hey guys, im a noob here and this wil be my first 1:18 scale car(ive only done 2 1:24's) and im also quite young so i dont know much about taking things apart etc.. but anyway, im gonna buy my first 1:18 car to customise, it will be a ford escort(if anyones selling one thatd be cool ;D) and i was wondering, which wheels fit sun star escorts without having to glue them and how do you take the wheels off? alsoo, how do you take things like the engine and windows and the base of the car off?
sorry for the essay :L
Lucas.

 

Hello & welcome

The wheels on a sunstar escort are screwed on as below. Just pop the center cap off and unscrew.



The body is held to the base by 8 screws, 2 in each wheel arch.

With the windows, they are stuck in. I just used a flat head screw driver and sort of flicked them out.

 

thanks mate ,, which wheel can go on a escort without having to glue them on?

 

RS1600i ones do but glueing them on isnt realy a problem. A little fileing may be needed so that the wheel doesnt stick out of the arches.

Without any fileing


With fileing


Easy to see which is better.

These are glue'd on so they dont turn. It lives in its box for now so doesnt matter. 99.9% will need glueing on.

 

thanks , what will i file? the bit the wheel goes on or the wheel itself?
i prefer my wheels to turn :S :L
and why will they have to be glued? what if i just file them?

 

They wont turn as the fitting is different on every brand of model car. If you just file the bit that holds the wheel onto the car, thats fine. It will be more obvious to see what to file when the wheels are off the car.

 

u will be very very limited to what wheels will go straight on but as they are show models and not toys many of us just glue them on then you will have many quality wheels to pick from

 

When you take the wheels off the sunstar escort, your left with this



If you just file / cut that off, then glue the new wheels to that.

All our cars are shelf queens, not toys.

 

i dont get why people want the wheels to rotate??
this are models for displaying unless u want to play with it why do u need the wheels to go round.

 

hi,
i have just tried to get the centre caps off of my sunstar mk3 escort and i cant get them off
do i need to heat them or will they pop out with screwdriver
tabetha

 

Is it an Xr3, gl or cab?

 

hi
it is a gl

 

You just need a small sharp object, Little screew driver type thing.
Pop out the center cap.
Or if your not bothered about the wheels cut them off. lol

This is a good place for any help mate,
http://s1.zetaboards.com/ModelMotorvations/index/

 

hi
my son is a member on there his username is kylesmodels
tabetha

 

Ok am confused now, always thourt you were older.
Its becouse of you I use dealextream.

 

yes i am it is my son that has the account on modelmotorvations

 

I missed the son bit. lol

 

thanks for help i got them off in the end after breaking compass and cutting my finger lol!!
tabetha

 

pmsl, get super glue on the cut.

 

ive got some pics of my other modded sunstar escort mk3 on ebay let us know what you think of it the tyres are glued to the plastic on the arches

THE EBAY LINK IS:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MESELX:IT

 

Hi i'm interested in having ago at this i've done a mk1 golf in 1/24th but was just wondering where to get the base model (untouched) from?
Cheers

 

Oh crap! You mean it really IS just me that pushes them round the living room carpet?

 

Can you spray wheels?

 

how do you remove the clover leaf wheels of a sunstar mk3 escort ?

 

Just joined that site I see your a mod on there so might be able to help.
I tried posting a thread in introduce yourself section but keep getting an error
message? Just thought I'd join up because iv'e wanted to get into this sort
of thing for a while.

Cheers.

 

Yeah, admin will sorting out buddy.
I'll give them a shout.