After seeing my friend Val's tarmac version Golf GTI nearly in completion,
I tried reviving an old unfinished project of mine, a Ford Escort RS2000 by Matchbox.
I started with this project last year, and in the process,
something would break! So I would leave the thing for weeks,
even months at a time, frustrated.
It was actually a very hard project because of how fragile it was using only
styrene plastics and some ol' plastic rods as support for the fenders.
But I got inspired again when I saw the Golf GTI in its wip state.
There was a lot of sanding in between, correcting the angle and correct
side of the fender panels. I even grind the uneven wheel arches of the fender
to their correct shapes.
here are some wip pics...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5G5QkUAkmM1mKw5ZwcQK6LDqVNNY8zhMWoGSmJuHysik_YQjxkFKqrsE2D4WnKVUsUpknPXYy7N3LI4miDNpEUQ4nfP3bQ3AvDVvS2oLCB54uMsRPoCc8dFHr5mYbAeLERzhyphenhyphenovXR5w/s640/es2.jpg)
created the fender flairs from styrene plastics also,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkocJRzsegoJnDPQ_LkN4_qObCkB2hAHDktM3VFqa3vZgw82Ar7g6vxcBmbNCkR6Px3d1_FL4wznn5TXg3ZlVCkKK5aCsla4B0WhIWB8sEly2Ry6x14wNxWijS6j_ywObcETWZvDBhpw/s640/es3.jpg)
and added automotive putty as the filler for all the gaps.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLoW7-0gj5gFaSX5sWle4TQL3mlPF5QCpya99el8l-xH4_0ZUdPUmhGs4TqL51pH0ZTjaXO7IJ7IIRZ8VqgbYEu6dK03muiBEhugGBcP3zntfg6hqA-qgzYWlnI1JipXOEZhPXVMyYDA/s640/es4.jpg)
and after all the hard work..it finally paid off.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT4UQb1rCaSVRqr9YGG0HscaR0qGRxcWLnbHZ3mMXilKZRhsve0YB8n44T2-OkraRr2N44OzktysYZmPTDKaI4XsAqWTEnYpQI_rROmrdRkWmXTWo0DeSMGVTTbSuRDI6DHMlvbTCoKk/s640/es5.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGkDap_w7pwvuF9_FCpTxUzvQCNPmQObbMgWUMP00SdoSVGeCON6ud4ElDuCcY2E4Ux4ClYDEAQan0dkohREVggGG8Dq2KGLUbaIzTRkXFlZqEq9f7F-WrAk6RIL7wQbammU2m09e86w/s320/es6.jpg)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HvZRdnWaWDh3DI2MjsznZn-vd-AXoa2IiXjTj-axEUsEb2Fmva1ZePGrCDx4UiTjhpNBkT3r2po-SpNUzgb9YaYgegNlzFcdWJLwUFkyYHbHwI-MUx16eFdRb_hLzfGdIz3wIh5G_XY/s640/es7.jpg)
and some group pics with my other modified ford escorts.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_4zaUCItb1H_8a61CnE0K3u6jDDCdragKLop1LaU_2yPXxMyECiRPC2Ghc0FpkQPFhsqx1YfEDGZTkCmr-GiqOYygdhAS6AgOPIx4_K8aCd8Fc4GdNPI3HZVJ5rnQoslKpgJ-hr6-dY/s320/esg2.jpg)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG_uxQl9-PMLAmS94WSbLzac__eTP6zVpEN_CHmtceH2wZJhKUuZktmNxO01MqFBAYfduOVVPqiuoendblKzaYm_q5YViIbCIkLmM9bPBH-Bf3kGnzakN_zR9UhzfPkhdEHY72NP8DOI/s320/esg4.jpg)
I started with this project last year, and in the process,
something would break! So I would leave the thing for weeks,
even months at a time, frustrated.
styrene plastics and some ol' plastic rods as support for the fenders.
But I got inspired again when I saw the Golf GTI in its wip state.
side of the fender panels. I even grind the uneven wheel arches of the fender
to their correct shapes.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5G5QkUAkmM1mKw5ZwcQK6LDqVNNY8zhMWoGSmJuHysik_YQjxkFKqrsE2D4WnKVUsUpknPXYy7N3LI4miDNpEUQ4nfP3bQ3AvDVvS2oLCB54uMsRPoCc8dFHr5mYbAeLERzhyphenhyphenovXR5w/s640/es2.jpg)
created the fender flairs from styrene plastics also,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkocJRzsegoJnDPQ_LkN4_qObCkB2hAHDktM3VFqa3vZgw82Ar7g6vxcBmbNCkR6Px3d1_FL4wznn5TXg3ZlVCkKK5aCsla4B0WhIWB8sEly2Ry6x14wNxWijS6j_ywObcETWZvDBhpw/s640/es3.jpg)
and added automotive putty as the filler for all the gaps.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLoW7-0gj5gFaSX5sWle4TQL3mlPF5QCpya99el8l-xH4_0ZUdPUmhGs4TqL51pH0ZTjaXO7IJ7IIRZ8VqgbYEu6dK03muiBEhugGBcP3zntfg6hqA-qgzYWlnI1JipXOEZhPXVMyYDA/s640/es4.jpg)
and after all the hard work..it finally paid off.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT4UQb1rCaSVRqr9YGG0HscaR0qGRxcWLnbHZ3mMXilKZRhsve0YB8n44T2-OkraRr2N44OzktysYZmPTDKaI4XsAqWTEnYpQI_rROmrdRkWmXTWo0DeSMGVTTbSuRDI6DHMlvbTCoKk/s640/es5.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGkDap_w7pwvuF9_FCpTxUzvQCNPmQObbMgWUMP00SdoSVGeCON6ud4ElDuCcY2E4Ux4ClYDEAQan0dkohREVggGG8Dq2KGLUbaIzTRkXFlZqEq9f7F-WrAk6RIL7wQbammU2m09e86w/s320/es6.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQz_82k9Gc8KO737d5uzbOC0a3BSGxLDb6765MvacO2SrPIkHNUgEtj9QBCB4k7ATbXEnNK-hXsKZay9oTNNtQMhkTxAEpyMt0i4jwphzu4Rfw8JgpS0GOsvlKW-b6ChpRMAiOaMCZCGI/s320/es8.jpg)
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