Ford Escort RS1800

Added chassis pan detail to the boot floor. The stamped pattern is not 100% accurate but it's good enough for me.

http://images14.fotki.com/v146/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2478-vi.jpg

This added chassis pan detail to the boot floor is better than nothing :2cents: :)

The exhaust system complete except for the system hangers.

http://images54.fotki.com/v104/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2480-vi.jpg

From this angle you can see why the Rally Prep Manual recommended the recess in the chassis pan. It allows the exhaust system to fit tight to the chassis keeping it out of harms way.

http://images43.fotki.com/v457/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2483-vi.jpg

Fluid reservoirs.

http://images61.fotki.com/v249/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2487-vi.jpg
http://images20.fotki.com/v193/photos/4/1755924/13586743/FordEifelRally2009Historic052-vi.jpg

If you have built this kit you know how badly the tail lights fit. I have them fitting a bit better now.

http://images42.fotki.com/v1622/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2488-vi.jpg

All looking great. This will be a real stunner, you've put loads of effort into it :-)

All looking great. This will be a real stunner, you've put loads of effort into it :-)

Thanks Steve. Are you following F1 testing? Ferrari are looking much better than they did last year at this time. Alonso may have jumped to soon.

Hard work with this kit, but it's a great job.

Thanks fanalone.

Here I have added the ignition pack.

http://images54.fotki.com/v104/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2490-vi.jpg

I was determined to use the Reji photoetch grill. The issues is the headlight opening are too small. This would place the headlight lenses on top of the grill when the headlights should be recessed back into the grill. After much tedious grinding I was able to get the lenses to fight inside the opening. Compare the top grill to the bottom the see the amount of material that needs to be removed. I hop the results are worth the effort.

http://images16.fotki.com/v258/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2502-vi.jpg
http://images59.fotki.com/v543/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2504-vi.jpg

Started work on the interior. Here is the dash. Fabricated the ignition switch, the red object next to the steering column. The center panel toggle switches are flattened and shaped bits of wire. Replaced the shifter with a straight pin.

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http://images43.fotki.com/v457/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2511-vi.jpg

The gray Driver's seat on the right is modified Lancia Stratos. The middle Co-Driver's seat is modified from the kit part. The seat on the left is as comes in the kit. Both seats will eventually be painted black.

http://images108.fotki.com/v1221/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2512-vi.jpg

B-)
Nice interior improvements.

Work on the interior continues. The door panels in the kit are too short. I split them at the top of the door cards and added almost 1 scale inch to the height. Created and opening in the rear seat panel for the oil lines to connect to the trunk mounted oil tank.

Decided to use the steering wheel form the Reji resin kit.

Modified the hand brake and the fire extinguishers.

http://images42.fotki.com/v693/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2515-vi.jpg

Hi,

Your Escort is coming so nice :cheers:

B-)
Nice interior improvements.

Thanks Punch.

Hi,

Your Escort is coming so nice :cheers:

Thanks Kimmo.

Racing harnesses.

http://images58.fotki.com/v450/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2521-vi.jpg

When you have finished this masterpiece, can you come and build me a 1:1 ? I cannot wait to see it completed, but then don't want your updates to finish either.

When you have finished this masterpiece, can you come and build me a 1:1 ? I cannot wait to see it completed, but then don't want your updates to finish either.

I'm anxious to see the finished product also, but it's nice to finally start to see some finished parts at least.

A few thing to note in this picture:


Jack and brackets. The jack comes from a Fujimi Porsche 356 and was modified to resemble the work's team jack.
Oil line brackets mounted to the drive shaft tunnel. The oil and fuel lines were installed inside the cockpit to protect them.
Removable panel on the transmission tunnel. The work's team created this to allow for quick access to the gear box.
Fireproof panel on the rear bulkhead.

http://images58.fotki.com/v450/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2536-vi.jpg

The wheels that you have print are together with the tyres ,I think.
I have made firsrt wheels and then tyres.
De diameter of the rear rims are 15mm and 11mm wide
The rear tyres are 23mm diameter and also 11 mm wide.
These are not the final wheels but a try out version


https://scontent-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11046407_835573933193160_2061722904007600578_o.jpg

Your wheels and tires look good racer1. The one piece wheel/tire pictures I posted was just a rough casting to check size. The final version will have separate wheels, tires and lug nuts. Here is the finished version of the front wheels.

http://images44.fotki.com/v1486/photos/4/1755924/13564152/418412A0101218B143_zpsfdnztqju-vi.jpg

Drool!

I like a lot your detailing way JC. so clean and so precise. Great model here. is a real pleasure to admire it coming up.

It looks great!!
What type of resin or material is that one you used on the rim?

I like a lot your detailing way JC. so clean and so precise. Great model here. is a real pleasure to admire it coming up.

Thanks Paolo. My goal is always to use no or as little putty as possible.

