{"id":10711,"date":"2020-10-06T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=10711"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:49:22","slug":"the-silberpfeil-quiver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/the-silberpfeil-quiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Silberpfeil Quiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Published 10\/06\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just after I received my latest Silberpfeil, I stopped to think. Nonetheless elated to have another of the Flying Mantuan’s cars, I realized my Silver Arrow quiver might be complete! From what I could piece together, it’s possible that I now have all of the available Golden Age (pre-WWII) Silver Arrows in 1:43. Well, I’m not counting the Brumm and Whitebox models, that are, as a rule, basically garbage <\/em>\ud83d\ude1d. Of course there’s an exception to that rule, and that would be Brumm’s Typ C Stromlinie<\/a>. Those are quite nice models, and I have two of them. In resume, counting the good<\/em> Silberpfeile in 1:43, I think I have them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Though Stromlinienwagen were for LSR attempts, they did race, in particular at AVUS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, there are quite a few W196 Stromlinie that I don’t have. BUT they are basically the same, only distinguishable by the number plates on each, and I own two. Adding to that, I’m more interested in the pre-WWII Grand Prix cars, so only two is good enough for me. Even so, I would LOVE to have Stirling Moss’ 1955 W196 #12 monoposto from Spark. However it comes with a pilot figure in the cockpit. Unfortunately I don’t collect models with pilot figures, so it seems my only W196 monoposto will be Fangio’s 1955 #10. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My W196 fleet. All of Minichamps’ W196 are easy to find.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For what it’s worth, below I compiled a list of all the W196 (open-wheelers and streamliners) GP cars available in 1:43. Keep in mind that (to my disappointment) all<\/strong> of the Spark models come with a pilot figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W196 Stromlinie #1 - 1954 British GP (J. M. Fangio) - Minichamps\nW196 Stromlinie #1 - 1954 British GP (J. M. Fangio) - Spark\nW196 Stromlinie #4 - 1954 Berlin GP (K. Kling) - Minichamps\nW196 Stromlinie #16 - 1954 Italy GP (J. M. Fangio) - Minichamps\nW196 Stromlinie #20 - 1954 France GP (K. Kling) - Minichamps\nW196 Stromlinie #22 - 1954 France GP (H. Hermann) - Spark\nW196 Monoposto #4 - 1954 Swiss GP (J. M. Fangio) - Spark\nW196 Monoposto #18 - 1954 German GP (J. M. Fangio) - Spark\nW196 Monoposto #2 - 1955 Monte Carlo GP (J. M. Fangio) - Spark\nW196 Monoposto #12 - 1955 British GP (S. Moss) - Spark<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Le Mans, Mille Miglia and Rudolf Uhlenhaut’s personal company car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
And of course, there’s also the Mercedes 300 SLR, or W196S. I personally don’t consider them as Silberpfeile, since for me a Silberpfeil was a GP car. Well, there was that one that raced in Sweden…\ud83d\ude0f However, since the 300 SLR was based on the W196 streamliner, some consider them as actual Silver Arrows. I have three, the Le Mans #19<\/a>, the Mille Miglia #722<\/a> and the Uhlenhaut coupe<\/a>. If you do consider them as such, there are a few more to get. But again, I’ll only list the good <\/em>ones, so the Brumm\/Whitebox\/pw models are out. And of these, the Spark (with no pilot figure!) is only a “future release”*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
300 SLR #1 - 1955 Sweden GP (J. M. Fangio) - Matrix<\/a>\n300 SLR #21 - 1955 Le Mans (Kling\/Simon) - Minichamps\n300 SLR #10 - 1955 Tourist Trophy (Moss) - Matrix\n300 SLR #658 - 1955 Mille Miglia (J. M. Fangio) - Norev\n300 SLR #704 - 1955 Mille Miglia (H. Hermann) - Minichamps\n300 SLR #104 - 1955 Targa Florio (Moss\/Collins) - Spark<\/a>*<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Grand Prix rivals, a major part of my so-called Silberpfeil quiver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While it may be true that I have all the current <\/em>Grand Prix Silberpfeile, I can dream about future releases. I was curious and summoning all my Google-fu scored the web for news on new releases. To my surprise I found out a few announcements by Minichamps, though all Auto Union cars. Granted, there’s no guarantee that these models will ever be out, so who knows when (or if<\/em>) they will be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Typ A Langheck #1 - 1934 Eifelrennen (H. Stuck) - Minichamps<\/a>\nTyp A Langheck #2 - 1934 Eifelrennen (H. Zu Leiningen) - Minichamps\nTyp A Langheck #3 - 1934 Eifelrennen (A. Momberger) - Minichamps\nTyp B #1 - 1935 AVUSrennen (H.Stuck) - Minichamps<\/a>\nTyp B #2 - 1935 AVUSrennen (A. Varzi) - Minichamps\nTyp A Rennlimousine (\"Typ Lucca\") #3 - 1935 AVUSrennen (H. Zu Leiningen) - Minichamps\nTyp A Rennlimousine (\"Typ Lucca\") #4 - 1935 AVUSrennen (B. Rosemeyer) - Minichamps<\/a>\nTyp D Stromlinie #18 - 1938 French Grand Prix (R. Hasse) - Minichamps<\/a>\nTyp D Stromlinie test - 1938 N\u00fcrburgring (H. P. Muller) - Minichamps\nTyp C\/D #125 - 1939 Grossglockner Hill Climb (H. P. Muller) - Minichamps\nTyp C\/D #126 - 1939 Grossglockner Hill Climb (H. Stuck) - Minichamps<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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The LSR streamliners – also rivals, but only in a straight line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Nonetheless, from the list above there are some VERY desirable models. For me, specially the Typ D Stromlinie and the Typ B. However, being all new molds, Minichamps would only produce them if they were commercially viable. And since Silberpfeile are not exactly a mainstream theme among collectors, I think chances are slim \ud83d\ude25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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My first and my last Silberpfeil. Interestingly, they were also the first and the last Silver Arrows from Auto Union.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I can’t be sure any of these lists (both future announcements and available models) are 100% complete, but I’m confident they’re at least almost complete.  Furthermore, there are also the kit models<\/em>, issued in absurdly low runs and made of unobtanium. These are almost impossible to list and even harder to get. That said, from what I have and looking at the lists, it’s very well possible that I did indeed complete the Silberpfeil wing of the Garage. A complete quiver \ud83d\ude32! And that’s kind of sad, since from now on I don’t have any new Silver Arrow to look forward to. Well, unless Minichamps goes through with that list.  Or maybe Spark could produce a few new ones without <\/strong>a pilot? They’ve done so in the past (and recently<\/a>, in fact) so it’s not impossible, I hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The W154 #12 is not available to buy, nonetheless I made one for myself and it’s in the quiver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Or perhaps I could make ones that are not available? Customize? 
Hmm, food for thought… \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Update 11\/13\/20:
I just saw that Spark’s 1955 Targa Florio 300 SLR (without a pilot figure) is out!!!! Oh boy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Published 10\/06\/20 Just after I received my latest Silberpfeil, I stopped to think. Nonetheless elated to have another of the Flying Mantuan’s cars, I realized my Silver Arrow quiver might be complete! From what I could piece together, it’s possible that I now have all of the available Golden Age (pre-WWII) Silver Arrows in 1:43. … Continue reading “The Silberpfeil Quiver”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10711"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15575,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10711\/revisions\/15575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}