1976 Broadspeed Jaguar XJC-12 Racing coupe

[zak78]

Thanks Nick, really appreciated!!

You are right, the dash instruments bezels are made from evergreen plastic tubing and where cut a "little" oversize in lenght and sanded down both sides then an angled inside radius(to make it a litter thinner) was cut with a new X-ato No.11 blade, after they where glued to the dash a last light "block sanding" will even things up in the dash/bezels area...aluminum or brass tubing would be better and thinner but since at the moment did not have the correct diameter at my workbench material stock and finding a hobby shop(IF you can find it!!!) in my area that carry them is almost impossible, made them in plastic, think they came alright in the end.

Fred

Thanks Fred, I can picture how to do that now I think they look great they way they are too. To make the rings thinner, I would drill them, to widen the inside diameter, before cutting them from the tubing. They would be more fragile that way, however.

Nick

[Jim Gibbons]

Looking great! I know it's too late, but here's a photo of the resin base of the XJS which I took a pencil to so you could see the trunk bulkhead.

Here's a 3/4 side view of it. I'm sure it's quite different than yours, though.

[Romell R]

This is an awesome build , great job with re-working that AMT body, I believe scratch building is the ultimate form of modelling and you work it well. Keep up the good work, and i'll be following. Romell

[Plasticfanatic]

Looking great! I know it's too late, but here's a photo of the resin base of the XJS which I took a pencil to so you could see the trunk bulkhead.

Here's a 3/4 side view of it. I'm sure it's quite different than yours, though.

You are not late!!! Thank you very much for that photo, I will put that detail in the interior back area of the car tonight since am still working on the interior building.

By the way...GREAT XJS widebody model and am prety sure it will be another stunning model when you finish it, that's another Jaguar I want to make in 1/25....again IF I could find the Hasegawa model at an affordable price!!

[Jim Gibbons]

The pencil marks below and between the two "Vees" seem to be resin or mold flash; at first I thought it might be some sort of detail, but under a loupe, it appears just to be junk. I haven't spent much time cleaning up the chassis yet. The body was enough of a project. I wish I could find the pictures, but a friend took many for me of this XJS at Lime Rock. I will do a search in the next few days, and if I find them, I'll post.

A possible option to the Hasegawa kit, is an old late '70s Revell issue of an XJS that was a snap kit. I built it for a friend, but added a lot of detail such as fuel injection logs and throttle linkage to the V12 engine insert, scratch built and painted "burl" inserts for the side panels and dash, and guitar string trim for the door panels. It ended up looking very good, and one would have never guessed it was a snap kit. I have to ask my friend if she'll take some pictures for me.

The version I built was marketed under "The Saint" remake of the original show. It may not be any cheaper than the Hasegawa, but you might luck out. I can't remember if it was 1/24 or 1/25, though.

Edited June 28, 2010 by Jim Gibbons

[torinobradley]

You might want to see if there's a resin caster out there that wants to throw a few dollars your way for the honor of casting such a unique car. Might be worth the research if you can get a few greenbacks and some extra parts out of the deal.

[Darren B]

Like everyone else has said before me. totally freaking awesome scratch building skills you have. I can not wait to see the finished product. You are an artist!!!

[Plasticfanatic]

Thanks for all the kind words about this Jaguar Project, is greatly appreciated.

Today I did a little more work on the body and interior tub, could say it's now almost finished and ready for paint....well, at least the best I could do this "home made" Jaguar!!

About having the body cast in resin......I WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!, I would love to have it done and build two more racing versions of this car as well as the The New Avenger car..... BUT my Jaguar body is not commercial/consumer quality material work, an any resin casting/aftermarket company would not be interested on it and I can understand them perfectly, competition in this limited field is hard and modelers demand quality and full fidelity for the subject and money and after seeing the magnificent body's and trans-kit some of these company's offer...mine will look like a "poor attempt"......and rightly so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Again thanks for all the positive comments and opinions, a lot of my inspiration come from the superb and wonderful work all of you guys post in the forum....in all the fields!!

Fred

[Blake Rogers]

wicked work man any engine pics yet? and i love that wale tail you got there as well

[Joseph]

Plasticfanatic,

Absolutely fantastic! Great work, I'm very impressed! Keep the updates and photos coming!

Cheers!

Joseph

[made007]

The pencil marks below and between the two "Vees" seem to be resin or mold flash; at first I thought it might be some sort of detail, but under a loupe, it appears just to be junk. I haven't spent much time cleaning up the chassis yet. The body was enough of a project. I wish I could find the pictures, but a friend took many for me of this XJS at Lime Rock. I will do a search in the next few days, and if I find them, I'll post.

A possible option to the Hasegawa kit, is an old late '70s Revell issue of an XJS that was a snap kit. I built it for a friend, but added a lot of detail such as fuel injection logs and throttle linkage to the V12 engine insert, scratch built and painted "burl" inserts for the side panels and dash, and guitar string trim for the door panels. It ended up looking very good, and one would have never guessed it was a snap kit. I have to ask my friend if she'll take some pictures for me.

