union built the streamlined Type C specifically for high-speed record attempts on the Autobahn, wrapping its rear-engine Grand Prix chassis in a fully enclosed aerodynamic body designed to slip through the air at speeds far beyond anything a circuit racer needed. Bernd Rosemeyer drove these streamliners to genuine world speed records in 1937, cementing both his own reputation and Auto Union's standing in the fierce prewar rivalry with Mercedes-Benz. Rosemeyer died in January 1938 during a subsequent record attempt in similar conditions, a tragedy that makes these streamliners as poignant as they are technically remarkable.

A Diecast Tribute to a Landmark of Speed

Revell renders the Type C's smooth, enclosed bodywork and #72 racing number with the clean detail this subject deserves, and diecast construction suits the streamliner's purposeful, unbroken surfacing. Few manufacturers cover prewar land-speed and record cars at all, which makes this piece a rare find for anyone building a Grand Prix or land-speed record display. Set against contemporary open-wheel Grand Prix cars, the Streamliner's enclosed shape tells a completely different story, one about outright speed rather than cornering, and about an era when both were pursued at genuine personal risk.

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