Fiat 131 Abarth

[Dann Tier]

EXCELLENT change, Bud!!!...

[afx]

Performed some reshaping of the wheel flares for the gravel spec build.  Sanded down the lips are far as I dared to narrow them and reshaped the lower edge to follow the body curvature.  Shortened the front valance as well.  Not a dramatic difference but useful nonetheless.  The gravel car is on the left in the photos.

 

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by afx

[porschercr]

Looks outstanding JC.

[afx]

On 4/21/2020 at 10:03 AM, porschercr said:

Looks outstanding JC.

Thank you Trevor.

[afx]

There was huge void above the rear trans-axle extending all the way up to the package shelf. Made a filler panel to close it up.



A friend who's eye and opinion I trust suggested I narrow the outer bead of the wheel rim.  I had narrowed the bead some previously but took the leap and narrowed them further after studying more photographs.  Glad I did!  The wheel on the left is the newly modified wheel, the one on the right is where I was before. Narrowing the bead also has the effect of making the tire sidewall appear taller without increasing the overall diameter - win win.

Edited April 27, 2020 by afx

[porschercr]

Excellent modifications JC, on another one of your stellar builds.

[afx]

Fabricated a mount for the swing arm control bracket.  Added bolt detail to the control arms.

Edited April 29, 2020 by afx

[Belugawrx]

Everything clean and crisp, ..I really admire your work JC !

Cheers

[afx]

11 hours ago, Belugawrx said:

Everything clean and crisp, ..I really admire your work JC !

Cheers

Thank you Bruce.

[David G.]

I'm impressed  by the adjustment you made to the wheels. It's one of those minor details that most viewers would never consciously notice but that add to the overall impression of realism.

Subtle yet powerful.

David G.

[afx]

2 hours ago, David G. said:

I'm impressed  by the adjustment you made to the wheels. It's one of those minor details that most viewers would never consciously notice but that add to the overall impression of realism.

Subtle yet powerful.

David G.

I like to give myself time to study and reflect during a project to find/discover areas where improvement is available. Little improvements along the way can add up to more than the sum of their parts.

[Codi]

If there was no name on a thread, just a build (whatever the make) and saw this...........I would either think it was yours or on that belongs to Ace (Bill).  That's a BIG compliment btw.   Such clean execution.  cheers, tim

[afx]

Thanks Tim and I do take that as a compliment. I too admire Ace-Garageguy's work. I think my workbench is a little cleaner than Bill's though.

Edited May 5, 2020 by afx

[afx]

I've been working on a lot of part fitment and tweaking the fender flare shapes so not much interesting to show in that regard.



I've decided to have another go at my customized version of the Campagnolo wheels. 


Here is what the wheel will look like with Replicas & Miniatures' acorn nuts and an axle nut made from solid hex rod added.  I rather like it.


 

Edited May 11, 2020 by afx

[afx]

 

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by afx

[porschercr]

Great video.

[Dann Tier]

Always a pleasure watching you work your magic, Bud!!!

[afx]

More wheel choices!!  My Decalcas order finally arrived.  Interesting resin color choices! The gravel spec build.

Edited May 13, 2020 by afx

[afx]

Added acorn nuts(3/4" in scale) to outer rim of my modified wheels.



Modified the kit wheels into the very shallow version of the Cromodora.



I need to order more acorn nuts to finish out all of these wheels.

Edited May 15, 2020 by afx

[slusher]

Outstanding work JC!  I have been enjoying your work on this thread!

[89AKurt]

Watched the video, too bad they didn't fire up the Fiat.  Now I want to get acorn nuts, just because.

[afx]

9 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Watched the video, too bad they didn't fire up the Fiat.  Now I want to get acorn nuts, just because.

The acorn nuts certainly come in handy.

Here is the street version but it will give you and idea of the exhaust note.

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by afx

[afx]

10 hours ago, slusher said:

Outstanding work JC!  I have been enjoying your work on this thread!

Thanks Carl.

[cobraman]

Build is coming along nicely.

[kermn8r]

Nice build on a great project. I haven't thought about one of these since the mid 70s. Kind of makes me want to build a Danny Goodwin version.