Protar 1/12 1927 Fiat 1500cc Racecar

[traditional]

Protar makes some challenging but interesting multi-media kits of cars and motorcycles and, like many of the Italian kits that I've built over the years (Pocher,Revival,Protar, etc.), this racecar model required some tweaking of a few of the assemblies to complete the build.

The kit includes a miriad of tiny fittings and fasteners etc., the zinc castings are quite well molded with through-hole louvres on many of the body panels, the cast wire wheels are amazingly fine, steering is quite realistic, the seat and engine wiring/plumbing is molded in soft vinyl, the steering wheel uses a cloth wrap, the hand brake operates the mechanical brake-lines, and the multi-disc friction shocks/leaf springs are beautifully detailed.

I used automotive basecoat/clearcoat for most of the build and although it was a challenging model, I'm very pleased with the end result.

Edited April 21, 2012 by traditional

[sportandmiah]

Beauty!

[jeffs396]

You skills never cease to amaze Cliff!

Nice!!!

[W-409]

This is clean, as always. Great job with the Fiat, paintjob turned out great and I like that engine detailing. Wheels and tires look very good too, thanks for sharing this beauty with us.

[ChrisR]

Great model!

[cobraman]

Very nice build of what I am sure was a tough kit.

[mickey1938]

I'm impressed with this amazing Car! I've never seen one of these before, Great Workmanship!!

mickey1938

[Harry P.]

I've never seen this kit before, but now that I have, I want one!

But the price is a little over the top: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PROTAR-1-12-Fiat-1927-806s-1500cc-racer-Metal-kit-NM-/150788568699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231bb2f67b

Plus $70 shipping???

Yikes.

[traditional]

I've never seen this kit before, but now that I have, I want one!

But the price is a little over the top: http://www.ebay.com/...=item231bb2f67b

Plus $70 shipping???

Yikes.

That's an absurd price ($999.00)........I got mine when they were 'dumping' unsold kits quite a few years ago. It took a while to get motivated enough to tackle it though.

[sjordan]

Very, very nice.

[jmpsebring]

That 999 price is from someone who always asks top dollar... or more... for everything. He counts on the impulse buyer. He does in fact carry the holy grail of rare kits. That's fair of course. He's not hiding the price and you don't have to buy it. He also pays big money for some of the rarest. A few have had incredible WIP projects with this kit and have created a big demand for the model. I think I waited too long. Plus now that MFH is making 1/12th kits, they will raise the bar so much higher, that some of these special kits will become less in demand. (IMHO)

More importantly, This model is beautfully finished for sure!

Edited April 22, 2012 by jmpsebring

[stump]

Another FANtastic build Clifford.