Airfix 1/32 Ford Escort

[Narayan]

Greetings!

Welcome to my Ford Escort build. My first car was a Mk II Escort and the Mk I was still pretty popular at the time. So I do have a fondness for the model. Unfortunately they were very unreliable so I gave up on them when the Mk III came about.

Here is the boxart.



And the sprues.



As you can see it somes with a little fella! Not sure what colours he is going to be adorned with yet. He even has a shirt and tie combo. If this was an 80's car it would be a very loud shirt and tie combo!

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Narayan

The Escort Mk1 was the ultimate people’s car of its time, being large enough to cater for the average family, but also having enough style to suit the younger single driver too!

A:B
2012 03:00 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 176:46

[ian lanc]

Great stuff and love to see the old Escort being made.

[JamesPerrin]

The mkI was a car of the 70's so kipper tie and paisley shirt.

[flakmonkey]

Wait a minute! I have two paisley shirts!

[beany]

Kipper tie - isn't that Noddy Holder's favourite hot beverage?!

[splash]

Kipper tie - isn't that Noddy Holder's favourite hot beverage?!

Brillient

I had to say Kipper Tie in my head with a Brum accent before I understode what you ment

[Narayan]

For a starter kit this has a lot of pieces - 87!

I've started off painting the underside of the chassis matt black and a few of the other parts silver. I've also given Matey a pair of blue slacks. I'm not sure what other colours I'm going to give him yet. Something beige I think.





From memory I'm pretty sure a basic MkI would not have had silver pedals which is what the instructions look for. Black would be more realistic I think.

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Narayan

The Escort Mk1 was the ultimate people’s car of its time, being large enough to cater for the average family, but also having enough style to suit the younger single driver too!

A:B
2012 03:00 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 176:46

[Dirkpitt289]

87 parts? Really! Wow, My Boss has 90 and seems like so much more. Very impressive.

[splash]

The pedals might have been silver, my mini that was the same age had basic metal pedals, but as you say black would probably be correct as they tended to have rubber covers.

[Dirkpitt289]

The pedals might have been silver, my mini that was the same age had basic metal pedals, but as you say black would probably be correct as they tended to have rubber covers.

And will likely not be seen after the build is completed

[JamesPerrin]

Just over 20 parts a week then.

[MerlinJones]

The mkI was a car of the 70's so kipper tie and paisley shirt.

Methinks James has been delving into the history books in his local library.

[JamesPerrin]

The mkI was a car of the 70's so kipper tie and paisley shirt.

Methinks James has been delving into the history books in his local library.

Well I remember in the late 70's we used to hire a puke coloured mkII to go on holidays, we had it 3 times in a row. I know it was puke coloured as I used to get terrible travel sickness. Thank god for the family rail card!

[MerlinJones]

So the 'paisley' shirt didn't start the journey as a paisley shirt?

[bobblelink]

A mate of mine had one of these- he used to start it using a 2p piece instead of the car key- there was a huge hole in the floor next to the brake pedal that he used as an ash tray.