Tamiya MF-01X Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Unboxing and Review

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7 ай бұрын

The Tamiya Fiat 131 Abarth Rally is an iconic rally car that ruled the rally racing scene in the late 70's and early 80's. Tamiya faithfully recreated the body and placed it on their robust 4WD MF-01X chassis, which offers a shaft-driven drivetrain with robust front and rear diffs, independent suspension and comes with a Torque Tuned motor.
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@dukeallen432 6 ай бұрын

Been rallying two MF-01x chassis hard for 2 years. No problems and awesome to do 4 wheel power slides through corners. Highly recommend. Nice unboxing.

@poorboysrc 6 ай бұрын

They're such a fun chassis! Have you watched my running video? If not, check it out, I'm sure you'll love it! 😉👍🏻

@MechanicallyFun 7 ай бұрын

Great unboxing👍 unboxing is not complete without tyres sniff 🤣. Glad you did it🤣

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha, that's really what it's all about, isn't it? 😂

@MarkBryanRC 7 ай бұрын

Hey Fil, great unboxing, dude! The more I look at this body, the more I like it! Yes it's boxy, but with all those scoops, flared wheel arches and the two spoilers on the back, it's really cool. Plus the addition of the LED ready light buckets is a lovely extra detail. This is gonna look awesome when finished! Definitely needs a shock upgrade though pal, or it's gonna look as realistic as a plastic parrot when in action on the dirt! Have a great day there, dude!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Plastic parrot, hahaha, that's awesome! Yeah the shock upgrade is a must. I've got some on their way. I'm going to run some thick diff fluids to keep those little tires moving forward, and that'll be that. Looking forward to letting her rip! Have a great day pal! 🍻

@aviano72 7 ай бұрын

Mark, this car is sooo for you. When i saw it i thought of you 😉😂

@MarkBryanRC 7 ай бұрын

@@aviano72 Thanks Are! Yes you are right! I already got the MF01X Escort so i can just buy the body set - jobs a good 'un!!!

@speckledjim_ 7 ай бұрын

My bro had a Mirafiori back in the day, loved that car. Thing was a rocket

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

No way! Lucky guy, I'd love to own one of these! 👌

@speckledjim_ 7 ай бұрын

@poorboysrc yeah we used to bomb around the backroads of ayrshire in it. Think it had around 140hp, seemed like a lot at the time

@craziestmonkey 7 ай бұрын

Cool! Can't wait to see this flying around at speed!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy, me too! I've got to start building soon! 👊🏼

@coygtrc 7 ай бұрын

The main color is a real challenge. It wouldn't be scandalous to paint it black. The "correct" tone exists in Tamiya spray can, PS Dark Blue 69944; it was reissued for this kit (previously used at least on F1 Wolf WR1 kit 84124). All the best 👍🤞

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

I ended up painting mine black. My local hobby store didn't have the PS Dark Blue in, and I didn't want to wait to see if they could possibly get it in. 🍻

@kashmurray1199 7 ай бұрын

I built the Ford Escort in that chassy. Used a 19 turn motor in it. Standard Tamiya oil shocks. The car is really fun to run. I thought the 19 turn was a great fit. Can't wait to see yours run.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

I've got some oil shocks on the way, and I was still unsure about which motor to run. 19T sounds like a good sweet spot, I think I have one on hand, too. Thanks for the tip. 👊🏼

@msfunracer 7 ай бұрын

It’s a very beautiful rally car . I think with that car runs Walter Röhrl. He did what nobody can do . He runs in a fantastic time by night and fog and wins the race. It was the legendary night of arganil. Very good car 👍👍👍

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting. I never got into rally racing as a spectator, so I'm not very familiar with the differe t drivers and teams. But as an RC enthusiast, I love rally cars! 🤣

@msfunracer 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc Look at Die legendäre Nacht von Arganil . It’s a very awesome Story. I don’t know if that in english but the video of the run is very interesting. 👍

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@msfunracer I'll check it out soon, I've got to start building this kit soon, it'll be the perfect thing to have on the TV as I build. 👌

@outbackrcaustralia4895 7 ай бұрын

G'day Fil😃. The little Fiat would have been fun with 215hp!. Nice unboxing mate👌, it looks like a nice kit, the camel yellow on black will look great, the yellow on the decals looks nice too. Mmmm num num tasty tyres👌😁. Thanks for showing your new kit Fil👍🦘🇦🇺

