By Marshall Buck
A review of 1:18 scale Maserati 300S models from CMC, and thanks to Walter Bäumer’s great (big) book for helping in research on these racers.
From 1955 through 1958, Maserati produced a total of twenty-six of the wonderfully balanced 300S sports racers. Sir Stirling Moss once wrote that the 300S was “…..one of the easiest, nicest, best balanced sports-racing cars ever made….” and he should certainly know. I’ll add my two cents worth…… it was, and is still one of the prettiest as well. Within the entire production there were three notable body styles, each featuring numerous detail differences.
1- First series cars, short nose, and shortest body.
2- Interim series, semi-long nose, with a slightly longer rear. Fewest cars made with this body.
3- Long nose, and long rear end.