Just finished building this. I have put tons of detail into this inc, competition boot space, competition interior, detailed hand made Pinto engine, detailed chassis with Bilsteins and sump guard !!

Lots of nice little touches too, like IMP sidelights, a set of real metal keys in the ignition, real steel bonnet pins (drilled in, not just stuck on the top), works style alcantara dual pod dash with trip computer !!! one off decals printed myself. Tons and tons of other touches I haven't mentioned.

Looks awesome on display.

But my passion is just the build process, so once they are done they are up for sale !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1812157720...84.m1423.l2649

 

Quality mate, could you mod a cossie into a 4i???

 

Pure art, thank you

 

I've not done one, but I'm sure I could, I know someone that has done one and it was sold on Ebay recently.

Send me a PM if you are serious about it. Or get me on my FB page:

www.facebook.com/1eighteen

 

Very good indeed
Miss my days when I used to build models.
Great sense of achievement

 

That looks stunning matey. Your very clever.

 

All I can say is wow...! never looked into these before, such attention to detail. Should get a pretty penny for this.

 

It's a great hobby Adam, I'm no spring chicken and I am absolutely hooked on them now !! I just can't put them down !! LOL.

I got some nice builds planned. RSR Escort, 1700T and a few other things.

But I also have lots of commission jobs to complete, inc a Crayford Capri, Crayford MK1 Tina, another MK1 Cortina replica, P100 pick up and lots of other things mounting up !!!! From this thread looks like, I might be adding an XR4i to that list !!!

 

Used to make a lot of models as a boy with my brother but used to be mainly war orianted,
I used to build a lot of bburago models to bit later in life,
Making lots of diarama style racing scenes and things,
But when split with the ex she chucked over 100 models
Been collecting a few ford 1:43 scale lately, but do fancy a 1:18 4i

 

B1n9s pm'd you btw

 

Yeh, got that mate and replied now.

Here's a Cossie replica I did last year for someone's Xmas present. It's a well known car I think, been magazine featured and stuff !

 

Looking cool mate

 

Wild!! Crazy amount of detail.

Is it Chips 3dr?

 

I assume you mean the Cossie ? I don't know the owner mate, his mrs asked me to make it for him last Xmas.

You Bro wants me to do a XR4i so just thought it was relevant, but it was ages ago !!

 

Cant belive the detail on those two!!?

How do you make your own decals?!

 

Thanks mate, I do try and shove in as much detail as I can as it does make a lot of difference to the end result.

Making your own decals is so simple. buy waterslide paper, 2 types inkjet or laser depending on your printer (they will not work if not correct type). I use a mixture of MS Paint, Adobe Illustrator and MS Word to do the artwork.

Sometimes it is simply a matter of finding the correct image from 'tinternet and resizing it and sometimes more difficult like the Mexico decals which are from scratch in Illustrator. You can resize images in MS Word in CM and without losing any of the resolution.

Once printed give them a protective layer of acrylic lacquer before applying them or the print will come off when you soak them !!! If you have painted the car, apply the decals before clear and just go over them as normal, which will seal them in.

If you are just applying them to a pre painted model, then apply them and either use "Humbrol decal fix" or similar or use some thinned down 1k lacquer and a soft brush to seal them.

Good luck.

 

Genuinely can't believe how much detail is in these! :O

 

Cool, thats clever stuff!! I was thinking of doing a replica of my Sky van, (yep, I am sad! Lol) but think trying to copy that may be a bit too much to expect?!?

lol, decal fix reminds me of my youth...

 

Tidy sum it fetched there mate on ebay, very nice well done