Tamiya Fiat 131 Abarth Rally - Build and Paint Tips - Time Lapse Build
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2023
- The Tamiya Fiat 131 Abarth Rally sits atop the MF-01X 4WD chassis, and is easily one of the nicest looking bodies to come out of the Tamiya plant in some time.
In this video we'll assemble the chassis, paint the body, apply decals, and talk about any of the quirks of the build that you should be aware of should you decide to build your own.
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That's a cool looking rally
Thanks Brent! 🍻
Ouyeah, buddy, always gotta hurry a paint job! Imagine taking all the time in the world, achieve some sort of perfect result? Nah, I can't imagine that either... Like you said, it's alright!
Lovely video as always, buddy! I think each time I watch one of your videos I see something I want to try. Always a joy to watch.
Thanks for the great feedback, Mads. I swear, I screw up every paint job at least in one or two spots... lol! 🤦
That is going to look super cool running Fil! Love that car!
Thanks pal, I'm really stoked to get it out for a good rip! 👍🏻
Looks good, Fil . I can't wait to see it rip.My girl asked if we could see more of the cat. What can I say. He's getting famous.
Thanks buddy! I'll have a running video set up soon. As for the fuzz-balls, the big one is Gary, and the little one (in this video) is his sister, Teela. They both love hanging out in the RC room with me, especially during a build. I'll get some more shots of them in the next video for your girl. 🐈 😻
The black on the bumper looks like a bit of rally road rash dude! Love the look of this one 😎
That's just what I was thinking, Craig. It gives it a little character. 😆
G'day Fil😃, The body turned out to look awesome, that yellow looks great👌. Build video was really good to watch, thanks for the page 16 tips etc👍.
Thanks for sharing your great video Fil, we hope you have a fantastic weekend👍🦘🇦🇺
Thanks again for watching, my man! Hope you guys are having a good weekend. 🍻👊🏼
Man sweeet build!
Nice to have so many parts.
Big thumbs up!!!
Thanks dude! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. See ya on the next one. 😉
Looks awesome! Rally time 👍
Haha you said it! Rally time!!! 👍🏻😎
congrats on being the first youtuber to build this iconic rally car, turned out pretty darn good, but im sticking to the "Alitalia" look for when my body arrives
I'm still surprised more Tubers haven't jumped on this one, it's so under-rated and I don't know why. I absolutely love it! I build an MF-01x rally Beetle a few years back and it's wicked.
Yes MF-01x chassis is a good one for rally as it has better ground clearance@@poorboysrc
Nice job! That is a good looking kit
Thanks Joe! 🍻
One tip regarding the rear suspension - in High position, it tends to pop the driveshafts due to poor geometry. I found on my mid motor MF that it's better to assemble the rear axle to low height spec and then lift suspension by cutting into arms where they collide with the hub and using longer damper eyelets - it should work on the standard build aswell.
Ah, very interesting, I haven't heard of this mod yet. Thanks for the tip, if I start having dogbone issues, I know what to do. 🍻👊🏼
Nice video Fil!… the car turned out awesome brother!🤜🤛
Thanks man! I'm really happy with how she turned out! 🤩
Really nice build great work !
Thanks dude! 🍻
Man with the decals on it, it really looks like a rallye car. Well done buddy.. personally I hate painting lexan, I’d much rather paint a hard body on the outside.
I feel ya, Thad. Masking those tight corners with big mitts is a real pain. 😭
Turn out sweet looking i really enjoy your video
Nice, thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, I really appreciate it! 👊🏼
Awesome bud! That looked like a fun build, might have to pick one up and the Volkswagen as well. Have a great weekend. RC ON!!!
Yeah buddy, the MF-01x chassis is a joy to put together, and they're super tough! I think you need more of them in your fleet. 😆👊🏼
Black and Orange one of the best combos ever
Agree on the smoke, it's soooo easy to overdo it
Your cat looks so relaxed while working on the car 🤗😺
Haha yeah they both love hanging out with me in the RC room. Their favorite is to plop down right on the instruction manual as I'm building. 😂😂😂
Looks awesome! 👍
Thanks dude! 🍻
Great looking RC 😊
Thanks, dude! 👊🏼
Very cool build Fil. I like your foam solution. Thanks for showing the foil removung, too. That's always a highlight.
The foams worked great, I was kind of surprised, haha. Cheers, Dirk. 🍻
I’ve never built an mf01.. might have to in the future, I kinda like this little fiat
You should! They're inexpensive, very capable, super scale looking and a ton of fun to drive. 👊🏼
That turned out really well Fil. I really like what you did here. I have two escort kits laying around I think I will pick one of these bodies up for one of them.
Oh right on, that's perfect! I still have my Escort sitting on the shelf, it needs to go out and get scratched up, I think. 😆
Turned out really nice 👌
Thanks pal! 🍻
Doesn't matter how many kits you build, they are always such a fun and rewarding endeavour mate!
