I'm going to follow this progress with great interest!
I've been thinking about doing this same project myself, but I have yet to order the decals and a Monte version of the Escort. Too bad Tamiya has rereleased only the Repsol and Michelin versions...
I was thinking about the Museum Collection set for this car, but I heard that they are not too good (the blue isn't metallic and I guess they are very tricky to apply too). I had completely forgot Laubak made decals for this car too, thanks for reminding me
-Mikko