oh, and I just found this one at the local fresh food people:
You got this one Drew?
 

Handy shop to know of, thanks.

Just realised that now they are advertising on here (big ads between sentences) since I've looked at the shop from your link !

to continue the dumbquestion series, can anyone tell me what these 2 plates are, where do they go, do I need them, and  do they come in different colours? Steel, have been previously painted, and I expect fixed with self tappers by the looks. I thoguth they may have had soemthign to do with the heater? Mudflat support gizmo's?
 

 
 
And I think i'd like to track down one of these for the dash.
If anyone has one they'd be happy to sell, or any leads please let me know.
Have a good weekend fellas.

thanks Marty, x2.
 
My Raptor stuff is due in Monday, so its only had 2 coats of exposy so far.
Thanks for solving the puzzle.
 
Happy to place the first order for a clock pod, whenever it comes into being.
Don't change your priorities though, I'm miles from needing it, and you have a deadline promise to keep.
 
 

deano
oh, and I just found this one at the local fresh food people:
You got this one Drew?
 

Nice one Deano, no I haven't found the red one yet, got a GT40 the other day though and rumour has it theres a Transit Supervan out there.
Haha I told myself I wasn't going to start actively looking for them but here I am

This is the one I found.
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I've never really collected models, I've always been vary of that rabbit hole and have just stuck to the real cars.
These are a bit of fun though, I'll have a hunt while I'm waiting for the Mrs at the shops and will look out for and visa versa, other cars for my mates and their kids.

A mate has lent me a Sport fascia panel. I'd planned to try and draw it up, so I can 3D print a custom one, or rearrange to go more the RS version.
Unfortunately I didnt realise how complex the unit actually is, waaay beyond my drawing skillset.
 
The van and Sport versions are virtually identical, just the centre fuel/temp gauge, even the guage membrane was similar:

The fascia itself looked like it went through the 90's colour coding fad, but would be rescuable:

 
Not sure exactly what had happenned to the odo in the vans dash, numbers just were vanished off it..


I'm sure its totally outlawed in 39 countries to touch this, so I'll get it looked at by an authorised repairer of course...
or get another one
 
My current thoughts if possible  would be to find/print/cobble an RS fascia, and put new individual guages behind it, out of their cases ideally, and all behind the curved perspex so it looks traditional. So a bit more thinking.
 
 

Hehe MarkA , I remember when they came on the scene around 20+yrs ago, a dash almost suitable for a mk1 Escort (chev blazer) was nearly $1000+post back then, yikes, hopefully they've gotten cheaper over the years like any tech gizmo !