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This is the third Belkits Escort I have built. Not one of them is out of the box, this one however is the most modified. 

My friend Richie makes resin kits and conversions in the UK under the handle Roaring Replicars and provided his modified floor/chassis/engine bay, rear seat, hood and engine/g'box. Wheels and front seats are from Scale Production DE. Paint is Dodge Sublime for main colour with some darker green mixed in for the RS stripes.

Still have one more unbuilt in the stash but still pondering what style to build it in. Definitely going to have the resin mods though.

Atb, Steve.

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2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Very nicely done!

Does he offer anything for the Esci/Italeri Mk2?

Thanks Nigel. Richie does a couple of different bodies for the MkII. Both have the X pack style arches, one road style and the other based on the Grp 5 racers. He also does a resin bonnet (hood) without the sink marks😉.

At the moment he is working on a rear wing Group 5 style. And also an RS2000 body with X pack arches. He can be found on Facebook on the IPMS UK F1 and Motorsport SIG.

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Just WOW!  You done a great job there Steve. Looks perfect in that colour. Is that similar to Ford’s Java green? Under bonnet detail really makes this model. In the 1:1 world, these cars spend most of their time with the bonnets open, showing off the engine, so building the Bellkits model out of the box just seems a shame.

I never knew there was another resin maker doing engine detail for these. I’ve been waiting patiently for Scale productions to get there’s back in stock. I will have to look up roaring resins on FB. Thanks for sharing. 

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On 12/10/2021 at 5:49 AM, beeRS said:

Just WOW!  You done a great job there Steve. Looks perfect in that colour. Is that similar to Ford’s Java green? Under bonnet detail really makes this model. In the 1:1 world, these cars spend most of their time with the bonnets open, showing off the engine, so building the Bellkits model out of the box just seems a shame.

I never knew there was another resin maker doing engine detail for these. I’ve been waiting patiently for Scale productions to get there’s back in stock. I will have to look up roaring resins on FB. Thanks for sharing. 

Thanks Sonny. It's easier to contact Richie through this FB page, he is admin. 

F1 and Motorsport SIG (International Plastic Modellers Society)

Atb, Steve.

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