Unfinished or forgotten projects

While up in the loft tonight i found in a box something I started years ago.
Not based on anything as it was at a time i liked to build Hybrid things that I started a Ford Orion Cosworth which looked something like a smaller sapphire cossy.

I have decided to re strip the model and fit it all out with a cage etc and repaint
I will post pics up of what it looks like at the mo in a bit

This is well over 12 years old






Full strip down and re paint will be done

Hi Mark, is the model die cast or resin/ plastic? That's an interesting project. Did anyone ever rally (or road race?) an Orion? Can't say I've ever seen or heard of one being raced, so perhaps a shot at what could have been!

Have you progresses any further with your 6R4 'shop' diorama? I'd like to see how far you've got with that

Cheers, Steve

niall mcshea rallied 1 but it was box arched and the older shape.

I had one as road car and couldn't wait to get rid tail happy with a big boot

mconboy wrote:I had one as road car and couldn't wait to get rid tail happy with a big boot

bet she was good for carrying the shopping home in thou!.....ok ive got my coat and am now leaving the building!

No shopping just tools
Have a skoda now bigger boot

I ha e the older orion and this one which no one rallied later model as far as I know. Need to do some more with shop diorama

Diecast by schabak

Hampton Caught wrote: Did anyone ever rally (or road race?) an Orion?

Yes - in Argentina in 1997 - the Ford Escort TC 2000 Prototipo Oreste Berta. I think TC 2000 was a national race series for heavily modified road saloons, and Oreste Berta ran Fords for several years. Information very scarce - in English at least, but try http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_483313-Ford-Escort-TC-2000-Prototipo-1997.html , http://www.videladesign.com.ar/docs_english/english_berta_escort_05.htm , http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreste_Berta as starters. If you find out anything more, we'd be interested for imcdb.