It looks great!!
What type of resin or material is that one you used on the rim?

I helped design the wheels/tires but Fireball Modelworks is casting them so I don't know what material they are using. Its resin but I don't know which type.

I have printing my wheels,red one ,in ABS,but these are prototypes.Printing with a leapfrog printer.
The end print is a resin printer and is printing in UV-Cured acrylic plasic ,they print just to 0.1mm

Helmet boxes. The helmets come form the Tamiya set. I have modified them to back date them to a 70's style helmet.

http://images46.fotki.com/v677/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2542-vi.jpg
http://images16.fotki.com/v387/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2544-vi.jpg

Driver's dead pedal and Co-Driver's footrest.

http://images43.fotki.com/v457/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2546-vi.jpg

Interior bits.

http://images42.fotki.com/v1569/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2548-vi.jpg

Added some detail to the driving light brackets.

http://images14.fotki.com/v438/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2552-vi.jpg

B)
nice detiling on the dash.
I'd reduce the height or thickness of the bumpers.
http://www.andysautobody.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC_0133.jpg
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. :(

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.

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.

http://images15.fotki.com/v246/photos/4/1755924/13564152/image_zpsxtwplac6-vi.jpg
http://images60.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/1755924/13564152/image_zpsr1ps0c3p-vi.jpg

They look great.

Indeed the wheels came out nice =)
Like the rest of the car :iceslolan

Kimmo

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.

http://images54.fotki.com/v627/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2556-vi.jpg

Map light for the Co-Driver's door.

http://images49.fotki.com/v302/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2562-vi.jpg
http://images52.fotki.com/v726/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2561-vi.jpg

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.

http://images54.fotki.com/v627/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2556-vi.jpg

HI JC

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


Kimmo

HI JC

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


Kimmo

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.

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

http://www.fireballmodels.info/


http://images52.fotki.com/v726/photos/4/1755924/13564152/fmr049_samples_zpshorcgbbh-vi.jpg
http://images44.fotki.com/v1406/photos/4/1755924/13564152/fmr049_parts_zpspheqjdcp-vi.jpg

Can we buy those from him ( or you) ?

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 :frown:

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.

Modified the side mirror.

http://images59.fotki.com/v683/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2571-vi.jpg
http://images55.fotki.com/v608/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2566-vi.jpg
http://images46.fotki.com/v678/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2567-vi.jpg

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.

Thank you, I am anxious to start paint as well or at least primer :)

Headphones come for Tamiya's Rally Driver set. I fabricated the microphone for the helmets I modified earlier.

http://images20.fotki.com/v193/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2573-vi.jpg

B)
Fantastic . !
Wheels are Fantastic.

The rest ain't bad either :P


Spoiler alert !!!

Its painted ....

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2008/6/2009020314382243641Image083.jpg
:D

B)
Fantastic . !
Wheels are Fantastic.

The rest ain't bad either :P


Spoiler alert !!!

Its painted ....


:D

I hope my paint comes out this good.

I'm not sure how the headphones were stowed. I have (1) picture in my collection with the headphones hanging from the roll hoop and (1) picture with them hooked around the kicker bar. As much as I like the look of them hanging from the roll hoop I think the other option was a more standard setup.

Roll hoop:
http://images42.fotki.com/v693/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2576-vi.jpg

Kicker:
http://images34.fotki.com/v1523/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2578-vi.jpg

Flashlight and holster.

http://images59.fotki.com/v543/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2580-vi.jpg

More interior bits.

http://images57.fotki.com/v80/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2582-vi.jpg

Fireball's Minilites finally arrived and they were worth the wait.

http://images20.fotki.com/v355/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2583-vi.jpg

Quick mockup.

http://images14.fotki.com/v438/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2588-vi.jpg
http://images57.fotki.com/v283/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2589-vi.jpg
http://images108.fotki.com/v1221/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2592-vi.jpg

Wowzers...
They are nice

Those wheels/tyres look superb.

Chassis and rear axle painted.

http://images60.fotki.com/v308/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2609-vi.jpg
http://images58.fotki.com/v286/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2611-vi.jpg

Engine almost complete.

http://images57.fotki.com/v256/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2614-vi.jpg
http://images108.fotki.com/v1279/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2616-vi.jpg
http://images108.fotki.com/v613/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2617-vi.jpg

Sorry, not good enough, missing the sump plug. :nono:

As I have said before, I really don't want you to finish this build. I am enjoying it too much.

Sorry, not good enough, missing the sump plug. :nono:

As I have said before, I really don't want you to finish this build. I am enjoying it too much.

I'll make sure to include it on my nest one. :smile:

Engine installed.

http://images14.fotki.com/v438/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2620-vi.jpg
http://images42.fotki.com/v693/photos/4/1755924/13445442/DSCN2622-vi.jpg