For you Jag fans - Jaguar XJR5

[p9o1r1sche]

1985 Jaguar XJR5 by Profil24. Started this when I was in temporary housing during my recent move, and just finished it. Built OOB (how did that happen?)
Tamiya paints and clearcoat.











The clearcoat reacted with the decals in some places, but it still makes a decent shelf model.

[935k3]

Great job on a beautiful car. I was lucky enough to see this car race at Watkins Glen, it sounded more like a V8 than a V12.

[klutz_100]

Very nice build of a sweet cat

I very much like the simple livery.

[360spider]

Cool build, don't see these very often - how was the kit?

[sportracer02]

Looks good, a nice difference from the purple silkcut livery !!

Did you use Tamiya Clear from the can (I guess it is TS13)? I had the same problems on different models

[jano11]

Sublime model! Excellent finish!

[Tibi Keke]

Beautiful Car! About the clearcoat, yes from experience i know that TS 13 from Tamiya is making troubles! Tamiya advices not to cleacoat the Decals with TS 13, but that i found after the disaster already happened. Is interesting that this cleacoat is reacting just in some places, not everywhere. I think just there where air is traped under the decals.

[p9o1r1sche]

Thanks for the comments.
I used TS13 clearcoat.
The build was pretty straightforward, except that the rear suspension/transmission/wing support needed reworking. The attachment points just werent adequate, so I added attachment pins.

[DasWiesel]

I like it very much! Must be the first finished XJR-5 is see!
I´d really like to see bigger pictures of your model! Are there any available?

[stevenoble]

Very nice work.I've never seen this livery before, it makes a nice change.

[DerXL]

Beautiful.

A great build of a great looking car.

[godfather23]

Originally Posted by DasWiesel

I like it very much! Must be the first finished XJR-5 is see!

Very true. Haven´t seen one of these. Your work looks great - as usual. Congratulations on a new and decent model.

Robert

[Veyron]

Nice one, Ken!

[Layla's Keeper]

Always good to see the IMSA stuff. Group 44 is one of my all time favorite racing teams. On top of the XJR-5's, their XJS's, XKE's, and (personal favorite) Triumph TR8's were some of the wildest British machinery in the states.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Great build, perfection as usual

Hope you are permanently settled and hope the transition to new digs went smoothly. Of course you might want to purchase a snow shovel and warmer jackets...I don't know if I could ever do a move to a colder climate...except perhaps in July and August