Making Of - Alpine A110 1600SC (*Progress Pics*)

Well, since there was no good suggestion for my second car to build my wife decided for me and offered me this love Alpine A110 1600SC that will be along with the Ferrari F310B my current projects.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/374389ALPINE01.jpg
I have also bought this decals sheet since I plan to build the car that raced in the 1971 (my birth year) :D Portugal Rally. I just have to find the rims to get a perfect replica. Progress pictures soon.
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That one will be interesting to see!:)

Cool project, you even have the limited release TS spray. :)

i'm looking forward to seeing more progress pics. i'm sure this will turn out great. :D

Ah, one of the all time greatest rally cars...Of all time...ever!:D

I shall find this build interesting too, especially with the alternative decals.

BTW, is this kit currently out of production?

Originally posted by flyonthewall
BTW, is this kit currently out of production?

I think so Chris. This one was in my wish list for quite some time and I have tried to order it in several shops in U.K. and Japan with no success.
We have found it just by luck in a small model store and it was the single one.

Originally posted by Gainsbourg


We have found it just by luck in a small model store and it was the single one.

That's what I always say. Never be desperate, you'll find your most wanted some day, at a place where you never expected it to find. Remember the 450 SLC Rally that I found recently. :cool:

Anyway, we're in again for a very interesting buidling report. As a kid I used to live near a local Alpine dealer, so I remember the A110's very vively!!

The Alpine kit is available from several Internet retailers on shopping.yahoo.com (do a search for Tamiya Alpine)

Gainsbourg,
Looks like you have a nice build underway there, look forward to seeing the result.
I have seen the Alpine Rally for sale on E-Bay numerous times but for some reason it has never been a car that has appealed to me.
Daggerlee,
Raybrig Blue is now a standard production color from Tamiya, if I recall correctly the TS number is TS-57.
Hope that helps if you were looking for some.

Ray

WHAT A LUCK .... i LOVE THIS CAR !!!!!!
And so many version can be done !!!!

Originally posted by Gainsbourg

We have found it just by luck in a small model store and it was the single one.

23-12-2002

Finally I have the chance to post the first progress pictures of the A110.
Sincerely I’m having (when I have time) such a joy in building the Ferrari F310 that I can’t give the deserve attention to the Alpine.
Anyway here they are:
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The chassis and the engine are completed with no problem.
All pieces fix well and this process is easy to do. The interior will also be a easy and quick part of this project. Main work is to be done in the body and I hope to post soon some of it progress.

Coming along nicely so far!:cool:

nice...

I actually was going to go check out a small shop around here for that model today...I think I remember them having it, but knowing my luck I'll get there and they wont.

anyways your's looks great, hope to see the end product.

I managed to score a kit off ebay recently. It's a lovely car, but I would only probably start work in Jan or Feb.

Gainsbourg are you using TS-19 to paint the body?

Hi Gains,

cool to see some progress on the Alpine. Looking forward to see the interior and bodywork!!

I was planning of showing you the steps of the paint process of the body but I continued to apply the coats without taking any picture :rolleyes: so here is the final stage.
The body is painted with a metallic blue and I had the same problem as using other metallic colours, it was hard to get a uniform coat since even in the pre-final coat it was visible many darken parts especially in the front cover. It took six coats, two of white primer and four of Alpine Blue.
The interior is also almost done and I will post a picture of it soon.
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I have made a change of plans about the decals scheme. I will go for 71 Monte Carlo Rally version.
I’m having lots of difficulty to find some photos of this car (especially the back part) in order to apply correctly de decals. If someone have access to some photos that can send me it will be a great help.
Thanks :)

Nice model, looking forward to see it completed.

Gainsbourg,
I did an image search on www.google.com and it turned up a whole lot of photos of the car, including some of rear angle and engine shots.
I would post them here but I thought perhaps you would like to do the search and see everyting it turns up to see what you need?

Hope it helps, sorry if it doesn't

BTW, the car is looking good:)

Ray

Mate...that has turned out really well :cool: . I'm not a huge fan of the cat itself, but once again your skills have changed my mind :)

I was lucky enough to find the Burago 1/24 scale die cast of the 71 Monte Carlo rally version for 7 US dollars. I don't like diecasts but this one caught my eye. Does any body know if these wheels are the right ones?

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Color looks good Gainsburg! It's coming together!

As promise here is a photo of the complete Alpine interior.
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Originally posted by 935k3
Does any body know if these wheels are the right ones?


Yes that are the right wheels used in the 71 Monte Carlo Rally.
I only have the commercial rims for the A110 so for now I will use them, but I will talk with my hobby shop in order to know if someone produce the competition rims.
Thanks for the tip about google Ray :), I have found enough photos so I can make a decent replica of the Rally Alpine. More progress photos to come.

Coming a long well there Gains, can't wait to see it finished. The Alpine A110s are such cool little cars, astonishingly small and light, much like the Mini I suppose but way more sophisticated :)

I too plan to build the 1971 Monte winner. Incidentally the driver of that car, Ove Andersson is the Boss of Toyota's motorsport operation, formerly TTE, now Toyota F1 or something. Wasting their time in F1, hopefully they will get sick of going around in circles soon and return to the WRC. Excuse me I seem to have gone off on a tangent :p

Renaissance have the correct wheels in with their decal sheet. What sheet are you using? If you need decal placement information I can scan the Renaissance drawings for you.

