Things done so far:

-Main Engine built
-Body in the primer ( most parts )
-Most engine detail painted and partially put together
-started on the rear-axle, partly painted, partly put together.

Ok; Some pictures:
The engine so far
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke013.jpg
The shocks; a little bit of glossy black is needed for the springs. The tubes got a layer of BMF
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke014.jpg
Intake manifold so far
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke015.jpg
Body primered
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke016.jpg
My spraypaint cabin :cry:
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke017.jpg

And then we have another problem/issue/brain-breaker:
http://www.maxtune-d.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/jag293.jpg
As you can see; next to the doors are seems between the bodypanels. They shouldn't be there. But the construction of all XKE kits are the same and the seems are not avoidable.

But I want to get the seems fixed. It should be possible.
I figured this way would be the best. Fix the interiour; place it inside the car, tape all the openings shut, fill up the seems, spray paint the whole car and get rid of the tape and finish construction.
Sounds simple, but the construction is pretty complicated. So if there are some ideas, please share

Eric, It's a bit late I know but there is a way to get round it. You glue the shell halves together first and cut the floorpan out along the straight edges where the floor meets the sills. The shell can then be pulled open the get the interior part in place. Nice looking build all the same!

Thanks!, it is certainly not too late, I was planning of working on the shells this weekend.
The blue Jaguar is a kit I finished in January this year, this is a new project.

But I do not completely get you, which straight edges? and which sills?

I was thinking of glueing the body and the floorpan together, and later shuff the interior in place, I think this could be pulled of with some minor adjustments to the firewall.

I totally agree with you, those panellines need to go.

I did a roadster gunze Etype some time ago and I glued it together with the interior in place, puttied the unneccessary lines and then shot it with paint after masking the top part of the interior.

But I guess it's different with an engine... I guess you could pre-paint everything once, when it's just in parts, then glue the bodyparts together... putty and sand that area... Then you have the interior and engine in place, tape everything off and spray it till it glosses perfectly.

Come to think of it... sounds like a lot of work.
And I 'm lazy. So good luck on either way you choose!

Oli

The sills are just the curved parts of the floorpan (between the wheels and under the lower doorline) which glue to the upper bodyshell. The flat-ish part of the floorpan meets this curved shape with a step. Glue the two bodyparts together first and then cut along this step on each side. You'll have to tidy the cuts and you may need to add strips to the floor part if you 've used a thick cutting blade.

I looked at cutting the firewall but decided the interior wouldn't go in through it. Let me know if you have any success going that route if that's what you decide.

Good luck

Aircraft modelers usually finish the cockpit, including detailing and painting, then put fuselage parts together, mask the cockpit opening, then pain the body. I think the practice works well on any E-type.

If I were you, I'd completely finish the interior first (assuming body's properly cleaned and primed), then glue the body parts together, mask, paint the body color and remove the masking.

In any case, dry-fit as many parts as possible to simulate the rest of the assembly after painting the body.

@Bigfrit: that was the way how I was going to do it in the first place, but the problem there is to mask everything from the inside, which is difficult, and when wetsanding, you can get the masking off and get some paint inside.
So I thought it over and over:

@cinqster: thank you so much for your help. I am going for the option without cutting, this could be either a giant mistake or it is going to work out, we'll going to see soon.

This is the no way back point.

I just glued the body top and the floorpan together, Nothing attached to it!

This is how it looks when you put those two together according to the building sheet:
http://www.maxtune-d.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/jag165.jpg

The difficulty is to install all the interior from the outside: Challenge!

A useful reference thread here, also including discussion about how to solve that seam issue:

http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34401

Thanks, I'm going to find some time to get through that one.

The color of the interior, this is a bit bright, actual color is darker
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke018.jpg
And the body and floorpan together: aaaah 8)
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke019.jpg
http://www.firerods.com/unfinished/1964%20Jaguar%20XKE/slides/1964xke020.jpg

Keep the pics coming Eric.

Thought you may be interested in my build - but there's probably nothing there to help you very much:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=489480

I've added it just incase anyone give me grief for not finishing it! :) Hoping to get back to it soon.