Something I did for a friend of mine down the road who loves his Jaguars and has an impressive memorabilia collection. His pride and joy is his show-winning X-Type, which he manages to keep even cleaner than my Colt!
He wanted the Corgi 1:18 model stripping and finishing to match his car, so I had a go. He wanted a go at painting the body himself with the correct Jaguar Pacific blue, but didn't have the patience to strip it and paint everything else.
I didn't tell him I was going to re-paint the entire interior to match and he was quite surprised with the result. And it only took me a morning!
He managed to source some miniature versions of his wheels so it's even more like the real thing now!
X-Type project
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Simon Johnson
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Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
E-type Club magazine contributor
Chasing the dream of a S1 4.2 OTS, but plan on getting an E ASAP!
Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
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I can pretty much tell that countless hours were dedicated to making this. Great job, man.
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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 little simpler in shape (like with the E) I would have given it a go. I also didn't fany ruining the only dash panel I had for it! He seems pleased with the result, but if I could have another go at some point with a spare dash, that would be a challenge..
Chris - the shape of the dashboard makes it quite challenging, if it were a little simpler in shape (like with the E) I would have given it a go. I also didn't fany ruining the only dash panel I had for it! He seems pleased with the result, but if I could have another go at some point with a spare dash, that would be a challenge..
Simon Johnson
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
E-type Club magazine contributor
Chasing the dream of a S1 4.2 OTS, but plan on getting an E ASAP!
Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
E-type Club magazine contributor
Chasing the dream of a S1 4.2 OTS, but plan on getting an E ASAP!
Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
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lovely Job................... and capturing all the excitement of Refurbishing a Jag for a lot less ££
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Thank you It was certainly a refreshing break from my main E-type model project. I'd happily do another car of that scale!
Simon Johnson
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
E-type Club magazine contributor
Chasing the dream of a S1 4.2 OTS, but plan on getting an E ASAP!
Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
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Chasing the dream of a S1 4.2 OTS, but plan on getting an E ASAP!
Lucky passenger in a 1962 FHC - See restoration thread
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