Fiat Comp coupe - another take on the MPC FED frame

[alan barton]

Seeing as how there have been so many of the MPC frames on here recently - Jawbreaker, Ramchargers etc, I thought I would add one more.  This was once a Carl Casper Galloping Ghost from my teenage years.  I still have the front bodywork waiting for a resurrection but sadly the chute back body disappeared years ago.

The chassis is restored from my glue bombing efforts forty something years ago but otherwise stock MPC.  I produced my own body by free-form carving a wooden mould for a stretched, chopped Topolino and then vacforming copies in 1mm white styrene.  I have two others on the bench, one as a nineties fuel altered and another as a streamlined salt car.  Obviously I did a fair bit of carving to fit this onto the MPC frame.  I also scratchbuilt the interior tins.

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers

Alan

[afx]

Love it!

[Bernard Kron]

Nice one, Richard! The MPC frame is my "weapon of choice" when I do FED subjects both because it's a legs-under designed which places the slicks in a particularly attractive positiona nd the approx. 160" wheelbase is ideal in its proportions. It's also well detailed with real round tubing unlike the Don Long 200+ inch wheelbase Ivo/TooMuch, etc. frame. I also have developed techniques to eliminate the quirky center lever steering gizmo. I did a Fiat coupe, myself, late last year on this frame. I like your more cab-forward, cut down body version. I'll have to try one at some point. Mine had a full roof and rear bodywork.

[magicmustang]

Outstanding.  Love those Competition Coupes.

[Old Coyote]

Great build sir, that is amazing !

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice one. Pretty slick work on the vac-formed body shell. 

[alan barton]

Glad you are enjoying it guys.  I was very satisfied to be able to revive a long dead teenage model of mine to what you see here.  Funny thing is, the mould I carved was never intended to go on an FED but I just had one of those penny drop moments and next minute it was working!  Best thing was, it was a vacform that didn't pull down properly and would have been wasted but all the bad bits got cut off.  I will see if I can get a few photos of the mould so that you can see where I started.

Cheers

Alan

[cobraman]

Very cool and well done !

[drag racer 15]

That looks very nice I’ve always liked the look of those chopped up fiat bodies on dragster frames

[Hmann68]

Really well done! The Fiat body looks great. Nicely detailed build, and I like the color too. A super addition to our little MPC//Jawbreaker based collection ????

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[Deuces]

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[mvadrag]

"I produced my own body by free-form carving a wooden mould for a stretched, chopped Topolino and then vacforming copies in 1mm white styrene."

That is very impressive carving. Mine would look more like a block of wood.

I really like your version of a competition coupe.  Those little Fiat bodies are great material.