1985 UK car park (1/43 scale)

[mg ork]

Thanks for the comments guys. Think the mk3 capris have been immortalised by the Professionals and it’s almost like now more so than ever as they repeat it on a loop on ITV4. I was born in 81 which is the year they finished filming (in May that year) so I don’t have any memories of when the show was originally aired. But I totally love watching the reruns. I wonder how the mk3 Capris would have panned out had it not been for that show. I must admit, I’m mesmerised by the mk3 Capris and the mk1 or mk2 versions for me do not have the same appeal.

[Andy the Sheep]

FHB, in 1981 I smashed the gear shift of a Capri with my left knee when my father and another driver had a bit of misunderstanding at a crossroad. I still remember that huge, aching and multicoloured knee! The Capri was scrapped, but it's still one of the few Ford cars I still remember with some affection. For the record: it was bronze with a black vinyl roof.

Andrea

[yak face]

Great job, like how they kept costs down by using the allegro door handles, surprising that Lotus used the same handles again in the early Lotus espri

Thanks for the comments. I knew the early Lotus’s used the same door handles, but bizarrely, I didn’t even realise the allegro door handles are the same ones! Tim, would your one have been in jade green metallic? That was an awesome colour. Hopefully Capri pics should be up soon.

The mk2 range rover used them too , talk about getting your moneys worth!!
Lovely capri , I had an X reg 1.6 gl in aztec bronze ( actually a bright Copper colour ) a rarely seen colour on capris , lovely car but gutless

[Mark1]

The mk2 range rover used them too , talk about getting your moneys worth!!
Lovely capri , I had an X reg 1.6 gl in aztec bronze ( actually a bright Copper colour ) a rarely seen colour on capris , lovely car but gutless

And let's not forget the tr7!

[boatman]

I USE to have a white capri but blew up the engine when i got her to the magic number
chrisb mtb

[mg ork]

Thanks for the comments. Andrea, sorry to hear about your accident. That must have been quite traumatic but thankfully all concerned were ok. I would probably say red is the best suited colour for a mk3 Capri but that’s purely a subjective point of view. Red is a striking colour but I can imagine the bright copper and bronze versions looking awesome. I’m so jealous, really wish I was born 20 years earlier and driving these cars in the 70s and up to mid 80s.

[Mark1]

Back in the day the mk3 2.8i was the capri people wanted,that was my era, mk1/2 escorts,lowered of course ,r5 Gouldini turbos and minis.not to mention mk1 golf gti. Then came the mk1 astra gte and opel manta, Ford xr2,xr3.always loved the mk3 cortina and mk2 granada 2.8 ghia x,those where the days.

[mg ork]

So here is the Citroen CX 2000, a 1975 model finished in metallic silver. I think the model makers here are atlas editions. Considering it's a budget model, the model makers did an excellent job as very little had to be done to make it look more realistic. The shape and size of the model is spot on, and the wheels very accurate too. I particularly like the way the curved bonnet has been captured, and the bottom-heavy side wings especially the rear wheel arches partially covering the wheels.

Changes then:
- Front headlights were awful looking, much like the allegro they had the pin/holes visible. So what I did was initially break the pin and sand the lenses, and replace the actual sockets with the minichamps rover sd1 version! Now the headlights look much more realistic, with a nice shine to them.

- Inside of rear lights sanded and painted matt white to exaggerate the colours slightly.

- custom made windscreen wiper.

- custom front and rear number plates.

- custom exhaust replacing initial one which wasn't detailed enough.

1/43 citroen cx 1975 1 of 5 by mg-ork, on Flickr

1/43 citroen cx 1975 2 of 5 by mg-ork, on Flickr

1/43 citroen cx 1975 3 of 5 by mg-ork, on Flickr

1/43 citroen cx 1975 4 of 5 by mg-ork, on Flickr

1/43 citroen cx 1975 1 of 5 by mg-ork, on Flickr

next up will be the Sierra XR4i.

[Mark1]

Excellent :thumb2: I had a bx years ago loved it but not sure why! Probably very comfortable. I remember seeing video clip of a ds which the car was driven at 60 mph over a dirt road with 4 adults on 3 wheels,one rear wheel was removed! To show off how good there suspension was.

[mg ork]

Wow that would have been impressive! Didn’t think a four wheeled car would have been able to move with a wheel missing. I do like the designs of these, especially from that era rarely did cars have a curved bonnet of that nature, the rover sd1 was awesome and a little later the jelly mould.

[Mark1]

It was there party trick,there's videos on u tube.

[mg ork]

Lol that is clever.

[Andy the Sheep]

It was the hydraulic suspension system which made the difference. Even De Gaulle survived an armed attack thanks to Citroen peculiar hydraulic system. link

Citroen DS (in French it is spelled DE ESS, which sounds just like déesse, goddess :smiling, SM and CX are cars I always loved.
Andrea

[stillp]

I briefly owned a DS19 in the 1960s. It had a number of small hydraulic leaks, so nothing much worked, even the seat adjustment. The guy who owned it after me changed all the hydraulic hoses and their unions, without success.
Pete

[mg ork]

That is a seriously impressive piece of history!