Fiat 131 Abarth

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Been a long time since I posted on this forum. Taking on this old Esci kit with a few improvements along the way.

Modified the kit belt/pulley assembly:

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The kit header is the object above the pulley assembly.


My scratch built header along with a front cross member.

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Removed the molded on debris screen from the intakes and drilled them out.

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Fabricated a skid plate.

[corrrado]

Welcome back AFX Racing!!! It's been a long time since we've seen your great work here! You made a great improvement on the Fiat and I'll follow your progress! Did you know that V-Modeller will soon release the two types of front grill for the 131? They look really great and good investmrnt!

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[quote=corrrado;7221990]Welcome back AFX Racing!!! It's been a long time since we've seen your great work here! You made a great improvement on the Fiat and I'll follow your progress! Did you know that V-Modeller will soon release the two types of front grill for the 131? They look really great and good investment!





Thank you corrrado. Those grilles look great! Do you know where I can buy them when they become available?

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Notched the firewall to allow some setback of the engine.

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Building a tarmac spec car and want to lower the suspension. To make room for the exhaust I notched the trunk (boot) floor.

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Fabricated the trans-axle support. Fabricated a protection plate for the trans-axle and the front edge of the baffle. The drive shaft is positioned backwards in the photo - it will be installed the correct way.

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Fabricated transmission and drive shaft supports.

[corrrado]

Really great progress on the chassis AFX Racing! Nice to see this classic kit has a new life in your hands! About the grills, you need to contact V-modeler on fb. I know him, I'll ask about it as well. Keep the kit coming! Which livery you plan for the 131 Abarth?

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Thanks Attila. I am doing Andruet's '77 Monte Carlo for the tarmac spec build. I also plan on building another kit to gravel spec.



I have modified the kit wheels to narrow them for the gravel spec. build.

[chris24]

Your projects are always inspiring

[corrrado]

Nice choice! What will be the livery for the gravel spec car and are you planning to change the fenders of it? Gravel spec cars used the original flairs from the "stradale" version which is visibly narrower than the grou 4 cars'. A solution could be that you buy the "Quattroruote 1/24 131 Abarth Stradale and copy the fenders from it. That diecast is very accurate and nice by the way and has some good gravel wheel on it which could be used for gravel rallies like the 1000 Lakes or even for the snowy Monte Carlo.

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I'm thinking about Rohrl 1980 San Remo which appears to have used the larger wheel arches. It used different style Cromodora wheels however from all the photos that I have found so far. I have ordered a set of the Decalcas wheels but have not received them yet.




The gravel cars is on the left. I sanded down the fender flares (to narrow them) as much as I could after the photo was taken. I'll post another photo showing the difference I was able to achieve.