inbox pics of the new Italeri release ; Fiat 131 Abarth Rally

bigfrit · 09-11-2004, 04:48 AM

I thought it might be useful to post these inbox pics, for those who are still not sure wether it 's worth to buy it or not.

I bought this little rally -star yesterday, for about 19 € a fairly high price for an italeri model, at that time I didn't know it was really workth it, especially for the decal sheet...

Knowing italeri, you can either expect a quite OK model, or a pure PITA pile of crap. Glad to anounce you this is one of the first.

in the box are four squares stuffies with the parts on (don't remember the english name). One is holding parts for teh engine, rims, all well made, and with some detailing it llbe stunning.

another one is for the chassis, which is fairly good molded, except for a few pinholes, another one carries teh iunterior parts, which are again, well molded, and they hold a rollcage, which is a nice plus, and the parts of the body are well molded too, with nice detail and a fairly ok molding and a few mold lines.

then there are the always present clear parts, and very nice rubber tyres, and the masterpiece, a cartograf decal sheet depicting the alen car on the criterium molson rallye.

A very nice, ballsy model that italeri re-released and the result will be very nice and ballsy too if built with a bit of TLC, more on this later when I start it (in a few weeks).

Olivier

ales · 09-11-2004, 04:58 AM

Thanks for the review, Oli

RallyRaider · 09-11-2004, 05:09 AM

I'm lickin' my lips at the prospect of getting hold of one of these!

Thanks so much for the review Olivier, looks like a very sound kit. I wonder what aftermarket parts and decals we will see in the coming months?

dyowelb · 09-11-2004, 10:51 PM

thanks man for the reviews....

oh by the way, what happened to your Mercedez 300SL
Gullwing/Roadster Project?

Thanks,
d

mel79 · 09-12-2004, 02:33 AM

Thanks for the review

I didn't realise the kit was already out.

-Mikko

bigfrit · 09-12-2004, 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dyowelb

thanks man for the reviews....

oh by the way, what happened to your Mercedez 300SL
Gullwing/Roadster Project?

Thanks,
d

you're welcome for the review, consider those just a little contribution to what makes AF great!

As for the mercedeses; you 're right! I still have those ones!

nah they re just in the closet, waiting for me to gain some skill, they have to be perfect, maybe , one day...

Ciao

Oh and I am wondering, I don't think that we'll be expecting many aftermarket stuff for this one, as it's very limited release in both america and Japan, so I don't think companies as S27 will bother making decal sheets and the likes, but maybe renaissance will.
That's my idea about this, but hey, I m very happy with the decals supplied, and to make it even better, I think adding a seatbelt stuffy is the only sensible thing to do.

Olivier

Tikiman · 09-12-2004, 07:28 AM

Is this the same as Italeris 132 kit but twith diferent decals. I looks the same. Looks pretty cool. Hope to see it appearing in the progress section.

RallyRaider · 09-12-2004, 08:37 PM

You weren't kidding about this being a limited release. I just checked HLJ and found they have stopped taking pre-orders for it

SupaMan89T · 09-12-2004, 10:24 PM

that looks awsome maybe ill get 1

.......well after reading the post above mine i guess i wont be getting 1

mel79 · 09-13-2004, 01:27 AM

Limited release

There seems to be a high demand for this kit and they make it a limited release?? Now isn't that stupid or what. However this being an Italeri release, the limited release -comment may mean almost anything, as they seem to release quite a few of their older kits as 'limited editions'. Let's think positive and believe in that we all can get our own 131:s

And lets hope too that the limited release note doesn't scare off the aftermarket business, because this car could really use some alternative liveries too.

-Mikko

hrmodeler · 09-13-2004, 02:01 AM

Is that old ESCI molding or Italeri made new one?
If I remember well, ESCI have one of that in past.

sjelic · 09-13-2004, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RallyRaider

You weren't kidding about this being a limited release. I just checked HLJ and found they have stopped taking pre-orders for it

Phil, we have ordered 6 pcs. one will go to Zeljko and one is for me so 4 of them left to go, I will check if we can send one for you if you want

hrmodeler · 09-13-2004, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjelic

Phil, we have ordered 6 pcs. one will go to Zeljko and one is for me so 4 of them left to go, I will check if we can send one for you if you want

Only you will pay it very expensive because it our postage is very high.

bigfrit · 09-13-2004, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hrmodeler

Is that old ESCI molding or Italeri made new one?
If I remember well, ESCI have one of that in past.

Yeah, I d think so, it's been such a long time they even brought something new out,actually, I can't remember :-) .

I think too it's a rerelease of the esci kit from seeing a few inbox pics of that one on ebay.
Ah well, I won't complain, it's a fair kit.

As for the limited release shit...

That's just the reply I got from somebody at Italeri's customer Service, who didn't even knew it's release date and even didn't know if it was a rerelease, I would't take that what she said as being true, but hey, it's true those italeri kits even here (Belgium) are pretty hard to find.

Olivier

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