Why did you change your mind about the Portugal car? Nicolas and Todt, wonder if they did all right for themselves ;)

Well, I confess that I’m not a great fan of Jean Tood, as I’m not of anyone who think is superior to the sportive truth.
Anyway that’s not why I changed my mind. The decals I have are from Décals Carpena and they come with just one black and white photo of the car for “help” in the decal placement.
I’ve sent some mails to a sport newspaper in Portugal and even to the organisers of the Portugal Rally without any answer. Since the Monte Carlo version has less decals and I’ve found some photos in the net of the real model I’ve decided to change for this decal scheme.
Yes, if you can do me that favour I’d like to see the Renaissance decal placement information. :)

But I thought Toyota was banned from the WRC, for racing illegal-spec Corollas, can they be reinstated?

Dan,
If I remember correctly, Toyota were not banned for illegal spec Corollas at all.
They were issued a 2 year ban for running illegal spec Celica, when they returned to the championship, they came back with the Corolla.
Toyota withdrew themselves from the WRC because they wanted to develop the F1 car which meant there was not enough funding to do both.
This is the way I know it, if I am wrong, somebody please correct me.

Ray

Oh, I see. I agree, Toyota should switch to WRC :D

A shame you couldn't find any pictures of the Portugal car. I understand it is a bit difficult to build the car if you have no references or instructions :eek:

I've posted a scan a scan of the Renaissance drawings here (http://rallycars.topcities.com/reference/alpine-a110.jpg). Hope they are of some use.

Yeah Toyota were banned for twelve months after the Catalunya rally in 1995. They were running the Celica ST205 at the time, Didier Auriol's car was found to have an ingenious device fitted to the turbo inlet. The contraption opened up under load and allowed the engines to breathe much more air than just the standard 30mm FIA restrictor plate allowed. When the engine was turned off for scrutineering it snapped shut agian and looked normal. The mistake they made was to let Juha Kankkunen lead a tarmac rally - a bit suspicious! For all the 'Old Foxes' greatness, a tarmac specialist he was not! Compared to some of the things the big (red) teams in formula one get away with a 12 month ban was an enormous punishment and could very easily have killed the World Rally Championship. Fortunately the series survived and Toyota returned full time in 1998. They then pulled out voluntarily at the end of 1999 after winning the manufacturers championship for a final time.

Thanks for the drawing Phil. :)
For sure I rider like to build a version of my home rally but if I know that I can’t assure that I apply the decals correctly like the real car I prefer not to do it. :(
I will take at least one more week before I star applying the decals so I leave a task for my A.F. modeller colleges. :D I will be really grateful if someone can find me information so I can build the Alpine A110 from the 1971 or 1973 Portugal Rally.
Meanwhile here is a photo of the current status of the project:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/888566ALPINE.jpg
Some Tamiya tape is a great help for painting all the silver lines.
Front lights are really easy to build since they already are chromate in the box. Just needed to paint the clear yellow of the light.
Hope you like it so far. More progress photos soon.

That is awesome! ANd the trunk car open! I'll try and hunt now some pics for you, just give me a day, or so!

Good news for people like me who haven't built an Alpine yet. Good old Tamiya have reissued the 'Alpine Blue' spray can. Only this time they've called it 'Light Metallic Blue'. The number is TS-53, or maybe TS-54 can't remember at the moment :rolleyes:

Good news. After almost two hours searching in every site containing the word Alpine I was lucky to find some photos of a small metal replica of the 1973 Portugal Rally car.I now have all the information to build this version.
In any case thanks for your help Honoturtle. :)
The photo shows the closest it will be to the commercial version since I will start to apply the competition decals immediately.
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wow that look great its nice to see something different in af good work :sun: :sun: :sun:

I have to say, another cool model is in the final stages before completion. Looks very realistic!

I have a real 1974 Alpine A110! Just got it for Christmas!

You lucky, lucky sod :D

Please dissasemble it, photograph all major subassemblies and post said pictures for our future reference :p

I am a lucky sod! But I've waited 15+ years to get this one. So far had to replace the rear hub bearings, brake pads and calipers, all new Koni shocks from Holland since they don't make the type the A110 needs here in the States, along with lower bushings for the shocks, the throttle and handbrake cables, re-work the doors (misaligned) and the locks and window mechanisms.

The turn signals, heater and most of the electric don't work and will probably need to be re-wired.

I was wondering if the Tamiya 58168 model would that I have in the closet would have been a better project? NNAAAHHHH!!!!

Here's another picture!

David
:frog:

Originally posted by RallyRaider
You lucky, lucky sod :D

Please dissasemble it, photograph all major subassemblies and post said pictures for our future reference :p

LOL...i was thinking the same thing! well... sort of. i was going to suggest taking pictures of the interior, engine and trunk spaces and posting them here for reference. if of course that isn't too much to ask;)