1987 Sierra RS500 - Completed

[Technoman]

Hi,

I completed this car today and wanted to share. This is a 1987 Ford Siera RS500 Gr.A as raced in the 1987 Bathurst 1000 in Australia. Kit is 1/24 Tamiya, decals are by DMC.

I have only been registered here a week or so and have to say that this forum is awesome.

Cheers,

AJ

[freakray]

Great model, it's excellent to see this particular kit in a different livery.
Thanks for sharing.

[Realsweden]

Great car and build! Congratulations!

[ales]

Your model looks great, and I do love those RS500-s. Keep them coming!

[Veyron]

Nice!

[Technoman]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I rarely ever build cars with the box decals for some reason. I like to have more unusual subjects, this a point in case as this particular car in this specific livery never finished a single race!

Also, I have another RS500 kit on it's way too me (Trampio Piumini version) but haven't decided what to do with it yet. Anybody have a particular version they feel stands out above others. The Benson & Hedges one springs to my mind but I do not know if anybody makes decals for that.

[builder77]

Welcome and awsome work!

[RallyRaider]

Very cool car, immaculate build with a nice simple livery.
Are you an ex-pat Aussie, building a Bathurst car and all?

There are a few decal/transkits around for convering the Sierra to a rallycar.

[Technoman]

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

Very cool car, immaculate build with a nice simple livery.
Are you an ex-pat Aussie, building a Bathurst car and all?

There are a few decal/transkits around for convering the Sierra to a rallycar.

Nope, not an Aussie but an ex-pat Englishman living in NJ.

I have seen the rally transkits but I am not overly enthused with the liveries on offer.

I wouldn't mind building the Kaliber sponsored car from the 1989 BTCC but not sure if anybody does the decals for this one



or the Benson and Hedges car:

[MidMazar]

sweet stuff

[RallyFanatic]

Maybe the blue ford rs/gemini livery on the early colin mcrae cosworth?
It may be a lot more work than just putting other decals on but no-one else has that livery. it looks like the panache livery on the auriol transkit but in bleu and without the panache.(couldn't find good pic soory, but if you the car is featured in colin mcrae rally 2)

[Spitfire7]

Excellent result, the Sierra is a great subject for conversions. I'm just about to convert mine into a rally car, i hope it turns out as nice as yours.

[Guido]

That is a nice looking Sierra you build! clean job!

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

There are a few decal/transkits around for convering the Sierra to a rallycar.

I have such a transkit Should become this one:

[Technoman]

I like that one, is that available anywhere online?

Are you going to sand off the front lip of the RS500 to achieve the correct front valance? Looking at the rally cars which are regular Cosworths it seems there are a few things that need to be corrected such as ride height, removing the air jacks etc etc. Thankfully the lower rear spoiler is a seperate part on the RS500 so it can be omitted. Should be fun though!

[_WIDE_LOAD_]

This looks mad...I wish there was still a GrA catorgory at bathust instead of this V8 supercars bullsh*t.
Great job on the kit. IMO the B&H car next..probably my favorite livery used at bathurst (dont ask me why) or maybe the Peter Brock 05 mobile entry.
Later, Troy