Brendan Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Finally got it done. It's a Studio 27 kit. Very nicely casted. Although they left some stuff out for the IMSA version. I needed to correct the roof line as well as fill in the side exhausts. The side mirrors I used from Tamiya's XJR-9 Jaguar kit. The Studio 27 ones were too large. The interior of the car was rather sparse so I added some electronic boxes as well as some decals to make it stand out a little more. I did run into some difficulty with the rear wing; ended up breaking the lower wing element. They cut the mounting holes too deep which made it very fragile. But once the wing was assembled, it's one solid hunk of metal. Paints used were Tamiya's TS-26 (white), TS-8 (red) and TS-29 (semi-gloss black). Decals were cleared with Floquil Crystal Cote. I would recommend this kit although the body is not very accurate for the IMSA version, but it would make a nice Silk Cut version that ran over in Europe. Feel free to comment. This car didn't have much success in the U. S. as a Jaguar, but later found life as a Mazda. And then had some great success as a Joest Open Top Porsche shown in the picture below winning Le Mans several times.
Raul_Perez Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Another sweet build from one of our resident race car builders!! It's going to cost you more in freight fees than it will for your airline ticket to bring all of your builds from this year to the next NNL West!! See you there...
935k3 Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Looks great. Those wings are very hard to get straight and all put together. That scoop(hump) area on the roof looks good in the end.
crispy Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Great job Brendan. I know you put a lot of work into this and it really shows. Came out very nice. Chris
Space Cowboy Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 A fantastic looking build. The detail and the decals look sharp..
Brendan Posted November 5, 2009 Author Posted November 5, 2009 Thanks for everyone's comments. The main fuss that I had with the wing was the first time I tried to put it together, I broke it. But once I got that first wing element in and had both end plates attached, it made it a little easier to build. The hard part is not scratching the paint. The other issue I ran into was all four wing elements were not of equal length. That's one of the first things I checked before I even painted. Another sweet build from one of our resident race car builders!! It's going to cost you more in freight fees than it will for your airline ticket to bring all of your builds from this year to the next NNL West!! See you there... Flying isn't going to be the problem for me. It's the drive down. It's only 440 miles but if you've ever driven on the coast much it is windy, uphill and downill. And things have a tendency to shift in the car. That's why I always bring a repair kit with me to the show. I won't have as many cars there this year as I did last year. But it will be good to see you again.
Nick F40 Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 wow, it turned out great! Ok, so it's a long trip for you to the east coast, come on!
Brendan Posted November 6, 2009 Author Posted November 6, 2009 wow, it turned out great! Ok, so it's a long trip for you to the east coast, come on! Sure, I'll drive out there...if you want to pay for my gas. We need to get you started on building a couple of kits like this.
IMSANUT Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 I'd be curious to know the inaccuracies vs a vie the IMSA version of the car. This kit, or the Le Mans Miniatures version is one of the holes in my IMSA GTP collection of kits to build. Very nice work on a beautiful car.
Hooked on Chaparral Posted January 9, 2020 Posted January 9, 2020 Brendan, I realize this is an OLD, OLD post, but I was hoping to get a couple clarifications from you. I have been away from the hobby quite sometime and only recently returned early 2018. I picked up one of these kits and according to the info I have gathered, Studio 27 claims it's a new tooling. This kit was released in 2002. I witnessed Davy Jones win with this real car at Mid Ohio, that after a short stay in a gravel pit to boot. I have a few pictures, mainly with a long lens and not real focused, also NOT the car I was there to see at the time. When you stated that a few things were not added or missing from the Bud Light version as opposed to the European based Silk Cut version would you mind elaborating on just what they were other than the roof "hump" and side exhaust tips? Considering the amount of cash I paid for this kit, I would really like to nail it best I could and anything you can recall that may need some care would be greatly appreciated. Your version is a real beauty and I cannot see anything out of order from the #2 when I saw it displayed at Mid-Ohio. thanks
Dave B Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Great build Brendan, love this car particularly in Silk Cut colours. I recall seeing a resin version on eBay some years back but was never able to win one Dave B
Hooked on Chaparral Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 Sorry to bump this up folks trying to make contact with BRENDAN if he is still about.
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