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1960 Jaguar sedan


dougwintz

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6 hours ago, Dave B said:

Nice build Doug, looks like Mike Hawthorn's but his was a Mark 1.

Dave B

Thanks all for the comments. Dave, thanks for bringing up Mike Hawthorn. He certainly had an interesting story in racing and in life. 

 

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2 hours ago, gbtr6 said:

Very nice. I hav3 this kit and may have to steal your ideas. How did you paint the hood medallion so nicely? How did you do the wood? 
 

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Perry

Hi Perry. I should say I have a special technique to do that - but the REAL truth is the hood medallion is a decal, and so is the wood!!!! Both are included in the kit!

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On 8/9/2021 at 8:00 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

Well done. Love the color choices. 

But why does the license plate tell me to "Buy 12"? :blink:

Subliminal messaging from Tamiya.

This is definitely no Tamiya marketing gag:

Believe it or not, John Coombs Racing prepared Jaguars for the British Touring Car Championship in the early 60's which they dominated from 1960 to 1962 - drivers were Graham Hill, Roy Salvadori and others, and one of these cars had that very license plate BUY 12 (another team car had BUY 1)- see pictures:

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