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Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 B. Waldegaard / H. Thorszelius Rally du Bandama 1979 Minichamps 1:43

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Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 B. Waldegaard / H. Thorszelius Rally du Bandama 1979 Minichamps 1:43 430793994 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 recreates Bjorn Waldegard and Hans Thorszelius's 1979 Rally du Bandama entry. The sealed body carries the Mercedes works livery in tight cast detail. A distinctive piece for a 1970s African rally or Mercedes motorsport collection.
Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 B. Waldegaard / H. Thorszelius Rally du Bandama 1979 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Brand
Mercedes
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
430793994
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About the Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 B. Waldegaard / H. Thorszelius Rally du Bandama 1979 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 #4 reproduces Bjorn Waldegard's 1979 Rally du Bandama entry, part of Mercedes' works rally program in Africa. A sealed one-piece body carries the period livery, built for a niche rally history display.

Mercedes fielded the big, luxurious 450 SLC coupe in grueling African rallies rather than the smaller cars most manufacturers preferred, a genuinely unusual competition strategy that this liveried diecast preserves.

Livery Accuracy on the Minichamps 450 SLC 1:43

The SLC's long coupe body is rendered here as a sealed, one-piece zinc-alloy casting, holding the car's substantial road-going proportions rather than a stripped-down rally silhouette. That's part of what makes this subject interesting: Mercedes ran a genuine luxury coupe through some of the harshest rally terrain in the world, and the model's cast lines reflect that unmodified elegance even under a rally livery. Tampo printing carries the #4 roundel and works-team branding with clean registration, and the body's fixed construction keeps shut lines consistent across the SLC's long doors and hood. Zinc alloy gives real heft even at 1:43, appropriate for a subject that was, in reality, one of the heaviest cars in its rally field.

A Distinctive Corner of Rally History

This SLC fills a genuinely uncommon niche for collectors, since African endurance rallies of the late 1970s rarely receive the replica attention that European WRC rounds get. Paired with other Mercedes works entries from the same era, it tells the story of a manufacturer taking an unconventional approach to rallying. For a Mercedes motorsport collector or anyone tracking rallying's less-covered regional history, this Bandama entry is a worthwhile, distinctive find.

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