
Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa #17 Red 1957 Bburago 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Bburago
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 3007-R4
- Year
- 1957
- Era
- 1950s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa #17 Red 1957 Bburago 1:18
TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa #17 in Red carries a numbered competition livery on the pontoon-fendered sports racer Ferrari campaigned from 1957 into the early 1960s. The separated front fenders remain the shape's most distinctive engineering and styling feature.
Racing numbers turn a shared casting into dozens of distinct entries, and #17 gives this particular Testa Rossa its own identity within a competition field that once carried real depth and rivalry.
A Racing Number's Role in Reading a Sports Racer
Bburago's diecast body reproduces the Testa Rossa's pontoon fenders and low tail consistently across every livery in the range, so the #17 numbering is what separates this version from siblings carrying different numbers or no numbering at all. Checking the number panel's crispness matters here, since a slightly blurred or misaligned decal undercuts the whole competition-livery premise this piece is built around. Red remains the dominant color association for this model family, and the finish here shows the exposed cockpit and driver headrest fairing clearly, structural details that mattered as much to the original car's aerodynamics as to its looks.
The Testa Rossa Fields of the Late 1950s
Ferrari fielded multiple Testa Rossas in major endurance events during this period, often numbered differently across a single race entry list, a genuine reflection of how deep the factory's competitive program ran at the time. That real historical practice of multiple team cars competing under different numbers is part of why a numbered variant like #17 has genuine appeal beyond a generic unlabeled casting.
A Numbered Entry for a Racing-Focused Collection
This #17 Testa Rossa suits a collector building a small fleet of period Ferrari racers, where different numbers on the same shape recreate a fuller sense of a genuine grid.