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Imagine driving that thing around with 215hp??? Woo hooooo!!! Haha! Have a good one, pal! 💨💨💨

@seanhuke8260 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Always gotta do a tire sniff! I always liked the beetle rally

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

The Beetle rally is a great rig, it's surprisingly capable, too. 👊🏼

@TrickshotTimeHeiko 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video 👍 have a great week and best wishes Heiko 😊

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, Heiko! 👊🏼

@BangForYourBuckRc 7 ай бұрын

Looks like this is going to be a rally epic build! Staying tuned

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

It's going to be rally, rally epic! Haha! 😂

@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC 7 ай бұрын

Great unboxing of this funky little car Fil! Black and yellow is one of the best colour combinations of all time, should look great. That should be pretty nippy with that torque tuned motor I would have thought. Loving the tire sniff mate..... I was waiting for that, 'petroleum blend!!' 😂 You seem to have a lot of love for this kit, make sure your clod doesn't get jealous and make you sleep on the sofa matey! 😅 Great to see you still have your furry feline friend..... they do love to get on camera at any given opportunity don't they? They also have a certain fondness for Tamiya boxes, and always get inside them! 😂 Be great to see this one get built, cheers for sharing bud. 👍 👍 👍

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, my man. Yeah these cars get going pretty good with a Torque Tuned. I'll start off there and see where the rally road takes us. Haha. Don't tell the Clod I'm spending so much time with the Fiat. The last thing I need is a 4-wheel steering sleeper hold apied to me as I doze off on the couch. The Clod is a jealous son of a gun, lol!

@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc Wise words Fil! You should never make one of those jealous...... Or It could well turn around and ' bust' you in the 'clods'!! 😂 👍 👍 👍

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@benschram 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the paint info. I am a newb to this hobby and there is no way I am even going to attempt those stickers for the yellow around the wheel arches. I'm far better at masking than decals for sure. I have researched on the replacement shocks. Apparently they're 55mm. Same ones as the TT-02 shocks.

@poorboysrc 6 ай бұрын

It'll look 1000x better painted anyway, so do go ahead and paint, you won't be sorry. Good luck with your build! 👊🏼

@markconnor269 7 ай бұрын

Great video mate looks quite cool 👌

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark! 🍻

@FastFreddyRC 7 ай бұрын

Yep...been waiting for a car to get on the MF-01X Chassis and this might just be the one!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

This body is so nice, and it's something a little different, which I really like.

@IowaBudgetRCBashers 7 ай бұрын

Ampro is designing a grill for these that’s more scale, and places the headlights where they are actually supposed to be.. I’m not really a foreign car guy but I kinda like this little car.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw his video on that. The headlight inaccuracy doesn't bother me much, I'm going to paint the body as is. 😉

@bluegroovemodelsports9650 7 ай бұрын

Fun Tamiya. Rally fun

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Rally, rally fun! Haha! I do love these MF01x rally cars, they're such a blast to drive. 👊🏼

@Rcprescription 7 ай бұрын

Very nice kit Fil!🤜🤛

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Thanks pal! Have a great day! 👍🏻

@the.just.able.biker67 7 ай бұрын

I've just worked out an easier way to cut the decals. I've never built a kit before, so maybe other people use this technique, but I've never seen it done on any videos I've watched. I put the decal sheet on one of those green cutting boards and used an exacto knife with a sharp blade. I poke the knife blade through, then hold the blade still and move the sticker sheet round the blade. It's a bit like using a sewing machine. The tool stays still while the workpiece moves around it. It honestly works a treat, especially around those intricate little details.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Interesting, I've never seen it done that way before. Glad you found a method that works well for you. I'll tell ya, I'm not a fan of cutting out all these black window trims. 🤯

@the.just.able.biker67 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc Same here. I used a metal ruler to cut along the first line, but I still managed to cut it squint. I accidentally discovered this method when I put the knife in for the next cut and my hand moved the sticker sheet just after I'd poked the blade through. I thought "Hang on a minute!!" And then I continued to move the sheet and it cut the thinnest of trim pieces beautifully.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@the.just.able.biker67 haha, that's awesome. Sounds like it works well, I'm happy you shared it. I was hoping to get to my decals today, but the chassis build took longer than expected. Decals tomorrow... 😁

@aviano72 7 ай бұрын

Love this car. I might get this one When i grew up a neighbour had a Abarth version (i think) it was awesome and sounded so great The new PS colour Dark Blue from Tamia is just called PS Blue no number yet

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

That's even better, when an RC can bring back those great memories, it's a must have. So there's a new PS Blue then, hey? I might have to take a look at the hobby store and see what's on the shelf.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

That's even better, when an RC can bring back those great memories, it's a must have. So there's a new PS Blue then, hey? I might have to take a look at the hobby store and see what's on the shelf.

