Michel Stassart

                              The Ferrari 333 SP Toshiba No.12, as raced at the 24 Hour Le Mans in 1998. 

Driven by Velez, Taylor & Van De Poele

1:8th scale

This is probably one of the most successful Ferrari racing car ever built. On demand from Pierro Ferrari this Sports Prototype was developed and a series of 40 cars were made over the years between 1994 and 2001. The first 9 chassis were called “standard”, the chassis n°010 to 014 were called “Evoluzione” and the remaining chassis were the “Michelotto” as they were built by this company.
Although not every 333SP’s actually raced; most of these 333SP’s raced at every important circuit, with the victory at the Daytona 24h in 1998 with 3 cars at the crossing line. The chassis n°30 was also the SRWC (Sports Racing World Champion) for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000.

This 1/8 scale model of the 1998 No 12 as raced at Le Mans was developed at the request of the owner of the actual  Ferrari 333SP car. After photographing and measuring the real car in all its details and receiving technical sheets, the model was built, fabricating every single piece by hand, using brass, aluminum, tin and silver for the different components.
Michel’s work is all encompassing in its detail, with every section of the model being treated as individual components and then built to that high standard.  On top of that the, each model is painted in a unique livery to suit the wishes of the buyers.
The car body was vacuum moulded and cut to the precise dimensions to fit the aluminum chassis finished with scaled faux Kevlar. The body of the car is made from a synthetic material and has a true scale thickness of only 1 mm – reflecting the lightweight aspect of the original car. This solid aluminum plate frame is made for strengthening the model car rigidity.
The development took over a year for the prototype model 333SP. To make such a model car, with so many individual pieces, it takes about 6 months.
The front and rear body sections can be removed, thereby allowing a full and uninterrupted view of the interior to include the cockpit, engine bay and nose section. Even the wheels can be removed, allowing a close view of the suspension, steering and brake set up.

Each model that has been built comes with uniques build/design differences, such as; the front spoiler, the air outlets over the front wheels, the seat, steering wheel and dashboard or the rear of the body. Furthermore so are the various wheels designs as used in the real car.

The model car is 22 inches long x 10 inches wide, 57 cm x 25 cm.