e30lover Posted September 11, 2020 Hey all, Here's my first post sharing the newly finished model since I stopped building scale models for 10 years! I started with a couple of kits that I bought back in 2010 - This particular Tamiya kit (produced in 1995) comes with lots of detailed parts such as fabric carpet, metal transfer for moldings, with higher part count than typical 90s Tamiya products. Engine, underbody and interior was joy to build, but getting all the chrome moulding with BMF, and attaching metal transfer were too challenging for me (I ended up super gluing thin chrome stripes and supplementing with BMF), and applied BMF got messy when I was attaching windshield and windows to the body, as well as when attaching the body to the chassis which were both unusually challenging for Tamiya. I'm a bit disappointed that my skill didn't do justice to this amazing kit, but it was overall enjoyable experience. Photos hide a lot of imperfections and next time I'll try to shoot with narrower aperture to capture all the details. Thank you for looking! Build details: Straight box build Exterior: Tamiya TS14 w/o clear, polished with Tamiya compounds(coarse, fine and finish) then applied BMF Interior: Tamiya TS-33 dull red and other Tamiya acrylic colors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karl LaFong Posted September 11, 2020 What imperfections? Great job! How did you do the interior wood graining? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMCMAN52 Posted September 11, 2020 the wood graining is a decal that comes with the kit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbowser Posted September 11, 2020 Beautiful black paint and some of the best looking wire wheels in scale. I've built this kit and yours looks great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grodudulle77 Posted September 11, 2020 Very nice build, the paint job and details are awesome, seats look like real leather seats !!! ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THarrison351 Posted September 12, 2020 Good show! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PappyD340 Posted September 12, 2020 Beautiful build! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slimguy Posted September 12, 2020 I agree with the other posts...this car looks great! Thank you for sharing it with us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doorsovdoon Posted September 12, 2020 Looks amazing, especially the interior! When I was a kid in the 80's a young neighbour had one in silver. It was all rusty and back fired constantly. Scrap then, worth a pretty penny now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Can-Con Posted September 12, 2020 Beautiful !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slusher Posted September 14, 2020 Looks fantastic!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BVC500 Posted September 14, 2020 You aren't alone...a lot of people had a hard time getting the metal transfers to stick, especially to curved surfaces. I have this kit too and another area of weakness is the front and rear window trim. Tamiya's molding in this area is faint. Yours turned out nicely...I like the black on red too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30lover Posted September 15, 2020 Thank you all - Looking forward to share more projects that I recently finished! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luc Janssens Posted December 8, 2020 Great job, to me this Jaguar will always be tied to a great TV series; Morse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doubleyoung2003 Posted December 8, 2020 awesome !! wish i have this kit ??.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATHU Posted December 8, 2020 Beautiful Jag, flawless paint job!!?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30lover Posted December 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Luc Janssens said: Great job, to me this Jaguar will always be tied to a great TV series; Morse I love the darker shade of red on the MKIIs! 3 hours ago, doubleyoung2003 said: awesome !! wish i have this kit ??.. They pop up on ebay quite often! 2 hours ago, ATHU said: Beautiful Jag, flawless paint job!!?? Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
