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Old 03-29-2015, 03:05 PM   #211
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Re: Ford Escort RS1800

Interior bits.



Added some detail to the driving light brackets.

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Old 03-29-2015, 05:13 PM   #212
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nice detiling on the dash.
I'd reduce the height or thickness of the bumpers.

It is a feature on this model that I've seen on finish models that ruin the model.

View some reference photos and you'll see.
I hate making these suggestions as I've not built one myself yet..which is hypocritical really.

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Don't apologize Punch you're right the bumpers are too heavy. I appreciate the help. Now that I have clear picture of the driving light brackets I see that I got it wrong as well. The down leg of the bracket goes behind the bumper not on the face. I'll work on these issues. Thank you.
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Old 03-29-2015, 07:30 PM   #214
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Re: Ford Escort RS1800

Fireball Modelworks sent me pictures of some painted samples. The sliver wheel was paint applied directly to the resin and shows the true detail level of the wheel. The blue wheel was primed then painted and the finish is a little to thick.


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They look great.
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Old 03-30-2015, 12:03 AM   #216
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Indeed the wheels came out nice =)
Like the rest of the car

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Old 03-31-2015, 02:56 PM   #217
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So I checked the front bumper height against the rear bumper and the fronts are a full 1mm taller. So thanks to Boreham for pointing this out I was able to correct them. Here are the revised bumpers. They still need a little more shaping but I think they look much better.

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Map light for the Co-Driver's door.


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So I checked the front bumper height against the rear bumper and the fronts are a full 1mm taller. So thanks to Boreham for pointing this out I was able to correct them. Here are the revised bumpers. They still need a little more shaping but I think they look much better.

HI JC

This came out nice, but check the opening of front indicator? You need to engrave it a little bit


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This came out nice, but check the opening of front indicator? You need to engrave it a little bit


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Thanks Kimmo. I haven't checked the fit of the indicators yet. I might just notch the bumper and fabricate a new indicator frame. Stay tuned.
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Re: Ford Escort RS1800

Final version of Fireball Modelwork's Minilte wheel set. Frankly I am blown away with the quality.

http://www.fireballmodels.info/



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Can we buy those from him ( or you) ?
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Old 04-02-2015, 10:04 AM   #223
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Can we buy those from him ( or you) ?
You must be them for him, Fireball Modelworks. He has a website http://www.fireballmodels.info/ but I am not sure they are listed as available just yet.

I don't even have a set yet
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Re: Ford Escort RS1800

Those Minilites look absolutely fantastic. You are doing a superb job of upgrading a very mediocre kit. I wish some manufacturers would put this kind of effort in and re-life some of the several poor kits. But that would take some of our fun and frustration out of it for us. Can't wait to see the body painting.
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Modified the side mirror.



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