Those shocks look a vast improvement on the stock pogo sticks, and should definitely help the ride.
The body looks awesome, reminds me of a wasp!
Lexan bodies are never easy, especially when you are going with a two tone scheme.... doesn't matter how well you mask, there's always a bleed or two.
A good tip is to apply a layer of clear coat first, this helps seal the masking prior to the colour layers.
But, all in all a great job there my friend.... Look forward to seeing it in action Fil. 👍 👍 👍
Thanks for watching, my man. I've got to try that clear coat trick on a 2 or 3 tone body. I've never done it and I've heard it works great. 💪
@@poorboysrc
Yes matey.... It's a bit more time and effort (and expense!) but definitely pays off in the long run, especially if it's a body of extreme value or scarcity.
I was sceptical at first, but have had great results.
Nothing worse than a bleeding mask line! 👍 👍 👍
@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC I agree! Especially after you quadrupme-check it to make sure it's good... 🤦🤬🤬🤬🤯
Looks great I am just waiting on delivery for bearings and few hop ups for my first TT02 build the new Porsche GT3. Doing it a the shark blue with yellow highlights, I will also paint the chassis, diffs and battery holder yellow 💛
Oh very nice! That Porsche body is so nice! Have fun with your build! 👊🏼
Looks great.
Thanks pal, appreciate it! 👍🏻
definetly want one of these in the manila massive , ghetto mods work a treat broski does look well dude nice job
HRD colors on a Fiat 131 would be siiiiick! Go for it! 👌🤩
Looks Great!
Thanks pal! 🍻
Great job on the body, Fil! Oh yeah, we all make mistakes, it's all part of the hobby! The finished article still looks bloody cool though mate! Those shocks look perfect for this rally car. I've been having fun painting my Subaru 2008 WRC this weekend, still trying to work those LEDs out though! Can't wait to see the Abarth hit the rally course! Have a good one, bro! 😎👌👍
Do I smell a rally competition??? UK v.s. Canada! 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 😆👊🏼
@@poorboysrc You wanna set something up? I can feel a gauntlet coming on!!! 😬👊👍
We'll have to put our heads together and see what we can sort out. This could be really fun to do. 😁
@@poorboysrc Definitely! I have a MF01X Escort! 😁👌👍
Me too! Plus the Beetle Rally, and of course, the Fiat 131 Abarth. It's a fleet of rally cars piloted by aggressive Canadian beavers, so you UK boys better look out! 🦫 ⚠️ 😂
Wow looks good mate 👌 great job keep up the good work 💪
Thanks Mark, glad you enjoyed the video. 👊🏼
Hey it looks great Fil. Those little paint errors don't really matter on a rally car as it's going to get dirty and beaten up a bit anyway. I've got the rally Beetle and it's a really fun RC. Good stuff mate 😁
I agree 100% Pete, it's going to get banged up anyway, so leave the paint errors and go enjoy it. 😉
Nice cat 😊 Very good result on the Fiat; the smoke is a pain to spray 😢 🤝
Thanks pal! Yeah the smoke needs heat to stick, I'm convinced. I'll never spray it on a cold day again. Lesson learned. 🤯
Looks great! I think it's probably my favourite vehicle that they have on this chassis.
Thanks pal! I agree completely. This is now my third MF01x, and it's by far my fav.👊🏼
Such a nice car and it looks so scale. I love it! Thanks for showing!
Glad you like it, I think it's been under rated by the RC community a bit and needed to be shown off a little. 👊🏼
I woke up to a police car chase in my neighborhood and then i see a video from Poorboysrc rc. 🤣🤣
I'm in cahoots with the local PD. I'll do anything to get more views! 😆🍻
Your latest build? Excellent!!!
I love Tamiya's Rally Legends. 😁👍
Indeed my latest build, glad you're enjoying this iconoc rally car. Stay tuned for the running video next! 💨💨💨
Rally cars never look perfect, except at the start of there lives 😁 looking forward to seeing it running. Im so tempted to get one as its an awsome looking car. But with all the rere’s dropped. Im out of rc tokens 😭
I feel your pain! Tamiya is releasing so many great kits these days, and you want to grab them all, but you can't, so you've got to be selective, but you don't want to be selective, you want them all. Hahaha.
I'll have a running video for you guys soon! Stay tuned! 👊🏼
Your cat just sitting there! Mine tries to help constantly or chew everything constantly, or of course push everything off the desk. Nice build.
Haha yeah she was pretty chill during this build. Sometimes if I leave the box open she jumps in it and takes a nap. 😆
It's definitely a good looking body, I've always been a fan of Fiats. I've owned about 8 of them over the years and they've all been brilliant reliable cars.
I just finished my first ever Tamiya kit a couple of days ago (rally beetle) and I was pleasantly surprised by how quick it was with the torque tuned motor.
