At present the 1/43 Michael Schumacher MSC No: 17, Benetton B195 Grand Prix France
1995 is the most valuable of all the 1/43 Formula One Minichamps. The model has sold for over £1500 but
can be found cheaper and has been known to go for a modest sum of £500.
The MSC No: 17 was withdrawn from the market place and replaced by the MSC No: 24.
There does not appear to be an official reason given for this, however, it has been
noted that the MSC No: 17 uses the B195/1 body style which incorporates the
'double hump' air box (see picture above) when in actual fact the Benetton should be
the B195/2 with the normal airbox, view here, which was run at the 1995 French Grand
Prix.
The MSC No: 17, as shown on the 'inset', was a limited run of 1995 however only a
fraction of this amount has made it to the market place which is the reason for the
elevated price. It is not actually known whether or not the full production run was ever
completed and if so what became of the remaining models.
Related Links
1/43 Michael Schumacher Collection
1/43 Benetton Models
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