1907 Fiat 130HP F-2 GP Racer - 1/20 Double Build: Superdetailed Chassis & Complete Car

[Plastheniker]

Hi,

This is another pair of models I made from Casadio-Revival metal kits. As usual I corrected and detailed them thoroughly and built one model as a superdetailed chassis and a second model as a complete car with coachwork.

The 1907 Fiat 130 HP (often called F-2) was a successful Grand Prix racer in the earliest days of racing, f. e. driven by Felice Nazzaro it won the 1907 GP of France. One vehicle has survived. It is displayed at the Museo Nazionale dell' Automobile in Torino/Italy:



Most modelers know this car from the 1/8 Pocher model, shown here on a Pocher catalogue



Some years after Pocher the Italian manufacturer Casadio released a 1/20 kit of the same car, shown here on a Casadio Revival catalogue picture:



Though the museum car is a bit over-restored I chose it as my reference.

The Fiat 130 HP is one of two or three Casadio-Revival kits that are less abysmal and thus less laborious than most others. Authenticity and fit of essential parts are acceptable by comparison. I built these models about 15 years ago spending approximately 1000 hours.
I still remember some specific problems:
· I made a new bonnet, because the bonnet of the kit did not match the real one and fit was not satisfactory.
· I reworked the radiator that did not look convincing.
· The white tyres (sometimes really used on the real car) did not fit the rims and looked rather toy-like. I made new black tyres.
· The ready-painted coachwork had been deburred unsufficiently and the paintwork itself was poor.
· The real car had many brass parts, the kit contained almost none. Except the radiator (BMF) I made all brass parts from real brass - today Alclad would make make life easier.
· The rest was a lot of detailing and replacing.

[Greg23]

Superb

[ricrosar]

Excellent. Museum quality build.

Rick

[outpost961]

Stunning work!!!

[model freak]

Looks great!

[firun]

Jurgen, you rock! Cool build.

[Plastheniker]

Thanks for the replies!

Sadly only few modelers are interested in pre-WW2 GP cars and almost none are interested in pre-WW1 racing cars. What a pity! In those days technically everything was still in a state of flux, and there were very few technical rules and restrictions, so the different technical solutions were really interesting compared to the rather uniform racing technology of today.

[F1-Fan]

I love it! I have a Lindberg kit of the Mercedes Racer on my stach that I plan to build someday when I feel brave enough to make the wired wheels and detail it's engine.

Thanks for share your model.

Cheers,

F1-fan

[MarcoSaupe]

This looks great

[indy1977tx]

Very cool and in 1/20, too. Since that is the normal F1 mid-scale, it would look really cool having this next to cars from other generations.

I think all the work that went into this one really paid off. I really, really like this one.

Jordan