I'll be upgrading to oil shocks soon because it was bouncing around all over the place on gravel.
Oh nice, I'd love to own one of these older, boxy Fiats. Anything old and boxy does it for me, really, haha. Hope your build went smooth. The MF-01x really scoots pretty good with the TT motor, doesn't it? Oil shocks are a game changer, too! Enjoy your upgrades and thanks for watching and commenting. 👍🏻🍻
@@poorboysrc
Yeah, the tt motor is perfect for this chassis.
I'm painting a mk2 escort shell tomorrow.
I'm doing it in yellow, because my wife had a yellow mk2 escort when I met her. It was a 2 door with round headlights, just like the tamiya shell.
I'll stick some footage of it up on my channel in the next few days once it's done.
All my videos so far are to do with my motorbike.
There's some maintenance videos, and runs round the Highlands of Scotland.
It'd be good to mix the channel up a bit with some rc content. 👍
@@the.just.able.biker67 You two are a match made in rally car heaven! It's pretty cool that you share such a unique interest. I'm in the same boat, my wife is a bit of a gear-head, and she really supports my 1:1 and 1:10 car lifestyle. Haha.
@@poorboysrc
It's great having your other half with the same interests as you.
P.S. My wife has a faster motorbike than me now!!
😂😂😂
Paint is a pain, worse on Lexan as hard as you try to mask well somehow it will bleed somewhere or the spray will get through. But decals do hide a lot and odd spare decals can be used to hide it a little. Still spray cans are better, when I started for lexan bodies only brush on and the paint had a very strong odour.
Yeah the smell is really intense. And toxic. It's nice to paint them outside in the summer, the heat really helps with curing. 🍻
awesome bud! guess what..i just got the same kit and will be building it in the winter along with my Brat! thanks for the tips on the paint and the upgrades. do you plan on upgrading it with bearings or just keeping in the plastic and brass bushings in it for now? can't wait for the running vid and the upgrades once you have decided on what you plan with this build. cheers and see you in the next one!
No way, that's great, enjoy the build! I'm going to keep the bushings in for now, I'm planning on some beach action which can rust out bearings pretty fast, so for now, I'll leave the bushings in, and when the time is right, I'll change it over to bearings. 👌
@@poorboysrc cool. and ya, you're probably right about the rusting. i'm doing a different paint color (maybe blue, silver, white and gold). totally different than box color. thanks for replying and we'll catch up later! cheers. 🍺
@@garykee1 always good to hear from you, bro. Enjoy that build, and email me some pics of the body when done, I'd love to see it! Poorboysrc78@gmail.com
Wow. It looks pretty good. Have fun with it 👊 Do you have a light kit in it?
I do have a light kit ready to install, it just arrived. 😁👍🏻
@@poorboysrc It will be look very good. Then you can run on the rally track in arganil 😁
Hello Fil, I built the rally bug a few years ago. It is on the same 4wd chassis. I did not like the suspension set-up. I got the "Yeah Racing" wide set up. Even though it says wide it fits on the chassis perfect. It has lots of aluminum parts and looks good. It also works good too. If you can still buy this kit, I would recommend it. I think it might even work with the shocks that you installed. Thoughts?
Very interesting, I didn't know yeah racing made a wide kit for the MF-01x chassis. Thanks for the tip, I'm going to look into this, as the Fiat 131 could use a wider track stance and this might be the ticket. Cheers! 🍻
@@poorboysrc When I bought the kit was about $100.00 US dollars. When you consider all of the aluminum parts that you get, it is a good price. I found the kit on eBay if that helps.
@@alfredyost7972 that helps a lot, thank you! It's on my to do list for today to try and look it up. Cheers!
And I just found it, and it's still available. I see the price has gone up, it's almost $200 Canadian dollars now to get it here, which is quite a bit. I'm going to keep searching and see if I can find it in Canada somewhere, so I don't have to pay the crazy shipping costs. Thanks again for the heads up!
@@poorboysrc Wow! That is really expensive. Ouch! I live in the USA and we do not have crazy shipping costs and we also do not have crazy tariffs either. At least not yet. If you can find it in Canada you will probably save a lot of money. I hope you can get this set at a reasonable price. Keep producing your videos. Have a nice night.
Hi
Could you tell me what numeber of Tamiya paint I need .Thank you in advance.
Hi, I used Tamiya PS5 black and PS19 Camel Yellow. 🐫 👊🏼
Hello, great job, could you tell me the paint codes? thanks greetings
Hey there, thanks for watching. I don't remember the paint colors off the top of my head, but I did cover it in my first video in the series here: ruclips.net/video/MzsqrwQpFb8/видео.html
Pretty sure it's toward the end when I go over the paints. FYI, Tamiya made a special blue for the body, it's hard to come by, so I went with black. 👊🏼
@@poorboysrc thank you very much, greetings