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It's awesome richard👏

Thanks everyone 

 

Ducksnuts post=71945 userid=15320Shmick 

Are you going to put any decal on the chin spoiler?  I remember the RS2000 were body colour, but a lot of the regular cars had the black spoiler with "ESCORT" on it.

Before I painted it was my idea having some text on bottom of doors and chin spoiler in fluorcent yellow, but I could not find reverse letters to put on the inside to be painted.
I'm not steady enough to make letters with a scapel. Had a really hard time to follow window trims, letters would be all messed up.

But yes I will put something on the front.

If you can live with vinyl & depending on whether they're practical (i.e. big enough) I can have a go on the plotter/cutter. I have a little of two flavours of yellow, "medium" & "light", which I can best describe as free range egg yolk, and cheap supermarket battery hen yolk respectively   

Haha!

Thanks for the offer.
Don't think those colors will work.

But white with ESCORT will do as I do have some white Good Year stickers left over from the Würth Zakspeed Capri sticker sheet.

But period correct norwegian license plates whould have been great. But I will ask around if any here can help me.

Body is now mounted.
I used Traxxas Flat Head 3x6mm bolts as the heads a big with minimal hight (#3932)

Really happy with the outcome

In the rear I used a 13mm M3 threaded spacer, 3x8mm set screw in the 6mm magnet and threaded that into the spacer. Simple!

Up front I used 3x big M3 washers and threaded on the magnets.

After a few hours.
Downfall on this body is the very thin lexan, I can't remember last time I was near a body this thin. Must be less than half millimeters at the valance/spoiler area.
When drilling the holes for the bumper to headlight bracket, 3 of 4 holes tore when I used the reamer. Most of times, a reamer makes perfect holes...
Still have spot light stickers left to fit here

Seems like Dana and Fox are liking this Escort 

Finished the body today.

Later I will install led lights in all of them.
Next will be fitting the M05 one piece arms, M05 suspension ball pin and adjustable tie rods.

what a simple but elegant car

Todays task was to fit the M05 one piece arms and the new ball suspension pin up front + the new turnbuckles

Changed tthe rear arms as well

Also changed the gears as they were notchy + one dogbone driveshaft.

Then my stable mates got it back 

Tried to fix the rear toe out on the left rear wheel, but the issue is the suspension hinge pin is pointing outwards as it goes forward.
Will need a new chassis as I don't have a spare that is good. 

wow wat a great picture!! my god dude!

It looks very cool, nice job!