The 'E' Type Forum

Thank you everyone :bigrin: Having done two of these now (one in ca. 3 months and one in 5 years) I'm not sure I could attempt another. In terms of man hours, I dare bet there's 1,000 hours in that OTS (building, painting, researching, head scratching, sourcing bits, 500 hours constantly fixing the ...

Thanks, James. I've fooled a few people already! This little project demonstrates a classic trait of mine. You'll all laugh at this, but I'm not creative. I say creative, what I tend to refer to is "freehand creative" - ask me to draw that now, it'd be terrible. Ask me to draw an E-Type (or anything...

Thank you everyone :) It's nice to know I'm not writing complete rubbish, which I can guarantee is not always the case! Really enjoyed writing for the magazine, and will crack on with more soon

And so, almost 5 years to the day after starting work on the first pieces, I present to you all (on a slightly damp car park!) my 4.2 OTS. Just a shame I can't drive it, but I'll bring it along to the next forum meet :bigrin: I am, overall, quite pleased with it. Aimed for perfection, came reasonabl...

Wow, fantastic stuff gents! A professional photoshoot and a nice glossy article featuring your own cars. Looks great - how long is the magazine on sale for? I'll pick a copy up next time I'm out and about

For those of you who receive the E-Type Club magazine, I rather appear to have taken over this month! :lol: I do hope you enjoy the two articles from me this month, I would love to know you thought they read :bigrin: The Mulhouse museum trip was adapted from my Forum write-up - you can find a conden...

Thanks, Steve. Hopefully it's another step on the journey to everything. Started at uni 6 years ago now - 4 years since heading out for my year abroad. Scary stuff! I have said the same thing to most of my family - look at the title, the bio and be content at that, since it may as well be written in...

Evening all Some of you may have already noticed, but for those of you who haven't yet picked up your copy of the E-Type magazine, the article is now in print. https://i.imgur.com/SHxT0wh.jpg Thank you to everyone for your input :bigrin: P.S : It's not been a bad time for "publications" recently - s...

Thank you It was certainly a refreshing break from my main E-type model project. I'd happily do another car of that scale!

Hi Philip The S1 is indeed very impressive. Although I haven't driven a 3.8 myself (nor a S3, although I have driven a 4.2), I have spent plenty of time as a passenger in both types of S1. To me at least, they're are notably different in feel. Whilst the 4.2 has more low-down torque and seems a litt...

Seen some beautiful interiors finished by them out and about. Very impressive job. On another note, following a conversation at XK70, Graham Watkins was also kind enough to provide me with some biscuit leather offcuts (all I really needed) for my roadster model FOC. This was particularly good of the...

Thank you, Tom, I do enjoy the mini projects and I was surprised how quickly this came together. Then again, 1:18 scale is a lovely scale to work on - you can do plenty but it doesn't take you ages like maybe 1:8 does. Chris - the shape of the dashboard makes it quite challenging, if it were a littl...

Hi Ray

Yes, no problem, we'll keep Forum members posted as well.

Absolutely - Richard and I happened to be behind your car last year on the run for most of the way, which meant we got some excellent shots!



Take care for now

Simon

Hi Ray The event you're thinking of was the Great North Run in our (Derbyshire/Cheshire) region of the E-Type Club, organised by Jonathan Mitchell. Starting point was The Windmill at Tabley (right next to Junction 19 of the M6). Richard and I were also meant to be hosting a breakfast meeting at Hass...

Usually one for the enthusiastic responses, but I can't say I was particular enthused/excited by this announcement either. None of those cars will ever see the light of day on the road and will live in a private collection somewhere. It is in no way appealing to the vast number of Jaguar enthusiasts...

All I could do with now is the Derbyshire flag, David :wink: Always loved the design and most things about where I grew up and still spend lots of time. Very proud to be from round 'ere, duck. It's never far away from most things I do... car, office, you name it :bigrin: https://i.imgur.com/9fK2Fem....

I too have been enjoying the regular updates, although through the Facebook page. Some excellent photography / creative shots of cars of all colours and series. Lovely!

Lovely story, Chris. I can only imagine your son's surprise when he walked into that garage! You all know about my "project", which should hopefully jump forward again soon. It's a miserable evening so I decided to have a go at a template for the OTS hood cover, which I will need to fabricate out of...

According to their website they do, Stuart :)

Although I haven't purchased a kit myself, I've seen some of the work by Suffolk and Turley in Paul Brown's workshop, who he uses for all his restorations and in fact his own car too. The finish always looks exceptional.