Fiat 131 Miafiori Abarth

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

Body cut and positioned on magnets.

DIY spotlamps mocked up. Because 70's rally car.

[kontemax 1725]

Hi Yoshimitsu San.

Mirafiori.

Mirafiori is a district of the Italian city of Turin, the largest of the districts, where the largest Fiat factory in Italy is located, the historic factory.
Mirafiori is divided into north and south, the factory is in the south, where I lived from my childhood and it was my neighborhood until my 28th year of life.
I spent all my youth in that area.

This Fiat 131 Abarth body is beautiful, who produces it please?

Max

[phiber_optik 86]

Very cool, how did you do the spot lamps?

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

18 hours ago, kontemax said:

 

Mirafiori is a district of the Italian city of Turin, the largest of the districts.

This Fiat 131 Abarth body is beautiful, who produces it please?

Max

Cool, I didn't know where the name came from. Every day is a school day!

I don't know if I'd call this one beautiful....The shell is from L&L Models in Wales. It's ok, the rear sections profiles are just not correct. There's no getting away from that. The shell is thick enough to be fair but yeah, I won't be doing another 131.

 

 

1 hour ago, phiber_optik said:

Very cool, how did you do the spot lamps?

These are modified Escort MKII spotlights.👍

 

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

Some progress this evening...

The decals over the air intake on the bonnet are enough to make you weep gently into your beer. Dreading the boot now. Theres just not the 'give' you get with Tamiya decals. 

 

[kontemax 1725]

16 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Some progress this evening...

The decals over the air intake on the bonnet are enough to make you weep gently into your beer. Dreading the boot now. Theres just not the 'give' you get with Tamiya decals. 

 

TO, Torino. <3

Max

[kontemax 1725]

16 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Cool, I didn't know where the name came from.

It is a world that no longer exists unfortunately.
All finished.

Max

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

Spotlights this afternoon. 

There's no provision for these with the L&L shell but I had to give it some. 

[kontemax 1725]

4 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Spotlights this afternoon. 

There's no provision for these with the L&L shell but I had to give it some. 

Also Carello, with Sabelt and Lancia, were located near my home.
Some years ago I raced with Tamiya Touring 1/10 against the sons of Sparco.
A friend of mine worked in Magneti Marelli, near Torino.
All these brands come from Torino, Italy.

Anyway this model is beautiful, did you ever considered the "Olio Fiat" livery? 

I like it so muck.

Max

 

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

A busy night saw this finished. I don't run any if my shells, they're all for sale!

I'm after £80 for this one. If you'd like to buy it please do get in touch!👍

[technics 2616]

@Yoshimitsu Man that´s sweet. Thanks for sharing!

[Busdriver 6209]

As usual a brilliant job. I see what you are saying about the body shape. It’s just too chunky. This is the issue with a lot of the L&L bodies. I’m hoping that the Peugeot I’ve got is ok . It looks right. I also notice the lights/ grill on the 131 are not brilliant. I think you’ve done an amazing job with a flawed product . 👏 

[martinjpayne 273]

I guess this is a copy of the redesigned Rally Legends bodyshell... not only is the rear end terrible, but the wheel arches look totally wrong with the flat, not curved, tops! Funny, the original Rally Legends bodyshell didn't have these problems.

My beat up old DF-03Ra runner. Fortunately I still got three of the old style clear bodies in storage.

Edited October 26, 2022 by martinjpayne
Added picture and changed wheels.

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

5 hours ago, Busdriver said:

I’m hoping that the Peugeot I’ve got is ok . It looks right.. 👏

It looks good to me. I'm looking forward to seeing it painted up.

The Talbot was really good to be fair in terms of accuracy. Some you win...👌🙌😎