cmatthewbacon Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 ... you know how sometimes a project just seems like the right one to do right now? Well, I've been noodling with the Murcielago SV, but I suddenly got the urge to build an XJ220. Don't ask me why... The usual start with Zero Paints for the body. This is meant to be "Silverstone Green", one of the exclusive colours for the XJ220. It's NOT meant to be any kind of British Racing Green, and I found some excellent pictures of a car on sale that categorically is Silverstone Green. This is specially mixed by Steve at Hiroboy -- a "Pacific Green" originally found on a Mustang. The colour codes for the original paint are not in the 15 pages of database entries for Jaguar colours on Lechler mixing tool, so I had to get something close. One source pointed to Boyd "Chezoom Teal" which is available in a Testors can, but is not in the DB either, so this is the closest I could get after rather a lot of online research. I wanted to keep the wing painted with the body to make sure it was exactly the same colour -- I learned that lesson the hard way! As always, the clear coat transforms the colour. I'm quite happy with this, since it matches my reference pictures pretty well. It's hard to photograph! The headlight covers raise and lower, and fit rather well -- these are taped on for effect and came slightly loose before I took the pix. On to the rather neat engine now... bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Beautiful. Being a bit of a Jaguar fan, this is right up my street. Will it be a racer, or road car? I'll be following........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks, Roy. Straight road car all the way. As close as I can get to this: http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/391/Blue_Chip_and_Competition_Cars/Jaguar_XJ220.html bestest, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Looking good and as always a very neat and tidy paint job Quick question as i only ever see you use zeros paint your probably one of the best to ask, i am in the near future starting tamiyas redbull f1 car and it requires two colours so my question is after painting the yellow should i gloss coat it before masking it off to do the blue or should i leave it as the matt finish you get before clear coating when I mask it Cheers Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencie Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Good start, great colour choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nice colour, keep up the good work dude.All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Looking good and as always a very neat and tidy paint job Quick question as i only ever see you use zeros paint your probably one of the best to ask, i am in the near future starting tamiyas redbull f1 car and it requires two colours so my question is after painting the yellow should i gloss coat it before masking it off to do the blue or should i leave it as the matt finish you get before clear coating when I mask it Cheers Shaun Thanks, all, and for Shaun specifically... i'd do all the colours in the base coat first and then gloss coat the whole thing... Actually, I'd primer the whole thing, mask the bits that will be blue and paint the yellow, and then mask the yellow bits and paint the blue. That way you'll be sure of getting "pure" colours in the right places... bestest, M Edited July 8, 2014 by cmatthewbacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Cheers Thanks for that Matt Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Thanks, guys. Lots of things going on in real life at the moment, so progress is slow, but it hasn't quite ground to a halt completely. The value of good references! This is one of two books on the XJ220. One costs £1750 in a limited edition of 1000, with a leather slipcase and signed by many members of the XJ220 team. It's definitive. This one, on the other hand, cost £8 from one of many Amazon marketplace sellers, and gets the job done! Basic colours are Humbrol Metalcote "Polished Aluminium" and 56 Flat Aluminium. Citadel washes and detail painting in various metallics, and the Jaguar and XJ220 titles picked out in chrome silver marker pen ink. Cats and exhausts in Humbrol Chrome Silver spray, with discoloration added using Citadel purple, blue and sepia washes. Dropped onto the chassis and test fitted to see what you can actually see through the rear window area. Quite a lot... Some plumbing under way. There's no way I'm doing all the tubes and pipes that are under there, but a reasonable selection of them should busy it up nicely. That's the downside of having excellent reference images. When do you stop detailing? ;-P ...a few more pipes going in. The big ones are electrical wire with the original flexy copper pulled out and replaced with thicker wire that holds its shape. No idea what these do, but it's starting to look crowded round there, which is definitely a characteristic of the real thing... bestest, M. