Old Provence Moulage resin 1/43rd kit built OOB. I had to make a copy of one of the wheels as it was missing from the kit. Decals were a bit brittle too, requiring some touch up.
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Group 44 Jaguar XKE
Started by Scale-Master, Feb 23 2013 07:37 AM
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 07:37 AM
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 07:54 AM
Now thats sharp...
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:22 AM
I always wanted to build one of those. You did a really nice job on yours.
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 10:50 AM
sharp
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Posted 23 February 2013 - 02:11 PM
Beautiful model.
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 10:19 PM
Very nice indeed. I'm working on a 1/24th slot body kit bash of this car. I hope it turns out half as nice!!
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 09:33 AM
- Nice model, Mark! I love the scca cars like that.
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:00 AM
Beautifull built model ! I like Jaguar E-Type racers. Little question: the # 44 on the rear is "mirored". Was the decal wrong ?
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:07 AM
Thanks. It is the correct decal applied correctly.
According to a "word of mouth explanation" from Bob Tullius :
"In the early days we had to apply our own race numbers, we used 'contact-paper' ( self-adhesive ) but at one particular race meeting we had run out. We ran around and borrowed some from other teams, I sent someone to find some tracing paper and we drew round someone's number 4. The girl who traced it did it the wrong way round on one set, so when the numbers were cut out, they were backwards. We went on to win that race so it sort of became a lucky thing."
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:15 AM
Many thanks for background story ! So little stories make the modeling even more interesting.
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:29 AM
All of the Group 44 cars I have ever seen, both in person and in picture had the rear numbers as a mirror image.
All were stunningly beautiful race cars.
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 12:03 PM
That look's awesome, I love the car and decal's/color's. How come it alway's seem's like the roll cage's are out of scale on 1/43's? I keep scrolling back up to look at this thing, very nice job as usual.
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 01:53 PM
I like it
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 03:04 AM
very nice big cat... i have the provence moulage one, and also a 1/32 slot car :
