FORD ESCORT RS1800 MK2

[rtfoe]

Was my first car...no doubt a bunch of us had the same cars and terrorised the town in it. Those were the days. Managed to get double the price I bought it for when I sold it.

The barn look is looking nice but sad for a Pininfarina designed car.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Good start to this......love the Carlos fandango wide wheels add-ons as well....
Cheers
Tim

[Guest]

That's looking great, I personally love weathered cars (although I've got a lot of stick for it (Not on here I hasten to add)) keep at it, it's looking bloomin good

[scottie3158]

Great idea and build I wish I still had my Mkll 1600 sport bringing back some great memories.

Scottie

[Pikeman]

Hi Stuart,
As a kid my mates dad had the MkII RS2000...went like stink but was only driven at the weekends.
I’m mostly a military modeller but built Tamiya’s WRX ( owned the 1:1 scale version too) .
Look forward to seeing how this develops
Cheers
Si

Thank you Si I appreciate your kind words and glad you are following the build

[Pikeman]

Hi Stuart
As a refugee from the defunct Military Modelling forum very few cars were built on that forum. A rusty barn find is a great idea and progress to date looks good. The wheel arches look very realistic.
Jim

Thank you Jim much appreciated and hope you like the end result

[Pikeman]

Was my first car...no doubt a bunch of us had the same cars and terrorised the town in it. Those were the days. Managed to get double the price I bought it for when I sold it.

The barn look is looking nice but sad for a Pininfarina designed car.

Cheers,
Richard

Cheers Richard,yeah wish I had one now would be worth a mint but this is as close as I could get to one

[Pikeman]

Good start to this......love the Carlos fandango wide wheels add-ons as well....
Cheers
Tim

Thank you for your kind words Tim,much appreciated

[Marcello]

good start Stuart. I like the rust effect so far, even if not yet completed. I also like the bumpy effect of the paint. How did you achieve that?

[Pikeman]

That's looking great, I personally love weathered cars (although I've got a lot of stick for it (Not on here I hasten to add)) keep at it, it's looking bloomin good

Thanks Ken , only the second one I have attempted so fingers crossed.
I may to get some tips from you then

[Pikeman]

Great idea and build I wish I still had my Mkll 1600 sport bringing back some great memories.

Scottie

Thanks Scottie appreciate the kind words and the follow

[Pikeman]

good start Stuart. I like the rust effect so far, even if not yet completed. I also like the bumpy effect of the paint. How did you achieve that?

Hi Marcello I created the rust with mig pigments and chipping and worn effects,rust was applied first then sprayed the car with the main colour then slowly chipped away to revile the rust which gave me the result .
It’s just my way may not be the right way but works for me .
Appreciate your feedback cheers Stu

[Pikeman]

Added the decals and scratched through to the rust and added some weathering.
Hope it still looks ok with the decals as I was not sure to add them or not .

[Guest]

Looks superb mate, I doubt I could give you any tips you've definitely got a handle on this type of weathering.

[Pikeman]

Looks superb mate, I doubt I could give you any tips you've definitely got a handle on this type of weathering.

Wow thanks ken that’s really kind of you to say,I really appreciate it