Fiat Topolino coupe

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Cool everywhere. Would be fun to display it with the body a few inches away on jack stands. The frame and running gear are super.

[David G.]

That's one scary machine! It looks like a go-cart sporting a V-8 ! ? 

Fabulous work so far, I can't wait to see how it all comes out.

David G. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Glad to see this one moving forward again. Coming together nicely.

The little Fiat altereds have been some of my favorites since I first saw one back in the Pleistocene.  

[Limeyglue]

1 hour ago, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

Cool everywhere. Would be fun to display it with the body a few inches away on jack stands. The frame and running gear are super.

I'm building a custom painted Chevy van with trailer for a big show here in November. But I like the idea

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Thumbs up ?

[deuces wild]

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[stavanzer]

Great Build! I really Like how you are building it.

[larman]

Your model is so very cool! I wish I hadn't seen this because I wasn't going to buy the new Atlantis kit, but now I will have to! Will need to swap the Ford engine for a Hemi  though......

[Limeyglue]

10 hours ago, larman said:

Your model is so very cool! I wish I hadn't seen this because I wasn't going to buy the new Atlantis kit, but now I will have to! Will need to swap the Ford engine for a Hemi  though......

Its a lot of  work to get anything decent from it  I have done quite a bit of moving stuff around 

[magicmustang]

On 5/17/2023 at 8:27 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Glad to see this one moving forward again. Coming together nicely.

The little Fiat altereds have been some of my favorites since I first saw one back in the Pleistocene.  

Seeing as you mention the '60s, how about a true survivor built in 1963 from a Revell double kit. It cost me almost $3.00 for the kit and a can of spray paint. That was 6 weeks allowance back then. Had to replace the wheels a couple of times due to the tires melting them. Yep, same tooling as todays Atlantis' Fiat.

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 minutes ago, magicmustang said:

Seeing as you mention the '60s, how about a true survivor built in 1963 from a Revell double kit. It cost me almost $3.00 for the kit and a can of spray paint. That was 6 weeks allowance back then. Had to replace the wheels a couple of times due to the tires melting them. Yep, same tooling as todays Atlantis' Fiat.

LOVE it. Biggest smile I've had all week.  

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

This one is looking good. -RRR

[Limeyglue]

Update. 

Got the paint done. SMS pearl white base with Tamiya pearl yellow with SMS Inca gold patterns and fogging. Letting it dry for a couple of days and then a few decals and clear.

Thanks for looking Lee 

[David G.]

That's a pretty paint job! It has a bit of whimsy to it.

David G. 

[Straightliner59]

That is freakin' pretty! Just a cool looking hot rod!

[Zippi]

Yup, pretty kewl.  Love those wheels and tires.  I just bought The latest release of this kit.

[Calb56]

Love the old Fiats, Bantams and Henry J's...this is looking great.

[Dennis Lacy]

As if this project wasn’t cool enough. Absolutely bitchin!!! ?

[johnny rocket]

that is coming out great, I am just curios how you assemble the chasis and then paint the parts different colors

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

We never saw one like this, back in the 60's did we fellas.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

That's a serious re-do! I love the paint and striping... -RRR

[rustybill1960]

These little cars look great all hopped up! I like what Your doing! Thank You for sharing with Us. I am thinking about getting one of the "Yellow Fever" kits

[absmiami]

Send a picture of this to Jim Keeler - he’s got a Facebook page - he developed the kit with Atlantis - and Doug Whyte’s model car muse site has a vid of Jim at the last GSL discussing the Atlantis kits …

[sidcharles]

i echo everyone's accolades.

Q: on top of the blower [two squares] is that a pair of injectors?     i remember something similar from the Revell Tony Nancy dragster kit (i think...) but didn't know what they were then, either.

 

thanks