Revell Ag Jaguar Xk 120

[Nick F40]

oh yes me to

[Mike]

I recenlty build the Revell/Germany kit. On a whole, it's a great kit and a snap to fabricate and open the trunk. Here's mine -

Edited September 20, 2008 by Mike

[Mike]

Looks like an interesting kit. I wish RoG or someone would tool up a modern XK like this:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!

[Nick F40]

Mike, yours is sweet, it sure is classic in green

I know, ain't it just a thing of beauty? Clarkson loves them!

[Eshaver]

Hey, since all you older moddelers are commenting on this uh, I remember a Xk-120 back in the early 1960's that had an electric motor, who did it and what scal was it. Meanwhile Im in awe of ya'lls work man ship on youre Jaguars , I like them all! Ed Shaver

[curt raitz]

I just recently finished the Revell of Germany kit as well

built it to represent what it would look like as a club/vintage car racer

fun kit...

c'ya

[84vanagon]

Hey, since all you older moddelers are commenting on this uh, I remember a Xk-120 back in the early 1960's that had an electric motor, who did it and what scal was it. Meanwhile Im in awe of ya'lls work man ship on youre Jaguars , I like them all! Ed Shaver

Hi Ed.

IIRC it was Ideal and it was in an odd scale, somewhere around 1/20 (I think).

[sjordan2]

Just got this kit. We'll see.

[unclescott58]

Just ordered the 1979 die-cast version of this kit this morning from eBay. To go along with a die-cast Monogram MG kit given to me by another MCCM (Model Car Club of Minnesota) member last night. The XK120 is such a lovely car. I hope the kit is okay. The MG kit looks pretty good.

[Bainford]

3 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

Just ordered the 1979 die-cast version of this kit this morning from eBay. To go along with a die-cast Monogram MG kit given to me by another MCCM (Model Car Club of Minnesota) member last night. The XK120 is such a lovely car. I hope the kit is okay. The MG kit looks pretty good.

I haven't built the metal body kit, but the plastic body kit is on the bench right now. I was surprised at how good this kit is. I have just read the early posts on this thread, and comments regarding the horrendous bonnet fit are correct. After spending weeks trying to get it to fit properly, I ended up gluing it shut in order to maintain the clean sexy lines of the XK120 without blemish. I'll display that nicely done XK inline 6 on a stand next to the car. Otherwise, I find this to be a very nice kit.

[unclescott58]

20 hours ago, Bainford said:

I haven't built the metal body kit, but the plastic body kit is on the bench right now. I was surprised at how good this kit is. I have just read the early posts on this thread, and comments regarding the horrendous bonnet fit are correct. After spending weeks trying to get it to fit properly, I ended up gluing it shut in order to maintain the clean sexy lines of the XK120 without blemish. I'll display that nicely done XK inline 6 on a stand next to the car. Otherwise, I find this to be a very nice kit.

I mainly worried about getting rid of those body side seam lines, on the metal version I just ordered. I wonder what kind of files and/or sandpaper I’m going to need to get that job done?

[unclescott58]

I got mine in today's mail. Seam lines are much better that I expected. So is the fit of the hood. 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Only thing I don't like about this kit is the too-tall, too-upright, and too clunky windshield frame.

It's not WAY off, but it's bad enough to mar the proportions to somebody who's used to seeing a lot of real ones.

Compare the photo below to one of the "built" model shots from earlier in the thread.

   

                                  

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy