{"product_id":"brabham-f1-bt46-alfa-romeo-prototype-martini-racing-n-0-1977-con-vetrina-with-showcase-149367","title":"Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo Martini Racing No. 0 Prototype 1977 with Showcase GP Replicas 1:18","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon Murray's BT46, the Alfa Romeo flat-12 Brabham that never wore a race number in anger, rendered as a \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale model by GP Replicas in the Martini Racing livery of the 1977 pre-season prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Brabham BT46 occupies a singular place in Formula 1 engineering history, and its origin story begins before the car ever reached a circuit in competition. During 1977, while the team was still racing the BT45C, Gordon Murray's new design was being assembled and evaluated as a prototype — carrying race number 0, the conventional designation for a car that sits outside the championship entry list. This \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale model by GP Replicas documents that earliest, unraced configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"gordon-murray-bt46-design\"\u003eGordon Murray's Flattest Formula 1 Car\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe BT46 was built around the Alfa Romeo 115-12 flat-12 engine, a power unit producing approximately 510–520 hp in period estimates. Murray exploited the engine's low profile to create exceptionally slim side-pods, a packaging solution that set the BT46 apart visually and aerodynamically from every rival of the 1978 season. The design would go on to produce the BT46B fan car, which won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix with Niki Lauda — but the story of that machine begins with the prototype work of 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"martini-racing-livery-prototype\"\u003eRace Number 0 and the Martini Stripe in Its Purest Form\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrabham ran the Martini \u0026amp; Rossi sponsorship livery from 1976 through 1979: a white base carrying the diagonal red, blue and dark-blue Martini stripes. On a prototype or show car entered under number 0, that livery appears without the adjustments in sponsor placement or number-panel treatment that race entries typically accumulate across a season. The 1977 No. 0 prototype therefore presents the Martini scheme in a clean, uncompromised form — a detail that matters to collectors focused on livery accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"gp-replicas-1-18-model\"\u003eGP Replicas and the \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e Scale Model\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGP Replicas is a specialist producer whose \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e Formula 1 models are built to a high standard of surface and mechanical detail. The model is supplied with a showcase display case, consistent with the maker's standard presentation across their range. The subject — a pre-season prototype of one of Murray's most consequential designs, in an unraced specification — is among the more specific and collector-oriented choices in the BT46 model canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GP REPLICAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56285801578880,"sku":"GP105B","price":246.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/Nano_Banana_Pro_-_High-end_studio_photograph_of_a_118_scale_model_car_based_strictly_on_the_provided_-_2026-06-23T160146.344.png?v=1792660033","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/brabham-f1-bt46-alfa-romeo-prototype-martini-racing-n-0-1977-con-vetrina-with-showcase-149367","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}