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Thank you for this information, Greg. I have seen this kit for sale, I will keep it in mind as a fall-back position. I reached out to a member of these forums yesterday and he has located the part amongst his stash and very kindly offered to send it to me. If all goes well, I may be able to avoid having to buy an entirely new kit. Cheers Grant

Thank you for your reply, Trevor. Below is an image of the box. Cheers, Grant

Thank you for this information - I wasn't aware that this was the case. Cheers

Hello everyone An old dear friend who is now too old to build models, gave me this kit to build a replica of his E-type jag that he drove up to the day his licence was revoked. I pulled it out today to commence work and noticed that the clear parts are all cracked and unuseable. Before I invest in a complete kit I wanted to post this in the hope that someone might have the sprue of clear parts in their spare box and would be willing to part with it. Any offers greatly appreciated Regards Grant

Just finished building it this afternoon; it fell together very nicely. Factory original paint is Burgundy Pearl Metallic

Thank you. A relatively simple kit. Just pay attention to the warped hood and also the decal for the auto shifter on the console. It’s a lot neater if you hand paint the trim and just cut the decal and use the letters/numbers that tell you what gear you’re in.

Thank you. I have another to build in white so I will pay close attention to the shaker on that one.

Thank you. I was very happy with the colour. I’ve come to enjoy working with genuine automotive paints.

Thank you.

Thank you. Close to my best paint job. And definitely the best clear coat that I’ve done. There’s real depth to it.

Thank you. I spent quite some time trying to figure out what went wrong. In the end I chalked it up to user error

I had an automotive paint shop mix the Lucerne Blue from the original paint code. Despite a successful test-fit the hood wouldn’t clear the front of the shaker once everything was glued in place so I’ve left the hood off the latch. Disaster struck when I dropped resin all over the windows but I successfully polished out the blemishes with a range of sanding sponges and polishing pastes; the process has proved a very valuable experience in many ways. I enjoyed making this one. It came together easily after two failures that preceded it.

The body gets its first round of clear coats. Outlaw Paint’s 2k Diamond Finish Clear. It smells like crushed ants.

Finding the missing exhaust part (in a place I would swear in front of a jury on penalty of death that I’d looked a dozen times previously) inspired me to add spark plug cables, a 3D-printed solenoid and wire to the distributor and similarly 3D-printed oil filter with hoses to the oil sump. I used 90-degree spark plug boots under the oil filter base plate as hose connectors. and the interior is done:

I'd be keen to see the blown drag-car version of this car. Thank for the comment.