MsDano85gt Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Got the other factory sealed "blue" kit of course I opened it!! want to say theres a second blue one on the way.... sealed as well I think Identical kits!! as previously stated in the thread earlier altho there are different decal sheets the chrome is more intact on the blue kit luckily no tire burn marks on the glass of the blue kit either oh tinted glass vs clear glass as well very cool kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwildpunk Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ah you don't need three so you can send one to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Awesome! Congrats on getting a couple of the Blue one! That's an awesome find. Nice to see the two kits pictured right beside one another, too. Now, the big question; which one are you going to build first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 already dilegently modifying the front end of the orange body mating it with an "escort" front clip with some modification to make a 1987 ford escort "exp" bought zap a gap this past weekend now i just need to remember to "borrow" my zip kicker from my work van tomorrow vs a face your mother could kiss lol still love the old front end vs escort face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Number one: that's a pretty cool idea! Number two: Where the heck are you getting an Escort front clip? They make a model of an Escort? I personally prefer the bugeyed EXPs/LN7's (What is with those grilles???), but man, this is going to be pretty awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 yessir they have 3 escort kits,(may be more i only know of the 3 i have) i know evil benny has a kit that i don't an amt version maybe? all mine are revell kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stang_crazy Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 here's a few more escort kits another revell version and an AMT version. I think there is another AMT version also but not 100% sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 There's another Revell version. Non turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Oh, they're the European Escort! That's awesome! I've never seen any of those, let alone the 1/32 one. I need that badly to complete my collection of 1/32 whatever-that-platform-is. I have two EXPs and two LN7s, so I need a fifth. The Revell non-street one would rock. Keep up the good work on the forgotten cars, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 already dilegently modifying the front end of the orange body mating it with an "escort" front clip with some modification to make a 1987 ford escort "exp" bought zap a gap this past weekend now i just need to remember to "borrow" my zip kicker from my work van tomorrow vs a face your mother could kiss lol still love the old front end vs escort face! I agree, I had an EXP around 87-88, and when the saw the Escort EXP, I could not for the life of me figure out why they did that to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I agree, I had an EXP around 87-88, and when the saw the Escort EXP, I could not for the life of me figure out why they did that to it. yes i Agree 100% still think the escort "gt" looking front end is cool, but old EXP front end = way cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 They put the escort front end on the EXP to save money and upgrade the styling of the car. I happen to like the EXP no mater how they made it look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I was going to post that the EXP would have been much cooler and sold better as a convertible, but then I realized that Ford did just that selling it as the Mercury Capri, which was an Aussie assembled Escort. Another car that I thought was pretty cool but didn't sell all that well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I was going to post that the EXP would have been much cooler and sold better as a convertible, but then I realized that Ford did just that selling it as the Mercury Capri, which was an Aussie assembled Escort. Another car that I thought was pretty cool but didn't sell all that well here. yeah i agree must have sold very poorly stateside i very rarely see capri 2 seaters that were the vert's i don't understand why mercury division just did not keep the foxbody cousin to mustang.... i often wonder what the mercury front end would have looked like with the new for 87' compound headlight front end the mustang had....... what would have become...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 whats the different between the american and European Escort. ive always thought the exps were cool but around here i havent seen one in over 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 whats the different between the american and European Escort. ive always thought the exps were cool but around here i havent seen one in over 10 years. Model or 1:1? The model is the same kit - even says "European" on the Revell USA box. In real 1:1 cars? Got me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 the reason i ask, the model looks like the escort my parents bought new here in indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 i very rarely see capri 2 seaters that were the verts The '90s Mercury Capri shared a platform with the Mazda Miata. The Mercury LN7 was the EXP's sibling, but has only been done by Monogram in 1/32 scale: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The Australian-built Capri 2-seat convertible shared little if anything with the Miata platform-wise. Capri was front-wheel-drive, possibly 323-based. Miata is rear wheel drive. Maybe engines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 the reason i ask, the model looks like the escort my parents bought new here in indiana The early escorts did not have the same head lights. My sisters bought a few of these new. The first one that was at our house had the American head light the rest had Euro headlights. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Ford_Museum_August_2012_43_(1981_Ford_Escort_GLX).jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The Australian-built Capri 2-seat convertible shared little if anything with the Miata platform-wise. Capri was front-wheel-drive, possibly 323-based. Miata is rear wheel drive. Maybe engines? Oops, you're correct. Not sure what I was thinking of... At least Monogram got some mileage out of its 1/32 scale kit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Even though the Escort was supposed to be a "World Car" (The US version had a chrome representation of a globe on the front fenders) the US version and the British/German version were very different. I think the only main thing that was shared was the engines. I am unable to post images here for some reason but if you search for Ford Escort Images you will be able to see the differences. Probably Wikipedia will describe them. Actually there are two wiki entries, one for the Euro version and one for US. Remember that there were two generations of RWD Escorts available in Europe before the US Escort and its Euro counterpart were introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oops, you're correct. Not sure what I was thinking of... At least Monogram got some mileage out of its 1/32 scale kit: The Glidden version is one of those hard-to-find-but-not-worth much models... The 1/32 scale EXP/LN7 kits are actually great little, full detail kits, just the wrong scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The Australian-built Capri 2-seat convertible shared little if anything with the Miata platform-wise. Capri was front-wheel-drive, possibly 323-based. Miata is rear wheel drive. Maybe engines? Yea, the Aussie Capri was pretty much an Escort, so it would've shared more with the EXP than a Miata. I always said Ford could've sold more EXPs and LX7s if they were convertibles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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