Finished: 1955 Jaguar D-Type Longnose (LeMans Palooza build)

ZoomZoomMX-5 · #1 06-21-2008, 08:02 PM

This was my build for this year's LeMans palooza. You've already seen Eric's Minolta Toyota from the event. I had to do some post-race repairs to the Jaguar but it was technically finished before the end of the race

The upper/lower body didn't fit well; the basic resin kept going back to it's original shape every time it hit the dehydrator, the upper body slightly narrower than the lower body. I used a hairdryer to spot-heat the resin, it worked well, but also melted my windscreen

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I used the partially melted windscreen as a pattern for a new one from .010" clear sheet stock, I really can't tell the difference between this one and the vac-formed one. This one's certainly cleaner. I also added some unused rivet decals from a Tamiya Kawasaki Ninja XZ 14 that I'm currently building. Finally I added some tape/foil hood straps, the boxart showed them but there were none inside the box...dunno if they were missing or not, the instructions were laughably vague on this model (no photo reference whatsoever, nor parts callouts, it was just a page of text). Good thing I had some internet and book resources (thanks Henry!).

The model is painted w/TS 9 (?) British Green, clearcoated w/TS13. Seat/headrest painted w/TS Red Brown. The original car had a very poorly applied white grille outline (done in tape, I think), I simply primed the car in white and masked it off w/o too much care, but it's cleaner than the 1:1 was for the race.

I'm reasonably pleased with it, it's a real simple model w/o much detail, only 32 parts, not quite as slick as the E-Type I built last year. It's not camera-friendly, I did a bit of retouching

BVC500 · #2 06-21-2008, 08:14 PM

A beautiful little car, great work, and nice photography. Doesn't Ralph Lauren have this in his collection?

ZoomZoomMX-5 · #3 06-21-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BVC500

A beautiful little car, great work, and nice photography. Doesn't Ralph Lauren have this in his collection?

Thanks; I did see some photos of RL's D-Type longnose when I was doing some research. His isn't this particular car, and it appears as if it's completely devoid of any decals and it looks like it's setup for having a passenger. Gorgeous car.

dmacb · #4 06-21-2008, 09:34 PM

Looks fine

rockinanko · #5 06-21-2008, 11:03 PM

certainly one of the rarer finds & builds in the 1/24 category...

clean & sharp build...nice work!

marc

SGP

gionc · #6 06-22-2008, 04:52 AM

Zoomzoom: Superb. Transparents are the cherry on the cake, quite nice job.

Eric Cole · #7 06-22-2008, 09:39 AM

Awesome...

It looked great after the 24 hour build and even better now with the extra details. It makes a great display partner to your Lightweight Jag.

Aldo Carvalho · #8 06-22-2008, 11:26 AM

What a surprise. This is a car I´ve never seen in kit form. Your work is superb, including the photos. Now let me copy it all.
Congratulations
Aldo

mrgixxer · #9 06-22-2008, 01:18 PM

My favorite of all the Jags....Nice build

sportracer02 · #10 06-23-2008, 05:23 AM

Turned out great, nice and clean finish

klutz_100 · #11 06-23-2008, 05:48 AM

Beautiful car and immaculate build. Completely belies the time frame involved!

I must have missed it but what make is this kit? I think I need one

ZoomZoomMX-5 · #12 06-23-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by klutz_100

Beautiful car and immaculate build. Completely belies the time frame involved!

I must have missed it but what make is this kit? I think I need one

Thanks; it was made by Fisher Model and Pattern; it's out of production at the moment.

Fisher Model And Pattern

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