well most of you have seen my collection so heres a bit of an update ive just finished my 3 door and mk1 escort the mk1 i wanted a factory fit/look with the engine and box etc .the 3 door has been completly stripped and re painted in moondust silver [my favourite colour ]ive also fitted it with nos/a full leather trim/huge 6 pots all round new powder coated rims/ tv / 3 gauges n rev counter with shift light/ quick shift/new pedals/fire extinguisher and best of all its now running 4wd and a small escoss engine heres a few pics take a look and let me know what you all think

in the beginging,



then the striping began





time for some paint propper ford moondust silver





now for the rebuild.tried it with some different rims but im sticking with the black ones now










now for the mk1 and some group pics




how factory does the mk1 look took me fooookin ages to get it right

 

Looks really smart mate

Where can you buy these from??


Brian

 

the cars are readily availible on ebay but i mod them my self they are one off's next on my list is a escoss with a difference ??? and a cossie transit when i can get a 1/18 one
as well as alot more mk'1s

 

 

amazing work mate, really is. One thing ive wondered, do u have to keep buying cossie models to get the engines? or is there somewhere thats sells seperate parts like this?

 

i have collected all my engines and spares over a long period of time from all sources mainly scrap cars but i have bought a few and broke em up.i came buy someone in a model shop who sold me a load of stuff which he got from a couple ofwell known model companies which did have a load of ford bits includding rare engines which was a really good find but ive never come up trump like that since but i do have a few places that i can get some good bits from but its not from this country and takes ages to arrive which can be a right pan in the arse

heres some pics for ya







these are just some off my collection

 

Top stuff

 

 

wish i'd looked after mine

 

top job. they look amazing

 

 

cheers for the comments folks im considering putting them on ebay if anyones interested

 

spot on mate, uve got some really good spares there

 

now on ebay if anyones interested

 

How come you put the small turbo engine into the cossie

 

because every one does the usuall sierra cossie engine.have you ever seen another cossie model running a small turbo escoss engine???
also i wanted it to be 4wd so by putting the engine out of the escoss i thought it would make more sense that way

 

well have had a bit of spare time so i thought id have another session with the 1/18s and do a bit of modding.after getting the mk1 and the sierra finished and putting them on the shelf i have now decided i want them a little different so heres the pics.any comments good or bad are welcome











fitted a nice rev counter with shift light



now onto the rebuild first off with the boot



then the new back box



also fitted some new big brembos and rims please note all my wheels still move and you can change the wheels





and back on the shelf

now heres a few of the 3 door with some new mods




and also back on the shelf

and heres a few shots of them together




thats it for now still working on a few new onews at the minute and as soon as there sorted ill get the pics up

 

m8 all i can say is well done

some top work you have done there

 

they look absolutley fantastic

 

yummy mate ive been doing this for a while but i dont have hardly any detailing parts

 

Good work.

 

WOW those are really nice mate.....can i buy one lol???

 

evrery thing has a price mate make me a sensible offer and its yours as i have loads now lol

 

sick them

 

wow youre very talented! nice work.

i have the 1/18 lichenstein 320 bmw if you know it?

 

dude i have to let you know as im sure ull be as bouncy and happy as i was when i found out

check www.diecastlegends.com click road cars - ford europe - page 3

you will see they are making a 1:18th scale escort mk3 xr3 !!!!!! in yellow and black with opening bonnet doors and boot WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

 

So i'm not the only 1 then...

Here is mine i did a bit back,






Random porsche splits



Lenso's



And also got a set of them big 6 spokes that you have hidden away sumwhere,

 

them lookin fu*kin mad and mint love them giv people ideas to build proper 1s a havnt got patience and me hands r fucked off cumin off motorbike you must be proud

 

Andyrs1800 looking good mate

Tonyt1t
allready ordered both and a couple for the yb treatment

thanks for all the comments folks im currently doing another 3 door and a escoss which i will update a.s.a.p

 

They are all cool i love them all good work guys

 

Also noticed on that site the got a 83 escort convertable due for release this year

 

love them mate. I duno how u dont break parts taking htem apart tho, coz i know when ive tried taking models apart in the past, they dont come apart too easily

 

its a very time consuming job taken them apart but i have been doing it for ages so you get used to it but have broken a few bits in the past and ruined some decent models thats why people appreciate them so much as they know how tricky and time consuming they are to get right and make them look like they were done like it already and with all mine all my wheels turn and steer and are removable where as most others are just glued on and you cant steer them

 

That looks well cool!

 

Andyrs1800, Where did you get them rims from..

Bailey: You dont happen to have a set of wheels that look like Rondell 122's do you, or possibly know where you can get them?
You should also make the lip on the top Spoiler of your Moondust 3dr black. Would finish it off i reckon. (like on the white one)

 

HA ha, brilliant

 

mint,may consider doing this with 1 my escorts!!!!!how hard is it m8!!!!

 

its not so much hard mate as it is time consuming as the cars are very delicate also its the sourcing of the parts thats a real pane .but if you can get em and have the patients then go for it or you could buy one of mine

 

right if i was going 2 do a mk2 escort cossie wot do i need 2 convert my red 1600 sport with 4 cibies and minilites!!!