Harry P.

I mean don't say "I know it's a model (or it's real) because I found the photo at www.whatever"...

You really can't blame the manufacturers for taking old tooling and modifying it to take advantage of the latest trends. It's a way for them to bring new life (and hopefully new sales) to an old kit without the expense of creating a whole new one. You may not like it from a purist point of view, but it makes sense for the manufacturer from a $$$ point of view.

Real or model? Remember... if you know the answer because you know where the photo came from, don't post it! The answer: REAL!

No specific incident. I just figured I'd throw it out there and see what you guys think.

Exactly. If someone were to post this in finished form and claim that it was "scratchbuilt," I don't think that would be an accurate statement.

Matt, scratchbuilding and kitbashing can be combined, as in what you've done. My point was that taking a body from one kit and a chassis and interior from another kit and an engine from the parts box and putting them together doesn't qualify as "scratchbuilding." Just my opinion, of course, and all others are welcome (and expected!).

Agreed. But in this case the owner's lack of common sense seems obvious.

Couldn't help but notice that the several photos with women in them had by far the most views!

After reading a few posts here today, I see that the definitions of "scratchbuilding" and "kitbashing" vary among some of you. IMO, kitbashing means combining existing parts from different kits to create a model. Scratchbuilding means creating components (or an entire model) from raw materials (sheet plastic or brass, structural plastic, brass or aluminum shapes, tubing or rod, wood, etc... not only modifying existing parts. Of course, scratchbuilding and kitbashing can be combined. Using two (or more) existing kits (and maybe a few parts box pieces) to create a model is an example of kitbashing. Using raw materials (for example, the way Peter Lombardo carves his own body bucks and vacu-forms the body from sheet styrene) is an example of scratchbuilding. Those are my definitions, FWIW.

MCM Hemming's Classic Car Hemming's Muscle Machines No time for any others! Heck, I don't even actually read HCC or HMM, I just skim them. Wish I had the time to actually read them! But I have the whole set from day one... can't quit now! Besides, I've had a letter published in HMM, so I'm a "contributing editor!"

BTW... I saw one on the road today, a white convertible. A very rare sight... it was a Series 1 car. It seems so small in person!

Wasn't the car marketed here as the "XKE?" I know it was called the "E-Type" in Britain, but I thought that the American-spec cars sold here were officially referred to as "XKE" by Jaguar.

Kind of a stupid thing to do... park it in back of a strip mall and leave it to go see a car show. Couldn't he have parked it at the car show?

Check these out... Every exterior/interior combination available: http://hubpages.com/hub/Jaguar-E-Type-Original-Colors Exterior colors (with photos): http://www.xkedata.com/catalog/colors/

Man, you're really getting up there in years...

That is some masterful modeling.

I have a couple of suggestions: Paint the sunvisors white to match the interior upholstery, not body color metallic green. And I'd paint the VW logo on the hood silver. Also, even though you left out the engine, I'd still add tailpipes... the cutouts where they are supposed to be poking out of look very lonely... The wheels look good, they give the car a nice custom look.

Wow!

That is too cool!

The question is... why are you on youtube searching for fake crash videos in the first place???

Apart from the out-of-scale dust on the body ... that's one heckuva fine model. Everyone has already commented on the paint, the detail, the bodywork, etc., so all I can add is a big fat "ditto!" A give it a 10.

A big thumbs up to Dave and the crew for caring enough to get it right.

Sweating the details is what separates a great model from the rest of the pack. Good move!