850spidermel
Low Mileage
Hello everyone,
I just signed up here. I know this is a X 1/9 forum, but I see it's really welcoming to 850s and other Fiats too. Below is my stylized rendering of what I'm aiming to do with my 850 Spider. It's been taken down to bare metal and drying from its first coat of primer as I type. I'll share a few of those photos in a separate form.
So my plan is pretty simple and only involves a color change. The original color is red and I already own two other cars on the red spectrum, a Hennarot (blood orange) 1983 BMW 633csi and red 1991 Mazda Miata. Initially, I was going to go with the azzurro (light blue) that was made available for the 850 Spider, but I found another color I'm really interested in that was made available for the 850 Coupe and 1200. I'm trying to identify this color and your help doing so would be great. I suspect it's Periwinkle (Pervinca). See attached photo by fiat_fan_club on Instagram. I'm trying to stay somewhat true to period and I feel like the light blue the Spider was produced in is a little to bright, personally. Not hating on that color at all because I think it's great and might even change my mind.
As far as the wheels go, my friend gifted me genuine Cromodora CD50s from an Alfetta he owned years ago. Unfortunately he only gave me three and I need to hunt down another. I really want to honor his gift so if you know of set please let me know. These wheels are symbolic because he's the one who got me into small Italian sports cars and led me to buy this for cheap.
I just signed up here. I know this is a X 1/9 forum, but I see it's really welcoming to 850s and other Fiats too. Below is my stylized rendering of what I'm aiming to do with my 850 Spider. It's been taken down to bare metal and drying from its first coat of primer as I type. I'll share a few of those photos in a separate form.
So my plan is pretty simple and only involves a color change. The original color is red and I already own two other cars on the red spectrum, a Hennarot (blood orange) 1983 BMW 633csi and red 1991 Mazda Miata. Initially, I was going to go with the azzurro (light blue) that was made available for the 850 Spider, but I found another color I'm really interested in that was made available for the 850 Coupe and 1200. I'm trying to identify this color and your help doing so would be great. I suspect it's Periwinkle (Pervinca). See attached photo by fiat_fan_club on Instagram. I'm trying to stay somewhat true to period and I feel like the light blue the Spider was produced in is a little to bright, personally. Not hating on that color at all because I think it's great and might even change my mind.
As far as the wheels go, my friend gifted me genuine Cromodora CD50s from an Alfetta he owned years ago. Unfortunately he only gave me three and I need to hunt down another. I really want to honor his gift so if you know of set please let me know. These wheels are symbolic because he's the one who got me into small Italian sports cars and led me to buy this for cheap.
