Sabrejet 5,556 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Finished! MFH 1/43 Jaguar XJR-9 from the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. Merry Christmas! 33 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Toftdale 482 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I'd be over the moon to get that much detail into a 1/24. Great job 1 Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 644 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Wow, that does look good! Trevor 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JeroenS 6,551 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 That's amazing detail you put in there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Escaflowne 114 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Great work on this Xjr-9, beautiful The varnish is over decals please ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TonyW 10,816 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Superb modelling. Tony. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet 5,556 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Escaflowne said: Great work on this Xjr-9, beautiful The varnish is over decals please ? Yes - Mr Hobby Topcoat. Purple is Zero Paints and I had meant to use Zero Paints lacquer but the Mr Hobby seemed to work OK. Link to post Share on other sites
Bengalensis 7,516 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Fantastic work! Very well done! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
keefr22 13,833 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 That's a real gem, beautifully clean build and finish - I'm very impressed and not a little jealous of how well you've done the glass work, something I've really struggled with on my last three 24th builds for some reason! Lovely little Jag! Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet 5,556 Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 9 hours ago, keefr22 said: That's a real gem, beautifully clean build and finish - I'm very impressed and not a little jealous of how well you've done the glass work, something I've really struggled with on my last three 24th builds for some reason! Lovely little Jag! Keith I managed to not drop this one, and lost no parts to the carpet monster either. That was until I went to put it in my display case. Whereupon somehow it rolled off and is now in several pieces. Luckily I took the photos beforehand and luckily all of the breaks are at joints (wing, splitter etc), but for now it's on the shelf of shame. It is my own fault - if I'd glued the wheels on (or at least one of them), it wouldn't have been able to roll in the first place! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
keefr22 13,833 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thats a real shame, hope you can get it fixed soon. I usually have no choice but to glue wheels on as I invariably manage to break at least one hub unit when trying to push them on their polycaps! Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites
swralph 1,958 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Excellent modelling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kitkent 554 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Wow that's really impressive! Never seen one these MFH kits in detail before,very nice to see the result.Looks like it all goes together pretty well too. Chris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Windy37 1,065 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 The level of detail at such a small scale is amazing. I gave up on 1:24 photo etch seat harnesses recently , because too fiddly . Top marks too you ! Gary . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Edge 724 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Stupendous! Hope you manage to put it back together. Edge 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RabRoberts 177 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Ooft, that's stunning, beautiful detailing and a superb finish, I need one of these. Rab 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMCS 6,097 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Stunning 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fazmodeller 46 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Simply superb modelling. Looks like a 1/24 build with extensive detail. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stevehnz 11,127 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Damn, blast & bother, it had a big tick coming it's way so guess I'll have to back date it to how it was. Really quite wonderful. Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
johnlambert 2,300 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 That is absolutely exquisite work, I swear your model is better detailed (and it's almost certainly better finished) than the real thing Without the pencil for scale there is practically no way to tell how small it is, which makes the level of detail even more breath-taking. But maybe your next project should be some 1/43rd scale wheel chocks to prevent further runaways 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Stickframe 487 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 This has been a fun build to watch and see completed, and as noted - the outcome considering the scale or not (thanks for showing the pencil) makes it all that much more remarkable - beautiful work! Sorry to hear about the run in with the "pit wall" after the "race"....very frustrating. Maybe once your blood pressure drops back to an acceptable level you can take it into the shop for repairs? Anyway, looking forward to your next project Nick 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sennapod 57 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Have you tricked us all by photographing it next to a MASSIVE pencil? . ...That is truly excellent detailed modelling and finishing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FunkyChiken 138 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 That is stunning, I can't believe the detail at that scale. Amazing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Vesa Jussila 923 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Perfect work! I can find only one mistake. It's not a Porsche 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet 5,556 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said: Perfect work! I can find only one mistake. It's not a Porsche I'm sure one will be along soon... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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