Viking Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Well I'm a bit of a lurker in the vehicle section, there is so much beautiful work here. I'm pretty much an aircraft builder, mainly WW1 and airliners, and started a Revell Routemaster last year which I'm still struggling with. Anyway I decided to tackle something less ambitious and summoned up courage to join in with a car build. I saw this Airfix Jaguar in the shop and thought It would be a good one to have a go with. I've always liked Le Mans cars, beauty and hairy chested muscle power in one package, although I don't know much about them. The Jag called out 'buy me and build me', so it went straight from shop to workbench as a fun diversion from my usual stuff. Here it is, hope you like; The wide white stripe is Halfords appliance white from the rattle can, the gunmetal is airbrushed Citadel Boltgun metal darkened with a little black to match the 'claw slash' decal stripes. Wheels are Alclad aluminium, headlights alclad chrome. The chrome window edgings is bare metal chrome foil. The only mod I made was to the roof arial which looked a like a broomstcik, it was so thick. I replaced it with a bit of fishing line. Body is brushed with Johnsons Kleer befeore and after decalling. All these things are form my standard aircraft building stuff. I must say I was astounded by the supreme accuracy of fit of the whole kit, it was flawless and brilliant. I'm hooked, I've got the Airfix Aston DBR9 to go with it now! Thanks for looking, John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Lovely looking motor John. Very tasty in that colour scheme as well. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Brilliant stuff. I've built this one twice now, once as the 'wide bodied' version in blue, which needed two body shells...... Love it. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbrol007 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 What a good looking cat you've got there. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 That's lovely John! Brushed on Kleer? Why do we bother with expensive & dangerous 2K clear coats & the like when you can get a finish like that so simply?! Beautiful Jag! keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Nice Jag. I found one of these at a carboot. For a quid. Just finished combining it with a 1/48th P 38 Lightning as a Maschinen Krieger flier. I'm not on photobucket. But if you want a look, PM me your email & I'll send a couple of shots. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Nice Jag. I found one of these at a carboot. For a quid. Just finished combining it with a 1/48th P 38 Lightning as a Maschinen Krieger flier. I'm not on photobucket. But if you want a look, PM me your email & I'll send a couple of shots. Pete A car combined with aircraft???? That I'd like to see!!! Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Viking Apart from your obvious skill... Isnt it kind of wonderful to look at those pics and realise that thats an Airfix kit.... Been a long time coming... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 That looks great, it really does. I think this and the DBR9 are great kits. Watch out for the orange stripe decal on the DBR... it's not quite the right size, and is best applied in several pieces to get the front grille surround, the badges and the bonnet scoops in the right places, with some judicious touching up afterwards... But I'm sure yours will look as good as this one, and they'll make a lovely pair. bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) Another tip on the Aston - ignore the instructions where it tells you to fix the lower front of the body to the base, and then at the end, put the body shell on and fix the upper/lower front together. It won't fit properly. Fix the whole body shell together early on, and paint it as one. It won't affect the later assembly to the base, and you will have a neat, tidy front end. BTW.... The door inserts are just printed on photo paper, but hide the plain door skins when you look through the windows. Roy. Edited June 30, 2013 by roymattblack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick02k Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Looks absolutely wonderful. Have looked at this kit before and wondered if it would build into a good model, concidering the cheap price. But it looks great. Well done. Ive wanted to try a car for ages but been put off by tamiyas pretty high prices. Will probably pick this up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Thanks for the comments & tips, much appreciated. Roy - I was wondering about fixing that lower front part to the main bodyshell, thanks for confirming it can be done. Also I'll section up thet orange decal, looks like you've helped me avoid frustration & possible disaster there. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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