@garykee1 7 ай бұрын

that's going to be epic once it's complete with paint. don't forget to ask the kitty to hold some pliers when needed. mine does the same thing when i'm building my tamiya's. cheers and we'll see you in the next vid!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Thanks pal, I'm really excited to get this one done. Teela (my cat) is super excited too, she loves building kits with me. 😂

@garykee1 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc Teela is a nice name. i call mine Heyu. meaning..hey you! get off the couch! hey you! off the bed. etc..

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@garykee1 Heyu is a great name, that's hilarious! Teela is our little one, she's about a year old. Named after He-Man's friend, Teela, the warrior princess. Teela's big brother is Gary. He's the big guy, about 21 lbs, and he runs the neighborhood, haha. 🐈

@garykee1 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc well, i'm Gary. and this suck of a cat is probably the same in weight. ugh. but, they always like their cuddles. and shit ya, i remember he-man. just shows our age..ick..guess we're getting older..oh well. just turned the big 50 in sept. cheers.

@garykee1 7 ай бұрын

sorry..didn't mean to swear since this is an all ages channel..take care little guys and gals..don't swear until you are old enough to do so.

@JoevsRc 7 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Will do buddy! Take care. 🍻

@TeamJunkYardDog 7 ай бұрын

My favorite was the Audi Quattro TT from the early 80's

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, another classic. 👌

@thevisitor6267 7 ай бұрын

When Tamico unboxed this kit on their channel the guy said Tamiya was releasing a new colour, some kind of blue, for this kit. I was gonna get this but ended up getting the Beetle Rally version because the Fiats decals looked too scary.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Hmmm, interesting... Well in the video clip at the beginning, the 1:1 Fiat is blue/yellow. Seems Tamiya wasn't sure on how to guide their builders, lol. I'm still on the fence. But I'm going to paint the Camel yellow on the body, not use the decals. 👊🏼

@lo2713 7 ай бұрын

Its a sweet looking bodyset, one ive been tempted to buy, but untill the funds are there i cant 😭 would look epic out on a gravel surface 😁 i look at the colour and to me, its black 😁

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yes sir, I'm very excited to see it on camera. I'm hoping to get a running video soon! 😁

@JeepsCafe 7 ай бұрын

Nice kit! I love the new body style as well. It's going to look neat after the build. Are you going to paint the wheels black? Excellent vid Fil! Deeecales 🤣

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Deeeeecals, hahaha! I think I'll leave the wheels gray, I like the look of them. Have a good one pal! 👍🏻

@rctraildriversuk-lone-wolfvide 7 ай бұрын

im planning on fitting this body to my 225mm Jimny i will need longer driveshaft but i want to do it in white with "Alitlia" decals

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Ah nice, that's a sweet livery! 😁

@AddamsPlayground 7 ай бұрын

Nice peek at the kit and all that it comes with. It is odd they goofed up the colors in the manual, they are pretty god usually for making sure all of it is correct.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was quite surprised. Not very Tamiya to make a mistake like that. 🤦

@CDRaff 7 ай бұрын

I got interested in the color discrepancy and it's supposed to be a blue, but the actual shade of blue is a mystery just looking at pictures. Sometimes it looks very blue, sometimes it is so dark it almost looks black, and sometimes it has a weird green tint to it. It is definitely blue though. The hard part is finding photos and video of the actual car, there are so many model kits, and video game pictures thrown in that looking for real pictures is hard. TBH though it looks better in black so...

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah it's a bit of a blue mystery, isn't it? In the video clip of the 1:1 Fiat 131 at the start of my video, you can clearly see its blue. But on the front of the Tamiya box it looks black. I think I'll go PS-4 blue.

@rexy_yee8431 7 ай бұрын

I thought tamiya have released a ps blue especially for this car , be worth checking out

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@rexy_yee8431 you're right, they did. I did a little more digging after I made this video and discovered that. I had no idea they'd do this, it's a first for me in my many uears of building Tamiya kits.

