Another box art build with TN enhancements
I'd wanted one of these for a while and when the XB model was on offer at Tamico I picked a couple up. I'd wanted to put an interior in but the shell was painted over the windows on the inside so I sold that and bought a clear body plus wing and stickers from Muddybaldboy on here (thanks Darren!).
As you can see from the pic of the XB version, it's very toy like with the blackout tints, narrow track and stickers for details. Plenty of scope for improvement. First up was correcting the stance by dropping the body down and spacing the wheels out. I swapped the multi spokes for these ones which match the spare in the cockpit set better. There's also more room for OZ logos and they hide where the brakes would be, saving time in painting up a set of discs.
I then added the details - cockpit wth cut vinyl decals, mesh grille and an exhaust made by heating and squeezing styrene tube into an oval shape before painting. The shark fin GPS aerial isn't technically accurate but it hides the antenna hole in the shell nicely!
With the lights for stickers it'll never look as good as cars with proper light buckets and LEDs but it's a nice improvement over standard I think.
Chassis is still the plastic fantastic XB TT-01 Type ES, frictions shocks and a silver can will do just fine for sitting on a shelf!
Details:
• Rally cockpit set
• Styrene roll cage
• 3mm wheels spacers all round
• Exhaust made from styrene tube
• Grill cut and meshed
• Intercooler from the Touring Car accessory set, painted black
• OZ Magnesium type wheels
• Semi-slick tyres
• Windscreen wipers
• Roof aerials
• Thin black wheel nuts
Comments
SRB Bloke
Very nice indeed
Incredible_Serious
Great job mate, brilliantly finished.... you've pretty much captured everything, except the malevolent anger in Juha's eyes.....
Crash Cramer
WOW, you are RIGHT, they would sell out in a heartbeat if they all looked like yours. This is very cool and realistic looking indeed. Part numbers for the thin wheel nuts please?? Just in case I need some.
I just can't stop looking at it, just didn't realize how close the rear taillights look to some 90's BMW 3 series lights.
Puffdog
Superb job, looks so scale and I just love the stance. Looks good from every angle.
_miga_
extremly cool! you should join the WRC S.I.G.!
generationx
That is excellent.
Klausen
Great result. See that is an expertbuilt Tamiya.
appleby20
Adrian, another wonderful job. Well done
I like your attention to details, and seeking for excellence.
Gazan
Awesome job!
AndyjcClod
Looks ace, I must get myself a lightbox
Truck Norris
Thanks guys! @Crash Cramer - the wheel nuts aren't Tamiya, they are just regular M4 hex half nuts from a hardware supplier. @AndyjcClod - I don't actually have a lightbox, this is a just a very large piece of paper! I'll post a photo of the setup sometime.
Basket Case
Looks amazing. Good work that man!!
Crash Cramer
Oh it would be so nice to have that much metric hardware just ready to pluck off the shelf at my local store. I am sure I will find some, somewhere.
R/CVET
Really awesome upgrading. I'm a big ford/WRC fan so this really appeals to me. Great work!
IBIFTKH
Perfect - as always! Beautiful work, you really take these to another level.
Integrale1
Now thats nice! Best one I have very seen, great work.
Grumpy pants
Stunning all the way from top to bottom.
MadcapIwant1
Awesome !!! Takes me back to when I owned an escort Cosworth for real.... Ace times !!! Great work here and great pics !!!
Subaruhess
This is what an escort WRC should look like, very nice! Having wider lowered stance gives it that proper tarmac spec look. I did the same to my tg10 1999 impreza though I went a bit more extreme and used a long arm kit to achieve that look.
carbonman
Great! Love the detail
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