Abarth 695 Ferrari Tributo

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

Fujimi should be ashamed of that nonsense with the wheels, especially.

I clipped off the clutch pedal, didn't enlarge the brake pedal, attempted to paint the steering wheel to look like the proper one, and omitted the shifter and painted the shift base to look like the 2-button arrangement the 695 has. Yet oddly enough, they made a really nice set of seats for it.

Honestly, I'm concerned that Fujimi isn't doing well at all. With the lapses in quality and design as of late (especially on the 458 Italia), coupled with insanely questionable tooling (Prius, Sai, Lexus HS250) one has to wonder what is going on. Okay, they have the new Porsche GT3 race cars coming...we'll see how that goes. I just don't get a feeling that they're healthy and thriving, after building the 500, Abarth 695, and the Italia. The Prius is better than all of them...and the least desirable, by a long shot. What in the world is going on with them?

Nice work you have done here, especially replacing the stock wheels! It definitely makes the difference!
Well, for the wheel problem, that's no surprise from Fujimi, they just want to make the most money from the same set of tools. For the quality, they are never stable. But the F430 challenge that I am working on, the dry fit of parts just amazed me~~~very good indeed. Just hope the same when I put them togather!

[kopperkart]

Interesting car and nice job on the build. Here is what Top Gear (The BBC original and not that excuse they show in the US) has to say about the real thing. "Rather like an aggressive gimp running naked through a Ferrari shop."

[CifeNet]

Sweet looking model! Love the Revell wheels, almost like O.Z. Racing superleggera wheels! It totally makes the car looking ten times better. Nice job!

[exhaust smoke]

Nice build.

On the subject of wheel sizes, it has always been a week point for Fujimi. I think they choose an appropriate size of tyre they have within their range and then tool the wheels accordingly. I have lost count of the number of wheels that I have replaced from Fujimi kits in favour of the far more superior Aoshima offerings!

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Thanks for all the comments

[JR.FEL]

beautiful model, perfect!

JR.FEL
www.jrfelblog.blogspot.com

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by CifeNet

Sweet looking model! Love the Revell wheels, almost like O.Z. Racing superleggera wheels! It totally makes the car looking ten times better. Nice job!

Thanks. Wish I had more of these wheels, seems they only came in the Revell RSX kit and I only have one of them, and it doesn't seem to be current. They look similar to some other wheels that I saw on some of the red production 695's that I saw when I was doing research via Google.