Burned out Ford Escort Mk3

Interesting subject. Is there a prototypical story behind this diorama or your own idea?

Please describe how you achieved the burned effect on the body

It was just idea I had in the early hours of the morning :P The burned effect was mostly a lucky guess, I started with a basecoat of black, and airbrushed white over it, as it was only my 2nd time using an airbrush the flow was quite uneven, and this created the ashy white areas, after that I went over the darker areas with a grey mixture, and brushed on the rust colour. I also peeled of a few sections of the black paint as it reacted (luckily)

Interesting - I've seen a few of these, either insurance or "finished joyriding" ones.

What model is it (the rear spats suggest an XR3 / XR3i or RS1600i, but these all had a boot spoiler)? 

It's an XR3i, It's a 1/25 kit by AMT, I've not actually ever seen another one, so in hindsight I maybe should have kept it in one piece! Though it wasn't in the best condition when I got it. I do have the rear spoiler here, it's also got an optional biplane spoiler like the one from the Sierra XR4.

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It's an XR3i, It's a 1/25 kit by AMT, I've not actually ever seen another one, so in hindsight I maybe should have kept it in one piece! Though it wasn't in the best condition when I got it. I do have the rear spoiler here, it's also got an optional biplane spoiler like the one from the Sierra XR4.

I take it from this & your avatar picture that you're a Ford fan?

I had an XR4i a long while back - loved that car! Considered throwing a 24v Granada Cosworth lump in it, but at the time they were hard to get hold of & a bit on the expensive side...........

It was just the same cologne V6 but bored out to 2.9 with better internals wasn't it? It's probably a more common conversion now, either that or the XB

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It was just the same cologne V6 but bored out to 2.9 with better internals wasn't it? It's probably a more common conversion now, either that or the XB

Thats the standard 2.9 12v. The 2.8 was push-rod OHV with siamesed exhaust ports & as such was difficult to tune to any extent without doing something radical like adding a turbo or supercharger, all the regular tuning routes like big valve heads, exhaust & inlet tweaking weren't really worth the bother.

The 2.9 12v did away with the siamesed exhaust ports, but wasn't really a huge improvement, the 2.9 24V Cosworth unit on the other hand really only retained the 2.9 block, which was strengthened & had a pair of Cosworth developed twin OHC 4 valve per cylinder heads put on it & was a huge improvement.

The back end of the 2.9 Cosworth block was designed for the Granada auto box, which made a straight swap for the 2.8 or 2.9 12v pretty difficult & it was a while before anything became readily available to join the two..........

Ahh learn something new every day! The Cortina is more my field of knowledge, or the XB lump :P