Jaguar XK-E

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! 

The engine compartment and chassis are coming along. About 25 steps completed with lots of detail painting its slow. But its raining so I can't paint anything outside anyway. More progress tomorrow. Thanks for looking! 

[ModelcarJR]

Engine compartment is done for the most part and detailed and decaled the dash today. Trying to adjust this camera but this is about as good as I can get it for now. Thanks for looking! 

 

[ModelcarJR]

I finished the interior and also mounted a different set of wire wheels. The chrome decal for the middle of the dash crumbled on me when I applied some Micro Sol. So I foiled it instead and used the extra set of gauge faces supplied in the kit (see previous post). I also foiled the console and the doors. It was easy and looks good to me. I used the decals in the trunk area but it weas difficult to line up the decal on those runners in the trunk floor. I should have just foiled them too. The steering wheel and turn signal indicator lever are also foiled. I did manage to get the shifter pattern decal to stay on the stick shift (maybe for the first time ever).

For the wheels, I decided to use some wheels from the parts box that came from the 32 Ford Sedan.  They were a little tricky since they are big and littles. You can't really tell it very easily in the diameter but because the rear wheels were meant for a wider tire, they are also wider than the Jaguar kit tires that I am using. So with some whittling and sanding I was able to make them fit the tires approximately and since the tires are a bit spongy with some white glue they cling pretty well to the tire. I like them better than the kit wheel because they are quite so busy and the kit wheel looks a little big to me. I can still modify the two-pronged spinner and glue to the center of the wheel. I'll take a vote - attach the spinners or not? Thanks for looking and thanks for any suggestions! ?

[ModelcarJR]

The windows and foil are done and the rear end is done except for the license plate. I had to foil the chrome windshield frame because there were some lumps in the plastic frame that had to be scraped off so I foiled it. Taillights and bumpers were pretty straight-forward. Next is the hood area. I have also been working painting my next project so this is slowing down a bit. Thanks for looking! ?

 

[slusher]

Nice wheels John, areal Classy car John!

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comments! 

I had some issues with the foil on the windshield frame. I had added too many pieces of foil and it looked bad. So I peeled everything off and sanded it down a bit and then re-foiled the frame and it looks much better now. There are still some flat spots on the "A" pillar part of the windshield frame where I removed some lumps in the plastic, but they are harder to see now. So I worked through the rest of the final steps and this one is done! Some of the small parts are fiddly and hard to attach. Three windshield wipers are certainly strange and wipers usually aren't made to attach easily, the mirror faces need some work and one needed mirror foil, and the hood needs a support to stay up. But it all worked out in the end. So this one is done! Thanks for looking! ?