1964 Jaguar Type E Low Drag Super light

1/24 Profil24 resin curbside. Paint is Krylon Hunter Green followed by Omni 2 part clear. Lots of Photoetch makes the build interesting. Built straight from the box. Trickiest part was the windows... There are no window frames!

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Quite simply love it - my favourite type/period.

Beautifully put together and finished.

Have to say though that the panel lines look disappointingly soft on that kit. Did you consider filling and re-scribing?

Looks great :sunglasse

I got the glass to fit well, but I wasn't happy w/the visible glue joint, so I wet the joint (I used Formula 560, thankfully), removed the glass/glue, then did the modern "Sharpie outline" on the inside glass to make the glue joint invisible. I prefer the clean look vs. what I had.

I really enjoyed building mine, even if it was during a LeMans palooza. Probably the most beautiful E Type ever.

Quite simply love it - my favourite type/period.

Beautifully put together and finished.

Have to say though that the panel lines look disappointingly soft on that kit. Did you consider filling and re-scribing?

Panel lines were deepened.... 2 part clear likes to make its home in the cracks!!! :) :) Ask anyone here.... thick paint is my trademark!!

Thanks guys..... Bob, I remember yours.... quite nice for a 24 hour build!!!! LOL!

DaveT

Panel lines were deepened.... 2 part clear likes to make its home in the cracks!!! :) :)
LOL fair enough - you can't do more than that! :thumbsup:

Looks cool, Dave.

I have no reference material, but wasn´t there a rubber gasket around the windows at tine 1:1 car?

WOW, both a beautiful car and build.....
Congrats!!!



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Brilliant finish, looks superb! The lightweight E-Types were fantastic looking cars. I am in the process of trying to make a lightweight E-Type from an old Airfix kit and yours has given me some much needed inspiratrion! I bought a set of the Profil 24 wheels to use on it because the Airfix ones are rubbish! The Profil 24 kit looks very nice.

The windows look like they were certainly a challenge to fit! I found the image below which shows that if there were window frames they appeared to be quite flush presumably to minimise drag!

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/10/etype5a.jpg

Brilliant finish, looks superb! The lightweight E-Types were fantastic looking cars. I am in the process of trying to make a lightweight E-Type from an old Airfix kit and yours has given me some much needed inspiratrion! I bought a set of the Profil 24 wheels to use on it because the Airfix ones are rubbish! The Profil 24 kit looks very nice.

The windows look like they were certainly a challenge to fit! I found the image below which shows that if there were window frames they appeared to be quite flush presumably to minimise drag!

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/10/etype5a.jpg

Exactly! The only way to really replicate them properly would be to paint them on.... Pretty hard to mask flimsy vacuum formed glass so I passed.. :)

Thanks guys!

A cool cat!

Great looking results, Dave. Like someone else said, its the best looking E type.

Fantastic car and great build, well done mate!

well! definitely one of the greatest builds i've saw, while being here. Awesome! Awesome! Great Paintjob!

Great job on a beautiful car!

Sincere congratulations
Perfect model and superb subject

Lookin good

Interesting project and a nice execution. It sure looks different from a usual D-Type. What strikes me is that I like the look of the wheels most.

Robert

DaveT, you are a master :D

Jordan

Very nice. I have the Linder lightweight wich looks almost the same, but with a shortnose. Profil 24 does capture the feel of most of the cars they model. Not always the best engineering, but they look good when done.


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2010 model/photo contest-Chicago April 2010

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Superb as always Dave. :smokin:

Stunning looking Jag E-type!

British muscle car (IMHO). Very, very nice.

Really great build, very cool painting!!!

Greetings Sascha

Great!