Fiat 124 Abarth Spider (1/24 Hachette WRC collection)

[1959scudetto]

FIAT 124 Abarth spider, winner of the 1974 Portugal Rally, driven by Raffaele Pinto to his only win on World championship level. A modified version of this car won the same rally again in the following year with Markku Alén – these 2 wins were the only top results of this car.
A great model from Ixo - highly recommended, even they unfortunately goofed with the color: the yellow should have a slightly greenish tint (which looks different in all the pics, so this won’t be a big deal), but: the whole car was painted in a matt (and not gloss) red! So I will have to mask carefully my model and then overspray with some clear blue (the yellow parts) and clear matte (the whole body).
Anyway, this should not turn you off – if you like ‘70s rally cars, this is as good as it gets !

Fiat should have taken the manufacturers championship in 1974, but the first events were cancelled due to the oil crisis, and when the year went on, the Stratos arrived on the scene and Lancia took the laurels. For 1975, the company decided that Lancia should go for the world championship and Fiat for the European and Italian championships (these goals were all finally achieved).

 

 

I have 2 models (the 2nd will be modified into the ’75 version with additional light pods on the hood, additional ducts and flares which let it look even more aggressive):
 

[Gramps46]

I have seen this FIAT 124 Spider advertised plus the BBurago version recently and have been very tempted.  Now you go and post these pictures. 

[1959scudetto]

On 11/6/2022 at 1:17 PM, Gramps46 said:

I have seen this FIAT 124 Spider advertised plus the BBurago version recently and have been very tempted.  Now you go and post these pictures. 

If ever, then go for the Hachette model, Gary (Jumajo has it on ebay) and avoid the old Bburago toy.

Edited November 8, 2022 by 1959scudetto