88 daytona 24 hour winning xjr9

[8915civicnut]

I loved this era of prototype racing and jags in general but since the only 1/24 kit made of my alltime favorite prototype the group 44 xjr5 is discontinued and was very expensive  I'll more than likely never build it.  When this came out i had to have one.  I love the livery on this car as well as the silk cut livery they are very difficult to decal.  It took three sets of decals over a couple of years to finally got this one done.  I destroyed the kit decals almost as soon as I started them.  I put the kit back in the box and put it back on the shelf for a couple years while I searched for someone who made replacements.  I  was on the indycals website and low and behold they make replacements so guess who bought a set only to get them installed and pull them off with tape trying to paint the side skirts.  The beauty of indycals is if you have a problem with their decals they have what they call oops protection and they will replace them free of charge.  I contacted them just to ask a question about the decals and they said they would send me a new set and within a week i had them.  The bottom two photos show my mistake.  I really haven't done much weathering but I thought I'd try it on this build and I think it looks ok but I'm definitely not a pro at it that's for sure.

[afx]

Weathering looks pretty good to me - nice work.

[Gramps46]

Super build and the weathering looks spot on.  Thanks for sharing this one.

[TonyK]

The weathering and model build look great. Those ruined decals are painful to look at. Glad you and Indycals were able to finish this.

[drodg]

Looks real accurate.   TWR used to be based out of my home town Valparaiso IN.  Health clinic now.... Great job

[Gluebomber]

Nice Work, Eric.  You did a great job hanging in on this one till you got it done.  Your perseverance has me thinking about the dozen or so models that have been on hold on my shelf for multiple years.  Also, the weathering you did isn't overdone and looks pretty realistic to me.

Great Job!

 

[Mr. Metallic]

Weathering looks great, not too heavy handed which is easy to do. 

I love the look of this era car as well. Not much of a modern race car builder myself, but if I can find one of these kits someday I may give it a try.

[happy grumpy]

Top notch, realistic weathering not to mention a beautifully built model. Great job

[8915civicnut]

PThank you all for the positive feedback on the weathering I'm very critical on myself and thought it my have been to much.  As for the trials and tribulations with the decals I guess I really wanted to finish it otherwise I would have just thrown it back on the shelf and shined it on.  If not for indycals and the awesome selection of amazing decals this my have become a left for dead project.

[PappyD340]

Outstanding build, excellent weathering!!

[grodudulle77]

Realistic weathering, very nice work !! ??