LOT 113

A 1:15 scale model of a 1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe and Master Pattern, by Gerald Wingrove,

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Lot 113

A 1:15 scale model of a 1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe and Master Pattern, by Gerald Wingrove,

Goodwood Festival of Speed|14 July 2023, 11:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A 1:15 scale model of a 1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe and Master Pattern, by Gerald Wingrove,

finely detailed scratch-built 'curbside' model with hinged opening doors, constructed from mainly brass, copper and aluminium parts, post-2000 model inscribed to underside '1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe by Gerald Wingrove MBE Model Engineer Spain', finished in red livery, with wire-spoked wheels shod with rubber tyres, 30.5cm long; offered together with wooden Master Pattern for the model, in polished wood with brass body-panel contours and fitted with radiator grille, 30cm long, mounted on polished wooden plinth, both contained together within green baize padded two-tiered plywood storage case with sliding lid, and with a framed and glazed printed display of detailed plans drafted on Bentley Systems Microstation, and dated 2005, 32 x 75cm, and a folder containing loose A4 sheets of annotated plans, photocopies of technical sketches and reference images, and various colour photographs with slides of the full-size car, used by Wingrove to assist in construction of the model.
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