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Old 09-02-2009, 05:21 AM   #9
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Re: 1964 Jaguar Type E Low Drag Super light

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Originally Posted by Viccario View Post
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/res...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..

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