Franklin Mint 1904 Mercedes Simplex Yellow LE#173/1500.

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1904 Mercedes Simplex Yellow Color in 1/24 scale by Franklin Mint. This is Limited Edition of 1500 Worldwide! The number is #173/1500. The part number is E412. This model has been discontinued long time ago and hard to find. The scale is 1/24. The detailing is amazing! Everything is open! It has highly detailed engine and interior, steeriable front wheels, detailed undercarriage! It has the plaque with the serial number under the car.Brass Era cars are not for everybody. Some folks love them and will have to own this one and others will simply turn up their noses at it. I suppose I’m old enough to appreciate the simplistic elegance of design in one of these motor carriages while being young enough to not actually recall ever seeing one in the automotive flesh.I have several brass era mint cars. Call it an attraction to the nostalgia of my parents’ day and age. I’ll rank this limited edition right up t with the best of them. No need to worry about tech, you couldn’t build much more into this early horseless buggy if you wanted to. Before I get into the highlights of this particular edition, a word about its antecedents. FM first issued the 1904 Mercedes in 1994 in a luxurious ivory, accented in brown. It was the same year they made a 1905 Rolls Royce. Lots of nice little brass featurettes on that wagon as well. Ninety four was a good read more

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