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Love the look of the turbos and silencer box, citadel washes are a new one to me. Ill have to look into them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Excellent work with the washes and plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockster Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Exhausts are nicely blued, good job. :-) :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Oh wow I missed this one, one of my favourite cars of all time. Loving the paint work, I'd say you've nailed the colour pretty well Hard to believe that, the engine comes from an MG Metro eh? Looking forward to more Kind Regards, Dazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 ...thanks, guys. I should be back to the bench post house move before too long... ...I think the "comes from an MG Metro" was a story trotted out by the "investors" who wanted out of their supercar commitment in the face of financial crisis... The V12 in the concept simply wouldn't fit in the "real-world" car. And the engine that went in (with more power, and a lot less weight) was a specialised TWR racing unit, as used in Jaguar's XJR-10 and 11 Le Mans cars. And yes, the basic powerplant started life as a Cosworth engine for the MG Metro 6R4 Group B car, but the 6R4 had about as much in common with an MG Metro as a Lancia 037 has with a Beta Monte Carlo, or the Audi and Mercedes DTM cars with their road-going "equivalents". The body is vaguely road-car shaped -- the rest is a new car. I'm REALLY looking forward to being able to progress the XJ220. Partly because I want to see it finished, but also because it'll be the clear indicator that my new modelling den is "fully operational..." bestest, M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 What if the Metro 6R4 had been fitted with the XJ220 engine ???? If Group B hadn't been cancelled maybe it might have happened !!! Just a thought ........ Gary . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Haha when I said MG Metro, I did mean the 6R4 (awesome car!) not your typical boy racer run about I do remember reading that the plan was to bolt two of the 6R4's engines together to make a V12 and sell the XJ220 like that. Dunno how true that is tho. Anyhow, both are awesome cars, looking forward to seeing some more progress as and when Kind Regards Dazz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Looking very nice Matthew All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Well, it has been a while. Since the last bulletin, my wife's been ordained, we've moved house, my eldest has left for university at King's College, London...and my dedicated modelling shed has transformed into most of a garage: Anyway, on with the important stuff -- I'm back at the bench! The Jaguar has got some seats at last. Cockpit in various Vallejo tones of beige and sand. Home made belts with some spare Hobby Design brass buckles. The dash responds really well to some detail painting. Very eighties plastics, too... Brake disks painted with Humbrol Metalcote steel -- polished on the rotors, left matt grey on the callipers, and painted with Citadel Boltgun Metal in the centres. I could drill them, or draw tiny dots for holes, but given that they completely disappear inside those alloy wheels, I'm not going to bother. Cockpit all together. I'm still slowly working on cabling and piping the engine, and I'm getting to the point where the engine bay needs to come together around the engine and frame, so I can start on the plumbing that attaches to the walls... Progress won't be quick (still many other demands on my time) but at least I'm making some headway, and it feels good! bestest, M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 That's one tasty looking car. Choice of colour is spot on as well. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Very nice looking work. I had a small hand in the development of the XJ220 so this is of particular interest to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Just-right finishes Mr. Bacon-a hallmark of your work. I just love the 'heated and nicely used' look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfinlay Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Lovely build, the XJ220 is a fantastic looking car and you are really doing it justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks, chaps! I think I've done as much plumbing round the engine as I can stand (and fit in...) The big insulated pipes are made from solder, wrapped in the embossed paper/foil from a cigarette packet. Whenever I see a fresh empty packet dropped somewhere, I always plunder it for modelling goodness before putting it in the bin and tut-tutting... See that tiny splash of red, buried deep in the guts of the thing, in the angle of the two insulated pipes? That's the distributor, properly wired with six plug leads, all going to the right places on the cylinder heads... At least I'll know it's there.... It's now a bit of a 3D puzzle. The instructions would have you add the firewall to the cockpit, but I can't see any reason why I can't complete the engine bay with four walls at this stage. The piping on the blue tank and coming out of the firewall are is new -- a combination of fuse wire, aluminium tube and rubbery jewellery elastic. The two insulated wires coming out of the right hand wall have to wrap around the back of the connector on top of the blue tank, so that corner has to get done first. I have no idea where to finish them off -- somewhere down in front of the engine. Equally, I'm not sure where the pipes from the front of the engine terminate, so they'll just get lost in the spaghetti junction of the firewall. The two insulated pipes coming over the left of the engine terminate in that black box on the wall -- that one I CAN see in my pictures. There's probably rather less than half the plumbing of the real thing, but it'll look busy enough I reckon... Time to try a test fit! Wish me luck! bestest, M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I was drooling over this last week at Haynes motor museum in Sparkford 3 miles down the road from the FAAM Well worth a visit if you stay an extra day after the Yeovilton model show Sorry it.s silver Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 The big insulated pipes are made from solder, wrapped in the embossed paper/foil from a cigarette packet. I would not have guessed how you did this, its very effective. Lovely work overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now