Ford Escort RS1800 - Page 15

afxracing · #**211** 03-29-2015, 04:05 PM

Interior bits.

Added some detail to the driving light brackets.

Boreham · #**212** 03-29-2015, 06:13 PM

B)
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.

afxracing · #**213** 03-29-2015, 08:00 PM

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.

afxracing · #**214** 03-29-2015, 08:30 PM

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.

Boreham · #**215** 03-30-2015, 12:47 AM

They look great.

Ford Escort mk 1 · #**216** 03-30-2015, 01:03 AM

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

Kimmo

afxracing · #**217** 03-31-2015, 03:56 PM

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.

afxracing · #**218** 03-31-2015, 06:54 PM

Map light for the Co-Driver's door.

Ford Escort mk 1 · #**219** 04-01-2015, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by afxracing

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

Kimmo

afxracing · #**220** 04-01-2015, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ford Escort mk 1

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.

afxracing · #**221** 04-02-2015, 06:39 AM

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

http://www.fireballmodels.info/

yelo · #**222** 04-02-2015, 08:01 AM

Can we buy those from him ( or you) ?

afxracing · #**223** 04-02-2015, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by yelo

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

Kaj45rpm · #**224** 04-02-2015, 05:07 PM

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.

afxracing · #**225** 04-03-2015, 08:54 PM

Modified the side mirror.

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