
Brough Superior SS 100 T. E. Lawrence Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Brough Superior
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 122135500
- Year
- 1932
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Motorcycle
- Vehicle Class
- Classic Bikes
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138070448
About the Brough Superior SS 100 T. E. Lawrence Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Brough Superior SS100 reproduces the hand-built British motorcycle T.E. Lawrence owned and rode, a pre-war machine known as the "Rolls-Royce of motorcycles." It is a two-wheel subject that stands apart in a diecast collection built mostly around cars.
A motorcycle on a shelf of scale cars tends to draw attention on its own, and few motorcycles carry a backstory as specific as this one.
A Motorcycle Owned by Lawrence of Arabia
The Brough Superior SS100 was a hand-assembled, high-performance motorcycle built in small numbers during the interwar years, earning a reputation for quality and speed that led enthusiasts to nickname it the "Rolls-Royce of motorcycles." T.E. Lawrence, the British officer known to history as Lawrence of Arabia, owned several SS100s and named them individually, riding one when he died in a crash near his home in 1935. That connection turns an already rare pre-war motorcycle into a subject with real documented history behind it, rather than a generic vintage bike chosen for its shape alone.
Minichamps' Diecast Treatment of a Two-Wheel Subject
Minichamps has a strong reputation across its diecast range for accurate proportions and clean paint execution, and a motorcycle subject actually plays to those strengths: there is no body panel to hide flaws behind, so the frame, tank shape, and exposed engine detail have to be right on their own. At 1:18, the SS100 has a compact footprint next to a car replica, which makes it easy to slot into a themed display without dominating the shelf. It works well displayed alongside other pre-war subjects or simply on its own as a standalone historical piece, where its story does most of the talking.















