Jaguar XJR14 - 1991 24 hours of Le Mans - Studio27 - 1/24

Finished this Studio27 Jaguar XJR14 today. It represents the car Andy Wallace used to set the 2nd fastest time in qualifying. The car was never raced at Le Mans though.

The kit wasn't build OOB as there were a few things I thought could be done better:

Instead of using the decals for the dark purple I sprayed those.
The mirrors were too big and the shape was incorrect. They were replaced with scratchbuild ones.
I added a couple of "missing" items to the interior. Most noticable are the fans on the dashboard which are clearly visible through the bit windscreen.
The air-intakes for the rearbrakes were too big, so I scratchbuild a couple of new ones.
Biggest challenge was the huge rear wing. This contains 4 white-metal wing-elements, 2 PE endplates and a single PE middle pillar. You can imagine the weight of this contraption. I dare say it came out pretty ok in the end .

So, on to the pictures:
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That's awesome!

Very nice job on one of the coolest GTP cars ever!

Mike

Beautiful paintwork. Very nice.

Beautiful build of a beautiful car...FIA almost killed prototype sportscar racing during that period, thankfully it survived.

Simply perfect to me !! :thumbsup:

I have to say you've done a impressive job. outstanding! really nice.

WOW! very impressive, one of the most beautiful cars of that era.
i recently finished ST27's Mercedes C291 so i know your pain with the white metal wings !

Paul

Impressive and really beautiful. I can imagine headache rear wing has been!

Great work! I love it!

Great...!!!

brilliant work, love the flawless paintjob!

i can imagine the hair-pulling moments you had with the rear wing :D

Very nice build. Very nice paintjob!

That's a beauty :wink:

this is a superb model, thanks for sharing it.

Wow what a superb Cat....
And yes those vans on the dashboard are a nice touch to to completed model Tim.
How did you solve the problem of that weight of this PE rearwing?

Excellent work, I like it :)

You did a wonderful job, well done.

great job on this one !!

Awesome!

Very cool.. One of my favorite cars