If you’re the kind of person willing to drop nearly US$9,000 on a replica Formula 1 steering wheel used by Formula 1 race car driver Charles Leclerc, then let me introduce you to the next crown jewel for your Charles Leclerc shrine: the Ferrari SF-24 – 2024 Miami Grand Prix Edition.
Brought to life by Amalgam Fine Model Cars, this beauty isn’t just another 1:8 scale die-cast. Oh no. It’s 70 centimeters of hand-built, high-detail automotive glory that captures all the pizzazz of Leclerc’s third-place finish at the Miami Grand Prix. That’s like the whole 27 and a half-inches of the fame race car. Perhaps, inches aren’t enough to express how enormous this masterpiece is and so here it is in feet and that’s a cool 2 feet 3 ⁹/₁₆ inches (or 3.56 inches)—oh, wait. The inches are still there. Never mind. You get the idea of how big this model is.
Adorned in celebratory HP livery, this miniaturized masterpiece takes over 250 hours to assemble, featuring a cast of thousands—pieces, that is—including CNC machined metal bits and photo-etchings. It’s like owning a slice of Ferrari’s racetrack magic without, you know, actually having to drive it. And the best part? It’s limited to just 99 pieces per driver, which means your wallet might not be the only thing racing by the time you add it to your collection (also because this little big guy cost a colossal US$11,495—the price of a used, small car.
Images: Amalgam Fine Model Cars.