The version I built was marketed under "The Saint" remake of the original show. It may not be any cheaper than the Hasegawa, but you might luck out. I can't remember if it was 1/24 or 1/25, though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1979-Revell-Snap-Together-Jaguar-XJS-Model-kit-/120604476263?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

[Plasticfanatic]

A little progress update on this project, I tried to make/convert the wheels to the type used in the blue/white/red car which by the way in the begining where gold color in their center part and later change to black, I did go with the gold color in my model. I used the AMT Porsche 935 "Martini" back wheels and made from plastic sheet the star insert, carved the detail and made the circumsference "bolts" from sprue plastic, the center lugnuts area was a separate piece of shaped plastic sheet,the wheels where covered in bare metal foil since I run out of Alclad...and to be honest since this is not a super accurate replica I chose the "easy way"...they look good...I think!! The back center pieces are not glue yet to the rims pending final fitting. The front wheels are modified Tamiya competition Toyota Supra items. Please note that nothing is glued or adjusted in final position yet.

The interior fabrication is almost compleat and ready, will post photos of that in a couple of days.

In the body I put the trunk "plastic/putty" plug to give it a curved look, refined the plastic stock shaped back bumper, opened the front air intake and sanded and sanded AND keep sanding to try to eliminate as much imperfections as possible from the body....it will never be a perfect replica but I like how is coming along. I fellow forum member sold me his Jaguar XJ-S 12 Hasegawa model pictured here.....that will become the "group44 widebody" racer so it can kep company to the XJC Broadspeed and my XJR9 which is still waiting in the shelf

I am thinking that if is not to expensive and theres a good and trusted resin caster out there who could do at least two bodys of the my Broadspeed XJC I would consider the possibility....again it will be for my personal use/build since my body is not comercial quality or perfection....and not to many modelers like these type of cars anyway Hope you like it!!

Fred

[Plasticfanatic]

These are the back wheels inserts and front modifications, again there are not perfect but look the part in my very personal opinion, will have to make very similar ones to the XJS Group 44 Jaguar..in the future!

[Alyn]

As a fan of British racing cars, I like your style, Mr Perez.

I have a 1:1 TR7 in my garage that I will someday create in scale as a Group 44 TR8. (so many cars, so little time )

Anxious to see more...

P.S. The Fairmont looks familiar. That would certainly be the one to cast in resin if you haven't already. Over the course of time, I have seen numerous posts regarding Fairmont bodies and where one could be obtained. Several referenses have been made to a mysterious scratch built version which I suspect was yours.That is a body that would probably appeal to a wider audience of buyers.

[Plasticfanatic]

As a fan of British racing cars, I like your style, Mr Perez.

I have a 1:1 TR7 in my garage that I will someday create in scale as a Group 44 TR8. (so many cars, so little time )

Anxious to see more...

P.S. The Fairmont looks familiar. That would certainly be the one to cast in resin if you haven't already. Over the course of time, I have seen numerous posts regarding Fairmont bodies and where one could be obtained. Several referenses have been made to a mysterious scratch built version which I suspect was yours.That is a body that would probably appeal to a wider audience of buyers.

Thanks for the kind words about this Jaguar project, the Group 44 TR8 also looks great and hope you can do it in scale some day, in my very personal view and taste I find all this cars quite attractive and relevant to motorsport history to some degree.

About the Fairmont body, I know the scrachtbuilt one you are talking about, the one(Glidden) show in these pages are the one I made for myself using a AMT 1965 Pontiac GTO as a base body, the one you are refering is made by another modeler and is WAYYYYYY MUCH better and accurate than mine and he has plans to sell it as a kit in resin, it have taken him quite some time to finish/realease it because some refinements and problems with the master when the molds where being made, hope he is able to resolve the technical problems soon and we can finaly have a Fairmont resin body....I plan to buy at least 3!!!!!

Fred

[davyou5]

Wow! .

[Jim Gibbons]

Looking great; if you need any measurements from my Group44 XJ12, let me know. If it would help, I could also scan the decal sheet that you could scale up to print your own.

[Plasticfanatic]

Looking great; if you need any measurements from my Group44 XJ12, let me know. If it would help, I could also scan the decal sheet that you could scale up to print your own.

Thanks for the kind words and offer, I was lucky to find the Fred Cady decal sheet for the Group 44 cars. Will let you as soon as I beging work on the XJ-12, the mesurements will be of great help, thank you in advance and really appreciated!!

Fred

[3men2s]

COOL BEAST

[Gluhead]

I know this is post was dug from the grave but the XJC is my favorite Jag from the 70's so I had to comment. Great work, Fred, and I'm sure I speak for many when I say that I'd love to see what became of this.

[Bugace]

This is one lovely build.

I would imagined You at least had a old SouthEasternFinecast diecast kit as help, or a Polistil toy. It's just lovely.