
Ferrari F355 Berlinetta Slushuppie #52 M. Peters Red UT Models 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- UT Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 180074020-P4
- Year
- 1999
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Ferrari F355 Berlinetta Slushuppie #52 M. Peters Red UT Models 1:18
TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Ferrari F355 Berlinetta #52 reproduces M. Peters' Slushuppie-sponsored entry from Ferrari's late-1990s one-make GT racing. Diecast construction preserves the Berlinetta body's stance with printed period sponsor branding on a red base coat.
Slushuppie is not a name most collectors will recognize outside period racing photos, which is exactly the kind of obscure regional sponsor detail this diecast preserves in miniature.
A Second Look at UT Models' F355 Berlinetta
This Berlinetta shares its body tooling with other F355 liveries in UT Models' late-1990s Ferrari range, and the same tight panel lines and fastback roofline show through here on a fresh sponsor scheme. The Slushuppie branding and M. Peters driver naming are printed directly onto the red base coat rather than applied as raised decals, which keeps the surface smooth and the graphics legible under shelf lighting. Being diecast construction, the model carries genuine weight in hand, with fixed doors and a simplified cabin that mark it as period club-racing diecast rather than a premium sealed-resin build.
Slushuppie Branding on a Ferrari One-Make Racer
Regional and small-brand sponsorship like Slushuppie was common on privately entered F355s throughout the late 1990s, when club and one-make GT grids ran on whatever backing individual owner-drivers could secure locally. That is part of the appeal of collecting these liveries: each one is a small snapshot of a specific driver, sponsor, and season rather than a repeated factory scheme. Displayed alongside the Marlboro, Films 18, and Diavia-liveried F355 entries from the same range, this #52 rounds out a genuinely varied one-make Ferrari racing shelf.















