Pierre Rivard

White over white primer over white styrene like the Porsche below, but there is a secret sauce again. Builder of the month award if you can guess

I love the watermelon man! Jes... that's a lot of decals, enough to go mad I would think! Well...you're still around so you survived the challenge Beautiful build of what appears to be a pretty complicated kit. Up to your usual high standards. What's your verdict on the Future over polished styrene experiment. From the photos it looks good but hard to judge what is decal and what is paint. Bravo!

I gotta go see this....been keeping your secret for too long!

Hugh...looks more than almost finished. She's beautiful!

Thanks Gary, they're all really nice. The 2 Ferrari 275P's are particularly beautiful so I'll put that on my eBay watch

Thanks guys. I really like this kit. As simple as it is it really looks lifelike. The body, glass and tires are very nice so with a bit of detailing it should look pretty realistic. I definitely will be on the lookout for more vintage Monogram kits of classic race cars. Any suggestions on the better ones out there?

Second element I wanted to add a bit of detail is the engine "plate" & intake stacks. The kit is curbside and I have no plans to add a full engine but just to add a bit of depth to what is visible.

Pretty amazing how much care you put into that paint job. I don't know much about paint so this is most instructive. I did not know you could hit clear with 1000 grit but that may be doable on some harder type clears than what I use. Anyhow, as always great to watch your work and learn from it.

It all looks mighty good Dave. Getting close to the finish line.

Thank you gentlemen. I hope we see more models of C, D or E Jag racers in the near future. Gary's Cunningham LW model definitely provided inspiration for me and I definitely want to do more Jaguars.

A lot of work to integrate the parts from diverse origins and you did it quite successfully. The stance, finishes and detailing are all superb. A beautiful model of a feared racer.

Or....brush painting acrylics maybe? No more seasonal or set up headaches...

Paint looks very good. Perfect color.

The weathering is very very nice. Sun beaten and sand blasted to perfection. Well done!

! agree with Bob's comments about Salvino's. Looking at the pictures of your 2 NextGen builds I had the feeling that the kit was not a satisfying one to build. Newly tooled kits should be wonderful in details and fitment of parts. Making something great by adding detailing to a classic old kit is a lot of fun but a newly tooled kit should be great as an OOB build.

Lovely work John. Almost too bad that the nose cone will cover this. The beauty of these 60's F1 is that a lot of the mechanicals are visible even with the body panels on and that's why they provide such opportunity for scale modeling. A lot of your gorgeous detailing will remain highly visible. Pure joy to follow this build.

Thanks a lot guys. I had this kit since it came out, looking for a race car I could morph it into until I came up on this story about the early E-Type racing and there was my subject. I highly recommend the new Revell kit and the changes to turn it into a racer are pretty easy. It's a good kit and everything fits together well. The only weakness is the chrome tree done the old Revell/AMT way, heavy underlay + heavy chrome plating resulting in undefined part shape. I wish they could do it more like Tamiya chrome. No complaints other than that. Now I want to do a Cuningham lightweight...if I could find a roof to marry with a roadster body. Again thank you all for the very nice feedback

Looks very promising Ray. Just curious about the Revell vs Tamiya kit. Revell a rebox of Tamiya or different kit?

Helmut, I like the red hue you chose for your GTO. It does have that rosso da corsa look seen on racing Ferraris in the sixties. A shade that can shift between bright red and blood red depending on lighting conditions.

The E-type was called the accidental racer because Jaguar's intent was to produce a great sports car with no plans to go racing. However when a GT for production cars class was created it was too good to resist. A lot has been said about the aluminum bodied Lightweight E-type introduced in 63 but the first effort came in 62 from successfully fielding steel bodied roadsters in a few races on British soil. Privateers then fielded 3 coupes at the 1962 Le Mans 24 hours with help from Jaguar courtesy of lightened bodies using aluminum bonnet, doors and hatch. I started with the newly tooled 1/24 scale Revell kit, modified to reflect the race car fielded by Maurice Charles and John Coundley (DNF lap 43) Mods include wheels from a Revell MB 300 SLR, fabricated or modified wet sump system, Webber carbs, spare tire with retaining straps, Race fuel cell and filler through hatch, Le Mans spec "mud flaps" front grille, bug deflector, roll bar etc. Paint is Vallejo primer, Vallejo color mixed to replicate dark opalescent blue, Tamiya acrylic clear. All paint finishes have been brush painted. Primer and clear layers polished. Decals from a variety of sources.

I've tried to run a hard fuel line and came up with bends where I wanted straights. Much harder than it looks. Well done Bill.

Lovely color and very impressive paint finish. A wonderful build to follow.

I second that, go with what has always worked for you. No time to take chances with this masterpiece. Can't offer any useful input because all I do is acrylics but I'm holding my breath in support. ?

So I have finally reached the finish line, doing an exhaust system without the stock mufflers, the various body trim pieces and finally the 503 BBO registration the car had at the 62 LeMans. She is DONE! I'll be posting the beauty shots in the Under glass other racing section tomorrow.