Justin Porter Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 This has been an absolute joy of a build! The kit goes together beautifully and because of that I was able to concentrate on turning out a good finish on the parts. If you have one of these in your stash and haven't built it, what are you waiting for?
BigTallDad Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 You've turned a boring, four-door sedan into a real eye-popper!
FabbricaP Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 Sharp looking build! The wire wheels look excellent!
Zoom Zoom Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 Nice job; I built mine when it came out and I have a couple more in the stash. Everything mostly fell together though the chrome transfer side trim gave me nothing but trouble so I cheesed out and just carefully cut thin strips of foil to attempt to replicate. There wasn't enough adhesive on the transfers to stick to the paint. Not sure if later production runs had better trim.
Justin Porter Posted September 4, 2018 Author Posted September 4, 2018 17 minutes ago, Zoom Zoom said: Nice job; I built mine when it came out and I have a couple more in the stash. Everything mostly fell together though the chrome transfer side trim gave me nothing but trouble so I cheesed out and just carefully cut thin strips of foil to attempt to replicate. There wasn't enough adhesive on the transfers to stick to the paint. Not sure if later production runs had better trim. This one was a first run near as well as I can determine and I can confirm that the transfers have no stick to them. I have saved them for when I have a solution to that particular issue but I think the car looks quite handsome "de-badged" as it is.
Dann Tier Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 18 hours ago, FabbricaP said: Sharp looking build! The wire wheels look excellent! I agree 100%!!!!......VERY hard to find kit wires that look as realistic as these!!…..Protar does them EXTREMELY well also!!
Zoom Zoom Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 16 hours ago, Justin Porter said: This one was a first run near as well as I can determine and I can confirm that the transfers have no stick to them. I have saved them for when I have a solution to that particular issue but I think the car looks quite handsome "de-badged" as it is. I think those long, narrow transfers aren't the brightest way to utilize the technology. I'd have preferred the side trim to have been engraved and foiled. I didn't have trouble w/the emblems otherwise, and I think I soaked them w/a coat of Future after application for insurance. Same issue w/the Galaxie Ltd. Chevrolet kits, they were another case of "tail wagging the dog" design, using chrome transfers for fender trim when engraved/foiled would have been a better design choice. They were too flat w/o the 3D sculpting and they didn't fit/bend well around compound curves.
Italianhorses Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 Looks wonderful, didn't think silver would suit this car, but it does.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted September 7, 2018 Posted September 7, 2018 This kit has some of the better representations of the Jaguar wire wheels I ever saw. But again, it's Tamiya...
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