Ford Escort RS1800

[afxracing]

If I am unable to find a set of tarmac wheels/tires I am happy with I will model the car with gravel tires. These are resin copies of the set that comes in Hasegawa's Nissan Bluebird Safari kit.

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Here is the latest mock-up. Still lots left to build.

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Panhard bar brackets fabricated and installed on the chassis and the axle.

[stevenoble]

Some fabulous work you are doing on this kit, everything looks great so far ☺

[rgriffs]

it looks fast standing still !

[afxracing]

Thanks guys. Check out this video someone sent to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwl40XFvpLE

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Boreham installed dual calipers at the rear. One for the hand brake and one for the foot (pedal) brake. The kit does not include this detail. I cut a set from a glue boom kit I purchased and installed them.

[Boreham]

Yes I did

Thread is rapidly becoming a Tutorial or How To. Build an Esci/Revell Escort. Great stuff JC.

[afxracing]

Originally Posted by Boreham

Yes I did

Thread is rapidly becoming a Tutorial or How To. Build an Esci/Revell Escort. Great stuff JC.

Me too Boreham.

Found the Works Escorts in Detail book on-line for a good price. Should have it next week. Maybe it will give me a few more details to try and replicate.

[stevenoble]

You should cast some of the parts into a transkit for the Escort. I'm sure there are many of us modellers who would appreciate it. Must be hundreds of these kits waiting to be built by people put off with all the work needed to make a nice one..

[afxracing]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

You should cast some of the parts into a transkit for the Escort. I'm sure there are many of us modellers who would appreciate it. Must be hundreds of these kits waiting to be built by people put off with all the work needed to make a nice one..

That wasn't really my intent Steve. I just want to build the best MkII I can. Of course I said the same thing about my Porsche 914/6GT and it ended up becoming at trans-kit so who knows.

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Current condition of the rear axle.

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Corrected the rear spoiler and fabricated tail light housings.

[puffyrs]

This is going well.

[The Sheene Machine]

Fantastic work....really great to see an Escort being done so well. With this and Puffyrs's Rothman's build..there are plenty of how-to's available now.