Cunningham '62 Le Mans XKE Coupe WIP

cinqster · #1 12-02-2005, 03:09 PM

Well, after enjoying so many of your WIP threads, I felt obliged to share mine...take it easy on me, as I'm no pro and most of this scratchbuilding malarky is new to me! I'd welcome any criticism though.

I'm basing this car on the old 1/8th Revell/Monogram kit which really needs some help, even though the body is pretty accurate. It's not my scale of choice, but somehow this thing is sooooo large that it's just captured my imagination. 'Scuse the dodgy indoor picture quality - I'll find some time to shoot some proper pics later.

I meant to add that those mishapen red things are the kit parts! I'm going to resin cast the front suspension parts as I hope to build an XKE Lightweight one day.

robrex · #2 12-02-2005, 05:48 PM

Impressive start!

cinqster · #3 12-02-2005, 06:46 PM

Cheers Rob,

I started the build a while back but I've had very little time to get near it. I thought I'd start with the most difficult parts first so I did the seat which as far as i know are one off's. I had a few reference pics but no measurements so most of it is guesswork. I've also built the fuel tank that occupies most of the interior but I'm not happy with it yet:

The seat was made using ordinary automotive plod/filler. I made a plastic sheet box at max seat squab thickness (5mm) then filled it with plod. I used the top edges of the box as a sanding datum, then marked out the pleats and started carving. The seat bucket is from a sheet and plod mix. These seat are not symetrical as they are cut away at the door sides for access...I'm going to have to cast off this one then tweak the resultant copy - help!

robrex · #4 12-02-2005, 09:31 PM

Wow! that seat looks great!

Veyron · #5 12-02-2005, 10:21 PM

I better stay tuned in to this one!

Murray Kish · #6 12-03-2005, 01:44 PM

Now there's some skill....

Murray

gionc · #7 12-03-2005, 04:06 PM

those fantastic putty work: awesome!
thread tracked!

RallyRaider · #8 12-05-2005, 12:44 AM

1/8th? Awesome. Cummingham Jag? Awesome. Struts and wishbones. Awesome. Seat. Beyond awesome!
What is going on around here lately? The standard has risen for sure!

sjelic · #9 12-05-2005, 03:13 AM

Now this is candy for every modeler. Great looking seat, I will stay tuned.

cinqster · #10 12-11-2005, 07:09 PM

Thanks for your kind words everyone!

Not been able to get near the beast this week, apart from a couple of hours tonight, so I thought I'd try to do the steering wheel spider. I made two attempts, one using K+S .016 alloy sheet (which looked rubbish and was promptly binned) the second using .6mm alloy that was an offcut from my 1/1 Spyder firewall - both were quite a pig to work with! I tried chain-drilling, Dremel cut-off discs, steel surrated discs, the lot, but ended up using the trusty old junior hacksaw and needle files. I have no idea as to who made the original wheel, but Briggs Cunningham prefered an upright centre spoke on most of his racers - I guess so he could read the instuments better. I have a theory that he stole the idea from the Porsche RSK Spyder that he used to race in the 50's, but who knows?

p9o1r1sche · #11 12-11-2005, 10:17 PM

Were there two steering wheels in the kit?

Hiroboy · #12 12-12-2005, 02:34 AM

Your work is outstanding and you've only just started the build.

Can we see an overall photo of the car as '62 Le Mans XKE means nothing to me, I'm guessing it's a E Type Jag?

cinqster · #13 12-12-2005, 04:44 AM

No, I bought a second cheapo kit that had been badly made. I'm using that for reference and to check fittings problems. If all goes to plan I'll use this second kit for a conversion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Were there two steering wheels in the kit?

cinqster · #14 12-12-2005, 04:52 AM

Here you go, I think this was taken before practice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroboy

Your work is outstanding and you've only just started the build.

Can we see an overall photo of the car as '62 Le Mans XKE means nothing to me, I'm guessing it's a E Type Jag?

lam90 · #15 05-04-2007, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinqster

Here you go, I think this was taken before practice.

Way back in December of 2005 you posted a picture of the 1962 Le Mans Cunningham Jaguar with a note that you thought it was taken before practice. Is there any way that you could repost that picture since the link no longer is working.

I am making one in 1/18 scale using a Bburago E-Type

which is why I am interested. Also If you have any picture of the rear of the car it would help me solve a personal issue as to whether the car had a number 10 somewhere on the rear.

Best regards,

Larry

PS Love your Spyder

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