SCX Ford Escort MK2

rallyhub · 2nd-Jan-23, 06:00 PM

Happy New Year to everyone here at SlotRacer online.
Just for fun, here are a few photos of my SCX Ford Escort MK2 collection:

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JasonB · 2nd-Jan-23, 06:44 PM

Fantastic track and photos as always Hub. Thumbup

The SCX Escort mkII is one of my favourite cars. It's not the fastest, but it's such a lot of fun. It's got just the right amount of power, it loves to wag it's tail, but it's so controllable, even when it's sideways. It is the perfect rally car in my humble opinion. Rally

It's also a car from my childhood, when I used to go out watch the RAC rally with my Dad, so there is a nostalgic attachment too.

Happy New Year.

Kevan · 2nd-Jan-23, 06:47 PM

Quite often I like to choose an SCX Mk2 as one of my 4 cars on Rally night, PCS rear tyres and ballast inside the car...it goes nicely.

rallyhub · 3rd-Jan-23, 08:45 AM

(2nd-Jan-23, 06:44 PM)JasonB Wrote: It's also a car from my childhood, when I used to go out watch the RAC rally with my Dad, so there is a nostalgic attachment too.

Happy New Year.

As we all know, it's the rally car of the 'seventies RAC Rally.
At that time I could only follow the RAC Rally through (too) short sports reports on TV and was really impressed.
In my opinion it was the best rally ever. It's a real shame it doesn't exist anymore.

Here are some close-ups of the SCX Escort MK2:

Scuderia_Turini · 3rd-Jan-23, 09:11 PM

I once used two of these for a "Boy's Night". The gentlemen of a "certain age" thoroughly enjoyed the event and found the cars easy to drive. Mind you I had to buy five to get two that ran to a similar performance (LOL).

Leo

Kevan · 3rd-Jan-23, 09:41 PM

(3rd-Jan-23, 09:11 PM)Scuderia_Turini Wrote: ...Mind you I had to buy five to get two that ran to a similar performance (LOL).

Leo

I've heard that excuse before Rofl

steveaca · 4th-Jan-23, 06:26 AM

Love them !
I have three of them. One has been fitted with a Hawk FC-130 18k motor and Slot.it running gear and another is about to be fitted with a 3D printed chassis, both fantasy re-liveried as racing (not rally) cars. The third , a #1 Eaton Yale car has been maintained in original form except for some urethane rear tyres.

rallyhub · 4th-Jan-23, 09:02 AM

(4th-Jan-23, 06:26 AM)steveaca Wrote: Love them !
I have three of them. One has been fitted with a Hawk FC-130 18k motor and Slot.it running gear and another is about to be fitted with a 3D printed chassis, both fantasy re-liveried as racing (not rally) cars. The third , a #1 Eaton Yale car has been maintained in original form except for some urethane rear tyres.

Mine are still standard.
The one with the most appealing colour scheme is Russell Brookes' Heat For Hire Escort in my opinion.
I saw him during the Tulip Rally of 1977 in the Netherlands as a truant schoolboy in a yellow jacket:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/image/348812/?entry=373832
The following year he came back and won the very rainy Dutch event.

Here are a few photos of Russels' RAC Rally 1979 SCX Escort:

Kevan · 4th-Jan-23, 10:07 AM

(4th-Jan-23, 09:02 AM)rallyhub Wrote: .
The one with the most appealing colour scheme is Russell Brookes' Heat For Hire Escort in my opinion.
I saw him during the Tulip Rally of 1977 in the Netherlands as a truant schoolboy in a yellow jacket:

What on earth was Russell Brookes doing dressed as a truant schoolboy in a yellow jacket

rallyhub · 4th-Jan-23, 11:56 AM

Emphasis used incorrectly?