I recently was handed down from my grand father a Model car that be built some years ago. There is little information about it and I was told that very few were made of this car. Any info would be greatly appriciated!

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The plaque on the bottom states

MERCEDES 500k-AK Cabriolet
"posher" torino 1935.....Made in Italy

Again, any info on the maker and such be greatly appriciated. Thanks

-Tim

Might want to try the Modeling Forum http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/forumdisplay.php?f=13

i had one of these only mine was red, it was incomplete i am afraid, and it is at my dads in az so i cannot tell you much about it, but some of the assembly looked to me to be extremely difficult if you followed the instruction ( they needed to redo them. one more thing of note that the original price tag on the bow for the one i had showed it was listed for 260.00 :drunk:, and yes the engine and rear end have gears in them andthe pisons moved as well as the black rubber band on the front (fan belt) that made the fan turn when the crankshaft turned

I think the company's name was Porcher. Auto World had 'em in their catalogue back in the 60's/70's. Very detailed, very expensive, very foreign. Their Rolls Royce was $999 IIRC.