1/18 Fiat 850 coupe by Laudoracing

[traditional]

In the late '60s when I was finishing college, I'd seen a few of the Fiat 850 coupes running around Toronto and I even thought I might buy one as my first car as soon as I found reasonable employment. I've always liked small cars, and I thought these were so nicely styled.
Luckily, I'd changed my mind by the time I had enough money to actually purchase a car, because from all reports, the Fiats at that time, although really cute, were simply not durable enough for Canadian roads and climate.
I've always harbored a fondness for those 850 coupes though, and I was delighted when Laudoracing introduced their 1/18 resin replicas of the 1968 version, and I think they've done a really accurate job.
I've mounted the model on the base of a display case which is not supplied with the model.

 

[Gramps46]

Nice.  Thanks for sharing.

[randyc]

Nice replica!  1/18 has some nice stuff, but it takes up so much space to display.  I have to cram all I can in my space so the 1/18s are going away as I replace them with 1/24 or smaller.  But that is surely a ncie model.

 

 

[cobraman]

Very nice !

[peekay]

Looks great.

[GeeBee]

Beautiful, I'd love a 1:24th scale model of one, growing up in Spain in the 1960's and 70's, of course they were produced over there as the Seat 850, they were very popular.

 

Edited July 21, 2019 by GeeBee

[MrObsessive]

That is a VERY nice model of that!

From the mid '90's through the mid '00's, I lived in an apartment which was above what used to be a Fiat dealership. Believe it or not, there were a couple of these that were still below me sitting in the garage. I don't think they were running, but the guy I rented from he would occasionally work on other Fiats that folks would bring to him. There was also a 850 Spyder sitting in the lot across the street that he wanted me to buy, but that one was just too dang small for me, and after having a '78 Fiat 124 Spyder which ultimately broke its timing belt, I was not interested in taking on another Fiat.

Yes, I too would love to see a detailed, 1/25 kit of this car. I've been watching a kit of a Fiat Zagato coupe which has been online for the longest time. There's four of 'em, but no takers.