#7 Mk5 WRC Ford Escort.

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by couchcrawler

lonelycreeper how does she run? Have you taken her out?

Haha, no driving yet, I am planning on running her at lunch tomorrow. Going to figure out a chassis cover then look out baseball diamond's, lol.

[Smile]

Originally Posted by lonleycreeper

Oh, cool. Just looking at the specs I didn't think I could. Is that stock gearing? Rally or just tarmac?

We mostly max out the gearing to 55/28 and never encountered any problem whatsoever. We run on tarmac, but I don't expect the ESC to have any difficulty running rally.

[lonleycreeper]

So I drove her today, not disappointed...
Enough speed, for me anyway, push under breaking, oversteer under throttle, dirty parking lot was fun...
Carnage...
I rolled it and scratched a sticker, and hit a pole and cracked the body...

[Nelanzor]

those cracks always hurt when you see them.
especially on a new body

[couchcrawler]

Sounds like you had fun. BTW what did you make you skid pan out of?

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by Nelanzor

those cracks always hurt when you see them.
especially on a new body

Yeah it hurts more when you do it your self, repairs underway now...

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by couchcrawler

Sounds like you had fun. BTW what did you make you skid pan out of?

Had a blast, first time ever driving a on road car, so def a new experience.
The skid is made from 22ga steel, shaped and drilled by hand.

[MiniT-Mdz]

Oh man! What a pity! It's painful to see that escort body cracked

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by MiniT-Mdz

Oh man! What a pity! It's painful to see that escort body cracked

Yeah it hurt, it is repaired now...


I just ordered a 66 Ford Mustang body to bash on lol.

[couchcrawler]

lonelycreeper do you recommend doing the body reinforcement prior to driving the Escort? How did you reinforce it?
Thanks

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by couchcrawler

lonelycreeper do you recommend doing the body reinforcement prior to driving the Escort? How did you reinforce it?
Thanks

Yes!!! Reinforce before running, otherwise your body will look like mine...

I used Shoo goo glue, and Fiberglass drywall tape...

[couchcrawler]

Thanks, wouldn't have thought about the fiberglass drywall tape. Where did you purchase the Escort?

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by couchcrawler

Thanks, wouldn't have thought about the fiberglass drywall tape. Where did you purchase the Escort?

It is a old trick from my racing days...
I purchased the Escort from my LHS... But last I checked tower hobbies has them in stock.

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by couchcrawler

Tower won't have them in until late April, I just need some patience, Thanks

Ouch, I had to wait 2 months to get mine.
I ran with a drift club tonight... Had a lot of fun, it ended up as a bash fest as these things often do...
A pic of a sample of cars...

[couchcrawler]

Hopefully, no new damages from last night?

[lonleycreeper]

Actually yes more damage, left rear corner cracked, right front fender tore, and popped a hole in the front bumper... Not all bon considering the head on colision, and various other hits I took. Repairs were made this morning.
I went to the LHS today and picked up a basher body for $20. It is a 56 Chevy pickup, by Parma. Hpi rims shown...

[couchcrawler]

Ouch, I like your new body, how are you going to paint it?

[lonleycreeper]

Thinking 2 tone paint, white or off white for the top and candy red for the bottom.
Maybe candy red on top and white on bottom, or?...

[couchcrawler]

Have you used candy spray before? Does it actually show a good candy shading/color? I like the white top, red body.

[lonleycreeper]

My experience with candy red...

Looks pretty good IMO.