@rexy_yee8431 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc could be worse , I am expecting the optima mid 60th , and the peppermint mint green the box art and wheels are don’t exist , so I am learning paint mixing 😂

@TecraTube 7 ай бұрын

never heard of that MF01X chassis

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

It's only been around for a few years. It's very very strong, fun to drive, and relatively cheap. 👍🏻

@mikeduckworth6691 7 ай бұрын

Enjoy. I did the Jimny

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Oh nice. Jimny caught my eye, but I'm a sucker for the boxy sedans, lol! 😂

@mikeduckworth6691 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc I’ve barely even ran it yet.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@mikeduckworth6691 if you lock the rear diff, you'd be amazed at how capable it can become. I locked the rear diff in my Beetle Rally, and it's a beast!

@mikeduckworth6691 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc I will have to try. Thank you

@Ariekebe 7 ай бұрын

This car didn't have a turbo. The air intake was for the carburators

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

You're right, my mistake. I get too excited sometimes talking about these awesome cars and I start making stuff up. 🤣

@Ariekebe 7 ай бұрын

That happens 🙂

@BasBoyRC 7 ай бұрын

Sweet looking kit and body. The decals look a nightmare or will you spray more of the yellow parts to save getting them to work. The colour is a strange one, black or blue. I have looked and real rally car seems to be blue.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah funny thing, the car in the video was blue, but Tamiya seems on the fence between blue and black. I'm going to paint the yellow bits, those decals will be a mess after a few trips out.

@BasBoyRC 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc It's strange where the car they copied is blue. Tamiya do a static model kit and that's dark blue paint in the instructions.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@BasBoyRC yeah I saw that when doing my research. Funny how they're going back and forth.

@Tony74Jones 7 ай бұрын

Tyre sniff 😂❤

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha, it's part of my ritual. 🤣👊🏼

@Tony74Jones 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc I like the smell of 2pack body filler🤪

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@Tony74Jones me too, haha. The 3M stuff is great! 😂

@neonnoodle1169 5 ай бұрын

So, the 1:1 version of this car is not all wheel drive. Anyone know if I can build this kit, omit the center driveshaft and run it as rear drive only for more authenticity?

@poorboysrc 5 ай бұрын

I don't see why not... I've never done it, and I haven't seen anyone else do it, but after building several of these chassis', I don't see why this wouldn't work.

@Chris78MalibuSilver 7 ай бұрын

Are you painting the fenders or using the decals?

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

I'm gonna paint them. It'll look waaaay better! 👊🏼

@Chris78MalibuSilver 7 ай бұрын

I agree. If it was a 1/10 kit I’d have one. Wish they did this and the Escort in that scale.

@RJ_Groot 7 ай бұрын

that is one bad MF!

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Right you are, RJ! She's one bad momma! 😂👊🏼

@AphexTwinII 7 ай бұрын

The main body is most definitely blue, PS-4.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

Yeah the rally video I used showed it was definitely blue. Funny how the instruction manual is a little uncertain. But ilm paint it blue. 👊🏼

@AphexTwinII 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc I think black or blue works well. Can't go wrong with either and personal preference but if you are going for scale looks, it's blue. Tamiya is weird like that, I remember seeing that in the 80s. Just no color designation...

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@AphexTwinII I did a bunch more research and discovered that Tamiya actually made a new blue just for this car. Unfortunately my LHS didn't have it, and I wasn't about to wait a month for them to order it in, so I'm going to paint it black. It'll still look good, the Camel yellow is a nice contrast.

@AphexTwinII 7 ай бұрын

@@poorboysrc What was the PS# for that color? I ordered this kit after I watched your video, that body is killer.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@AphexTwinII here's a link, my man. Funny thing is, Tamiya hasn't given it a PS #. I've seen it referred to as PS-XX or PS Dark Blue. Click the link and it should help get you down the right path. Good luck man, let me know how you make out! ca.super-hobby.com/products/PS-Dark-Blue-Spray.html

@PsychoticBovine 7 ай бұрын

Have you ever had a set of tires that were just horrid smelling?

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

I did... I think it was when I build my NIB Futaba FX10. The whole box stunk. It was 30-something years old, musty, and gross. The tires had a funk to them. 🤢

@PsychoticBovine 7 ай бұрын

@poorboysrc we have a sheet of viton rubber for making seals that smells like cinnamon. I don't have a sense of smell, but everyone else says it smells just like cinnamon.

@poorboysrc 7 ай бұрын

@@PsychoticBovine huh, that's pretty cool. I'd love to come across some cinnamon tires some time. 😂