Jaguar XKE Series 1 from Revell

[kensar]

This is the relatively new Revell Jaguar XKE depicting a series 1 car.  The kit was somewhat disappointing with many sink marks and a couple of short shot sprues.  Fortunately, I had two kits to draw upon.  I have also enhanced the kit with some scratchbuilt items.  Most details of the real car were in the kit, but many were poorly rendered and not very sharp.  The decal sheet is very complete and exceptionally nice, high resolution printing and in-register.

The wheels are aftermarket 3D prints from Ukranian Scale Car Production and are exceptionally nice.

 

[Ulf]

Gorgeous, I love the finish, what have you paint with ? It looks really real, like the Jag that is parked in my dream garage..

[kensar]

Thanks, Ulf.  The paint is a mixture of white and chrome yellow Tamiya spray paints that were decanted and applied with an airbrush.  Then polished out with no clearcoat.  Some light weathering was applied on the bottom and under the hood.  This is pastel chalk mixture.

[250 Testa Rossa]

Looks awesome!

[Hoffman]

Ken, you've set the bar really high! Amazing, beautiful work. 😃

[DanL]

Nice work... that front clip fits perfectly.

[Rich Chernosky]

 You knocked this one out of the park Ken. Luv the engine and interior (saw it on your WIP)  And the wheels and tires really make this. Great job. 

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Beautiful.  I really enjoyed the kit.  I didn't have any of those issues with the kit I got, but I also got one of the German kits.  My only problem was constructing the frame and painting all the detail of the engine bay.

[espo]

Beautiful looking and very realistic. Like all of the detailing and how cleanly done. 

[karbuildr]

Very well done, great engine compartment, nice paint.

[Kah puts]

Very impressive, it’s hard to make a Jaguar XK look good in scale but yours is the best one I’ve seen 👍

[PappyD340]

Outstanding Jaguar, well done!

[Pierre Rivard]

Absolutely gorgeous build Ken. The work you have done with the chrome and substituting the kit wheels and tires have done wonders for this kit. Up to your constant very high standards.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Excellent job on this Ken!

[papajohn97]

Those 3D printed wheels really boost this kit into another a whole other level, nice!

[Hi-Po]

Outstanding!  Could pass for the real thing.

[Jim B]

Great looking Jaguar. Very well done. 

[Ulbo]

Great build and engine bay... coool👍

[Chinacar]

Beautiful buil, I love the colour.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[1959scudetto]

Fantastic build, Ken - these are the wheels that should have been included in the kit (those low-profile tires are totally wrong).

The color choice similar to primrose yellow is also excellent !

[XYHARRY]

Very nice E-Type there Ken, really well done. 

Cheers, 

David. 😎👍

[Bugatti Fan]

Ditto all previous accolades !

I often wonder why Tamiya never did the E Type down the years.

Edited December 1, 2024 by Bugatti Fan

[STU111]

Sorry to hear that the kit quality was not the best, nevertheless you have built a beautiful model of an iconic sports car. Top stuff.👍🏻

[happy grumpy]

Awesome build of British classic. great job