This Escort will be a replica of the car in which Tommi Makinen picked up his first WRC win. It was guest drive on the 1994 1000 Lakes rally in Finland, he went on to win the event for the next five years straight! Will be using the Tamiya kit and LauBak decals. I've already got about three or so 'progress' threads going at the moment so was a bit sheepish about starting another one
Oh well here it is anyway.
First pic is of the underside, showing the new exhaust. The Tamiya kit is for 1994 Monte cars where a side exit exhaust was used, on the 1000 Lakes a twin, rear exiting exhaust was the go. I've also built up the wheel arches with putty so the interior won't show through.
Here are the 15" gravel wheels and tyres replacing the 18" slicks from the kit. Suspension has been raised just a little bit - 1mm at the rear and 2mm at the front. Also visible are the opened up jacking points on the doorsills and the cooling vents on the roof, the latter so the vents can be displayed in the more common open position.
That is about it for now, off to do some priming
