Tamiya's Abarth 695 ss Fiat

[GMasterG]

A friend just bought a 2018 Abarth 500. He'd longed for a 695 ss since he was young so I decided to make one in honor:

All the parts sprayed:

Some early work on the chassis and engine:

The engine installed:

A little progress on the interior:

.....and the dash:

The body gets a base-coat:

[johnyrotten]

Nice progress so far, I like the chassis detail. 

[Dann Tier]

These are such cool little cars...looking good sofar!

[beeRS]

Very nice work so far. I love the yellow!

[Bugatti Fan]

Fun model build.

I used to own a bog standard Fiat 500 back in the 70's.

Did many miles in it and very cheap to run, and parking it where many could not !

The rust got to it in the end. Fiats used to rot like a vampire doused in holy water  back in those days! So full credit to those who have fully restored examples today.

 

 

 

[Zippi]

Great looking kit there Grant.  Coming along nicely and that yellow is a real eye catcher.  I bought this kit a while back but was going in a totally different direction with mine.  Blown drag car.   

[slusher]

Your doing a terrific job, I think these little cars are so cool!

[GMasterG]

On 4/27/2025 at 5:48 PM, johnyrotten said:

Nice progress so far, I like the chassis detail. 

Thanks John

[GMasterG]

On 4/28/2025 at 12:43 PM, beeRS said:

Very nice work so far. I love the yellow!

Thanks Sonny.

The colour call-out gives yellow as an option and it is the color of my friend's modern version of the 500

[GMasterG]

On 4/28/2025 at 4:59 PM, Bugatti Fan said:

Fun model build.

I used to own a bog standard Fiat 500 back in the 70's.

Did many miles in it and very cheap to run, and parking it where many could not !

The rust got to it in the end. Fiats used to rot like a vampire doused in holy water  back in those days! So full credit to those who have fully restored examples today.

 

 

 

Thanks Noel. Yes, Fiats have the reputation of being prone to rust here in Australia as well.

[GMasterG]

On 4/28/2025 at 7:30 PM, Zippi said:

Great looking kit there Grant.  Coming along nicely and that yellow is a real eye catcher.  I bought this kit a while back but was going in a totally different direction with mine.  Blown drag car.   

I'd be keen to see the blown drag-car version of this car. Thank for the comment.

[GMasterG]

Finding the missing exhaust part (in a place I would swear in front of a jury on penalty of death that I’d looked a dozen times previously) inspired me to add spark plug cables, a 3D-printed solenoid and wire to the distributor and similarly 3D-printed oil filter with hoses to the oil sump. I used 90-degree spark plug boots under the oil filter base plate as hose connectors.

and the interior is done:

Edited May 1 by GMasterG

[GMasterG]

The body gets its first round of clear coats. Outlaw Paint’s 2k Diamond Finish Clear. It smells like crushed ants.