BRUMM 1950 ALFA ROMEO 158

Giuseppe “Nino” Farina Giuseppe “Nino” Farina 1950 Alfa Romeo 158 This 1/43 scale piece of history is amazing in every way. It represents a driver who was truly gifted, it is hand-built and hand-painted from the ground up. And it has amazing detail.

The man behind the wheel was a highly competitive driver who was truly gifted but also extremely ruthless. Giuseppe Farina was known to drive aggressively often resulting in accidents that got the other driver killed. But it was that tenacity and recklessness that a driver needed, to be a winner in a time where man had to fight machine to be the victor. And a victor he was, being crowned the Worlds very first Formula World Champion over bitter rival Juan Fangio in 1950. This was the Alfa Romeo he did it in. Unfortunately, the following year was not kind to the Alfa team and Fangio won the 1951 world Championship prompting Farina to return to Ferrari for the 1952 season. This however was the beginning of the end for Farina’s second world championship bid, which ultimately ended in 1955.

Giuseppe “Nino” Farina

Of all the accidents Farina was involved with on track, some of the being some of the worst in motorsport history he always managed to walk away and survive. But as fate would have it, he died in a motor accident driving his LOTUS Cortina in the Alps on his way to watch the 1966 French Grand Prix.

Brumm celebrates the memory of this great and quite scary racer who would do anything to make the overtake. The detail of this hand made beauty is astounding. From the multi-spoke mesh wheels to the body shape to the manual crank hole in the front to start the car everything you need to historically see on this car is there.

Giuseppe “Nino” Farina And you can certainly understand from the construction of the car how this was a time when motorsport had absolutely no safety requirements at all. Even a seatbelt seems non-existent at this point. And the tiny wind screen is more like a wind deflector for your cheeks. All that engine all that power and no safety to back it up. Brumm’s attention to detail carries through all parts of the model. The interior is highly detailed for the scale. Wooden finished steering wheel, actual instrument panel with gauges. The driver has driving gloves on and his blue racing jumpsuit takes you through an experience rather than just a visual piece that sits on the shelf.

This is very special gift to give someone who is into motorsport especially Formula 1 so think very carefully who you gift this to. This should give you incredible brownie points and affect the quality of presents you get in future.

Giuseppe “Nino” Farina