Ferrari Dino 196 S Spider No. 37 Helburn Hudson Fulp 12h Sebring 1961 Tecnomodel 1:18

The Ferrari Dino 196 S Spider was one of the most specialised weapons in the factory's early-1960s endurance arsenal, and it rarely receives the modelling attention it deserves. Tecnomodel's Mythos Series addresses that gap with a hand-built resin 1:18 scale model of the specific car raced at Sebring on 25 March 1961 — chassis entered by Luigi Chinetti's North American Racing Team and shared by three American privateer drivers. The livery is the traditional NART presentation: red coachwork with the characteristic yellow nose stripe that identified Chinetti-entered Ferraris throughout the period.

Ferrari's 2-Litre V6 Sports-Racing Prototype

The Dino 196 S was Ferrari's factory contender in the under-2-litre prototype class from 1958 to 1961. Its 60-degree DOHC V6 displaced 1983.72 cc and produced approximately 210–220 bhp, housed in a Scaglietti-built open spider body with a dry weight of around 620 kg. That combination gave it genuine competitiveness against purpose-built rivals in its class at the major endurance events of the era. The V6 architecture is also historically significant as a direct ancestor of the Dino 206 GT and 246 GT road car engines that would follow later in the decade.

Three Americans, One NART Ferrari, Sebring 1961

The 1961 12 Hours of Sebring, held at Sebring International Raceway in Florida, drew a strong Ferrari presence: Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien won overall in the TR61. Car No. 37 was a different story — a privateer effort supported by Luigi Chinetti's NART operation, shared between William Helburn, Skip Hudson and John Fulp. Helburn was an American amateur racer who was also a noted photographer; Hudson and Fulp were club-level competitors who regularly appeared at Sebring in NART-supported machinery during the early 1960s. The three-driver arrangement, relatively unusual at the time, reflected both the car's duration demands and Chinetti's role in giving American enthusiasts access to current Ferrari hardware.

Tecnomodel Mythos Series: Hand-Built Resin at 1:18

Tecnomodel produces this model as part of their Mythos Series, a line dedicated to rare and historically significant Ferrari racing subjects rendered in hand-built resin at 1:18 scale. Resin construction is standard across the Mythos range and allows the level of surface and livery accuracy that diecast tooling cannot economically deliver on such low-volume subjects. The model replicates race number 37, the NART yellow nose stripe, and the Scaglietti spider bodywork of this specific 1961 Sebring entry.