Revell Escort Mk2. Rally.

[jono]

Having been into rallying in an Escort in my younger days this was a must build for me & hope you like the result of my first car build. .


Pity Revell could not get the Number Plates right & put 2 front plates on the decal sheet.


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[PaulTRose]

very nice.....proper jamjar, that


owned two plus built 3 kit cars based on them............eeeee, the good old days of when 'engine management' meant giving the screws on the Webers a twiddle :D

 

[jono]

very nice.....proper jamjar, that
owned two plus built 3 kit cars based on them............eeeee, the good old days of when 'engine management' meant giving the screws on the Webers a twiddle :D

Won a few trophies driving my Mk.1 Mexico on road rallies & also used to be Navigator for mates :D :D


Yeah the Good Old Days LOL


John.

 

[papa 695]

Great work John very nice indeed

 

[jono]

Great work John very nice indeed

Thank you Ian .


John.

 

[Alan 45]

Very nice John nice finish to the paintwork

 

[0ne48thtel]

Nice one John I built this kit many moons ago

 

[jono]

Very nice John nice finish to the paintwork

Thanks Alan, this is my first build with Shiny paintwork & then I go & cover it with Decals LOL :D :D


John.

 

[jono]

Nice one John I built this kit many moons ago

Hi Terry, thanks! yes an old kit I was lucky to find on ebay..


Belkits are bringing out a Mk1 RS1600 RAC Winner soon, will be keeping my eye out for that .


John.

 

[eddiesolo]

Lovely work John, like this very much, great job!


Si

 

[Robert1968]

Won a few trophies driving my Mk.1 Mexico on road rallies & also used to be Navigator for mates :D :D
Yeah the Good Old Days LOL


John.

Love that escort but would love to build a mk1 Mexico 1800 !!!


Around £18k buys you a mint one these days ( very rare indeed

 

[jono]

Lovely work John, like this very much, great job!
Si

Thanks Si. .


John.

 

[jono]

Love that escort but would love to build a mk1 Mexico 1800 !!!
Around £18k buys you a mint one these days ( very rare indeed

The Mk1 with Arches, a better looking motor than the Mk2 I think :D :D :D

 

[Robert1968]

The Mk1 with Arches, a better looking motor than the Mk2 I think :D :D :D

Going back to my youth my mate at 18 bought a mk1 Mexico write off and a 1100 mk1 from a scrappy and stripped both down to the shell then rebuilt the escort with rally arches sprayed diamond white and a blue border stripe down the centre roll bar in back 2 bucket seats and lowered it ( dustbin exhaust!!, it was a peach true to all ford could do back then. I remember down the M27 at 3am at 105!! I nearly had to change my shorts!!!!!


Lovely memories

 

[Laurie]

Nice model John.The headlights etc look authentic did they come like that or did you do a special.


I think it was this model I had but it was a bog standard car and had headlights which were oblong not round. Dark metallic green. Remember it well as when parked on the banks of the Tay some rotten devil busted the window to get in and pinched a load of stuff.


Laurie

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Cracking job John ............ Fantastic result on that.

 

[flyjoe180]

Great looking Escort John, great first car

 

[Snowman]

Neatoh!!


Where can I get one?

 

[jono]

Going back to my youth my mate at 18 bought a mk1 Mexico write off and a 1100 mk1 from a scrappy and stripped both down to the shell then rebuilt the escort with rally arches sprayed diamond white and a blue border stripe down the centre roll bar in back 2 bucket seats and lowered it ( dustbin exhaust!!, it was a peach true to all ford could do back then. I remember down the M27 at 3am at 105!! I nearly had to change my shorts!!!!!
Lovely memories

I had a new Mexico with the stripes & clubman rally pack & first job was to trade in the road tyres for a set of Goodyear Ultragrips LOL...... yes Lovely memories. .


John.

 

[jono]

Nice model John.The headlights etc look authentic did they come like that or did you do a special.
I think it was this model I had but it was a bog standard car and had headlights which were oblong not round. Dark metallic green. Remember it well as when parked on the banks of the Tay some rotten devil busted the window to get in and pinched a load of stuff.


Laurie

Thanks Laurie, the headlights are correct for that car... depending on what model it was the Mk1 had either oblong or round headlights, & the Mk2 had Square headlights unless it was a Sports Version which were either round or twin round ones...


On my own car it came with sports headlights, having 2 bulbs in them 1 dip 1 main beam & a switch that put both bulbs on together :D :D.


John.