The front engine Scarab’s (Mk I and Mk II) are considered by automotive historians and most enthusiasts, to be the best looking sports racing cars ever built. They also boasted very formidable performance to match their looks.

If you’re familiar with these gorgeous race cars, then you probably know that they were the brainchild of Lance Reventlow, the young aristocrat who was a direct descendent of both E.F. Hutton & F.W. Woolworth, but did you know these following bits of Scarab trivia? The body was the first ‘professional’ design drawn by Chuck Pelly who was then only a 19-year old college student. Pelly later went on to run BMW Designworks in California. The paint work was done by none other than Von Dutch. “The crew that built the Scarab reads today like a Who’s Who of post-World War II American racing.” (That quote of the “Who’s Who” is from an article written by Michael T. Lynch and Robert T. Devlin.)

These will be the first large scale models ever produced of the front engine Scarab’s, and are being made with the approval of Scarab Motorsports, LLC, whom we have closely worked with. (Note: CMA was and is the first model company to create large scale Scarab models working with Scarab Motorsports). As per our usual research method, we have gathered much information from one of the real Mk II cars, and many hundreds of private archive historic photos from the years when they originally raced; 1958 through 1963. A huge amount of time has gone into researching these cars and making the parts.

As with ALL of our CMA editions, these will be Historically accurate models. They will all be highly detailed static models featuring a wealth of detail. We are making all of the parts and various details to be able to offer both Ch. No. 002 and Ch. No. 003. Different hoods (003 has hood scoop), and numerous other detail differences between the two cars. We would have listed these details, but due to some rather unscrupulous individuals with other model companies we will not list the information until a later date.

We will be offering at least two different serial numbered CMA editions, and they will be limited to only 25 of each.

Each model will be numbered and dated. Special certificates will also be included, and each model will come mounted in a wood and acrylic display case with an engraved plaque.

The philosophy behind all of our models is simple: Do it right or don’t do it at all; quality and accuracy are paramount. To those enthusiasts who are not familiar with CMA, we are world renowned as a maker of exceptionally high quality, superbly detailed large scale models and kits for serious collectors. We do not over produce any edition; and for each, we place an extremely strong emphasis on getting the body shape just right along with incorporating excellent detail. We go to great lengths with our research to make certain our CMA models are truly historically accurate and perfectly finished. There is No other manufacturer of built models in any scale who can make that claim. Only us, CMA. Where all other manufacturers (large and small) cut corners, make mistakes and leave off important details, and produce in the Orient – we do not.

The next best thing to owning the real car is owning one of our models.

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