A 1:15 scale model of a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Touring Spider and Master Pattern, by Gerald Wingrove, finely detailed scratch-built model with hinged bonnet revealing engine, constructed from mainly brass, copper and aluminium parts, believed one of a series of 7 full models produced in various guises by Wingrove from 1998-2002, believed pre-2000 model inscribed to underside '1938 8C 2900 Alfa Romeo by Gerald Wingrove Model Engineer Spain', finished in maroon livery, with wire-spoked wheels shod with rubber tyres, 32cm long; offered together with wooden Master Pattern for the model, painted maroon and fitted with radiator grille, 30cm long, mounted on polished wooden plinth, both contained together within green baize padded two-tiered plywood storage case with sliding lid and with engraved title plaque on polished wooden plinth; offered together with three framed signed photographs taken by Clive Friend, two depicting a similar model in black livery by Wingrove, measuring 30 x 50cm (scratched to lower edge), and 19.5 x 29.5cm respectively, the other depicting a 1938 2.9 8C Mille Miglia in red, 19.5 x 29.5cm.
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