Hi All,
Just completed my build of this kit in 99 hours. It is a facsimile of my best friends car in RSA which is a 1964 Jaguar E Type Coupe 3.8 Series 1(+1/2) a picture of which is the first one in the attached images.
He bought the car in 1994 from a SAA pilot with 32k miles on the clock and 1 spot of rust the size of a 5p (advantage of living in Johannesburg!). I stripped the paint off and did a complete respray, fettled the engine and tidied up the Burgundy leather and Axminster interior which would eventually be replaced. The car is amongst the last 6 RHD 3.8 coupes built hence the Series 1.5 designation as it has the Series 2 black central upper dash and red leather centre console which I did not create. The vehicle was very fast, handled reasonably well and had just about adequate brakes. Above 100 MPH the airflow got under the bulbous front wings and made steering input vague and the view over that gorgeous nose more sky than road. We once got it to an indicated 159 MPH on a deserted Free State road but it was scary. Regularly used to blow away BMW M3, Chev Can am V8, Basil Green V8 Capri and all assorted Japanese hot hatches at the traffic light Grand Prix.
The kit itself is well moulded and very detailed. the only problems encountered were the bonnet hinges ( cut them off in the end ) and, strangely for Revell IME, some of the thin interior chrome des were very brittle.
Enjoy the photos and any comments well received.
ATB Stefan
Just completed my build of this kit in 99 hours. It is a facsimile of my best friends car in RSA which is a 1964 Jaguar E Type Coupe 3.8 Series 1(+1/2) a picture of which is the first one in the attached images.
He bought the car in 1994 from a SAA pilot with 32k miles on the clock and 1 spot of rust the size of a 5p (advantage of living in Johannesburg!). I stripped the paint off and did a complete respray, fettled the engine and tidied up the Burgundy leather and Axminster interior which would eventually be replaced. The car is amongst the last 6 RHD 3.8 coupes built hence the Series 1.5 designation as it has the Series 2 black central upper dash and red leather centre console which I did not create. The vehicle was very fast, handled reasonably well and had just about adequate brakes. Above 100 MPH the airflow got under the bulbous front wings and made steering input vague and the view over that gorgeous nose more sky than road. We once got it to an indicated 159 MPH on a deserted Free State road but it was scary. Regularly used to blow away BMW M3, Chev Can am V8, Basil Green V8 Capri and all assorted Japanese hot hatches at the traffic light Grand Prix.
The kit itself is well moulded and very detailed. the only problems encountered were the bonnet hinges ( cut them off in the end ) and, strangely for Revell IME, some of the thin interior chrome des were very brittle.
Enjoy the photos and any comments well received.
ATB Stefan
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