Advice R/C Mk2 Escort 1/10

Advice R/C Mk2 Escort 1/10

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CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Made some seats!

I did some sintra (the black plastic sheet stuff) work, I wanted to try doing some good enough seats. Since the batteries are two 1s cells one each side of the transmission tunnel, I am making seats that will somewhat hide them. The batteries are a bit bigger than ideal scale wise to hide under the seats, but the seats are not completely out of proportions I think. Maybe just a tad too high and small.

I formed a bit with a propane torch lol now that's some precise heat modulation (not!)



Then glued double thickness sides roughly cut to shape





And started carving a shape in the double layer to make it a bucket:




Looks pretty good in there I think!






And then I realized I forgot the holes for the seatbelts, as in the reference Sparco seat I found on Google






I enjoyed it, not too much waiting on the glue to set, and more carving with the dremel. Doing an interior on the Hilux, it gets long waiting for parts to cure. I am using Gorilla glue gel which was recommended for this material here, but it does not dry all that fast. Maybe I'm using too much of it? I feel like if I put less it will be too weak. It would be cool if the glue would set quickly and be ready to work, cut and grind few seconds layer but that's not the case. So I glue a piece and then go work on something else.

Next should be a steering. Not sure what I can use for the actual steering with proper diameter (don't really want to make one out of a sheet of sintra lol)

Thanks for looking!

Frederik

CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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So I started with a properly shaped blank and drilled some eyeballs, cut a grille opening:







Searching for a material for the grille pieces, I found tie wraps just about the right size, but realized the plate was not deep enough to add a grill surrounding that would not poke out (tie wraps were just a tad wide). So I shimmed with an additional layer.




I also used the same black tie wraps to do the headlight surround, glued and held with another tie wrap smile And then glued them to the thing, and added a center post to help hold the grille pieces later on.







Then started adding tie wraps one at a time, wait for the glue to set enough to do the next.. long process, but at least I don't have to cut each stripe manually! I'm pretty sure I could not cut the stripes even enough for a nice look.






Finished grille:






Some paint on!
















Fred


CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Some rear lights (stickers):







Then I finalized the lights with some warm white LEDs, made a simple harness that can go through the small firewall hole and disconnect from the body in the engine bay.

I'm kind of a 1:1 automotive lighting geek, retrofitting projectors in my cars, so I like that it actually has a scale light pattern! It has a cutoff at the right place lol It even has a proper drop at the scale 25ft distance :laughing: Only thing is the right headlight is aligned a tad low.










Also I added some aluminum tape inside the body to block the light, otherwise I could see the sun shining through the doors and see the rollcage through the door panels lol Now the color looks much more solid. Makes for a nicer interior too hahaha Hopefully it will not block the radio transmission! lol I thought about that after the fact...






Made some interior details, steering is a slice of pvc pipe cut and sanded smooth. Shifter is a guitar string with shrink tube on. The black plastic is still sintra material, and a small aluminum sheet for the steering center.






















Edited by CPU317PNDP on Friday 19th February 23:43


Edited by CPU317PNDP on Friday 19th February 23:50

shedweller

545 posts

110 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Nice work Frederik! - Where do you get the reflectors and lamps from? I am working on a lancia delta with a fpv cockpit/driver and I am looking for nice quality, working scale lamps for a pod on the front and being able to have a dipped and spot beam would be great....

CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Sunday 28th February 2021
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shedweller said:
Nice work Frederik! - Where do you get the reflectors and lamps from? I am working on a lancia delta with a fpv cockpit/driver and I am looking for nice quality, working scale lamps for a pod on the front and being able to have a dipped and spot beam would be great....
Thanks! The lights were from Deal Extreme (DX) website, selling a bunch of chinese stuff. I think they are also available from other website like aliexpress, they are 20mm lenses if I remember correctly, I tried to find a link and got this below, just be careful the light angle you choose will determine which lenses look you get.

I don't recall which angle are the ones I got. If you take the wrong angle you will get either some dimples model or the flat one which are not very scale. I'll try to find the angle of mine and let you know. I bought a bunch and use them on different projects, when it is too big I grind the diameter down a bit with a dremel. And I put a layer of aluminum tape at the back to block light from bleeding, and it gives a slight silver bottom, I guess it helps a bit in the look.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32621332700.html?s...


CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Wednesday 24th November 2021
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A small video of the little Escort this summer smile Ended up popping a tire off the rim that day, but still managed to take some video. I really need to find a way to film this thing better though. Not easy to catch realistic views as it goes pretty fast and it is tiny.



dom9

8,040 posts

208 months

Wednesday 24th November 2021
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AWESOME!!! Great work!

CPU317PNDP

11 posts

60 months

Wednesday 1st December 2021
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dom9 said:
AWESOME!!! Great work!
Thanks Dom9! biggrin

_Al_

5,550 posts

257 months

Tuesday 21st December 2021
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Wow! Amazing skills and dedication!