Tamiya Jaguar XJ220
The cosy XJ220 cabin. Grey flocking for the carpet. RLM Grey and Sky Grey for the dashboard, seats and other interior trim.
Tiny decals for the gauges in the door. The bottom right one folded in half so that one is hand painted.
The engine/transaxle assembly. This went together easily and was quite easy to paint.
Such a shame that most of this can't be seen once the body is attached.
SMS Super Silver and Tamiya Silver for the discs. Tamiya Metallic Grey callipers. Tamiya Titanium Gold on the other bit attached to the disc (is that the hand brake?).
SMS Stainless Steel used on the exhausts.
Top view of the gorgeous TWR V6.
Chassis, cabin and engine all assembled and waiting for some fancy bodywork. The hole just behind the radiators is for the little rod that pushes the headlight covers up.
255/45ZR17 tyres on the front. There's a tiny Jaguar badge in the middle of the wheel nut. 345/35ZR18 tyres on the rear.
Base coat of SMS Blue PL04.
SMS Galaxy blue/purple colours hift paint on top of the blue.
The colour really gets some depth to it when the gloss is added.
The XJ220's curves do a great job of showing off the colour shift.
More colour shift goodness.
All finished. Who could deny that this is one of the most beautiful cars ever built?
Headlight covers in the closed position. They tend to sit a little bit cockeyed. The right cover (left in the photo) sits a bit low usually.
Headlight covers open. Something is catching on the mechanism that pushes them back up and stopping them from sitting down completely so the rod on the underside is held down with some tape.
The metal "JAGUAR" stickers look nice, but what a pain in the butt they are to stick on. Maybe it's because they are over 20 years old (probably more like 30+ years). They stick to the backing tape very well, but don't like sticking to the paint. After much teasing to get them into the right positions, I put a couple of coats of Deluxe Materials Looks Like Glass over them to seal them and stop the edges from catching on anything that went near them.
Kommentare
27 3 June, 06:34
Christian WGreat color! It is always faszinating, how those colors work after clear cote.
3 September, 09:20
David OrrThanks everyone. Christian, it is definitely a revelation when you put the clear coat onto the colour shift paint. This one has the same colour shift as the Nissan Skyline in my albums, but that one was on a gloss black base. It's good fun experimenting with different base colours to see how the effect shows up.
3 September, 14:42
George WilliamsYou've made a terrific model, David, the paint finish is perfect, but, come on, one of the most beautiful cars ever built? Just take a look at Jaguar's back catalogue - C Type, D Type, E Type, XK 120, 140, 150, Mk1, Mk2, Mk10, to name just a few, all more beautiful than this British Leyland monster. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
10 October, 00:02
David OrrGeorge, I did say "one" of the most beautiful, all of the other Jags being right up there with it. My favourite would probably be the XJ13. The XJ220 is not a British Leyland monster. It was built while Ford owned Jaguar, and it was built by TWR anyway. I'd rate it's looks as far superior to any other supercar of the day, and probably any supercar of any generation.
10 October, 00:20
George WilliamsHi David, you're right, of course, but the design and concept happened while Jaguar were part of the British Leyland empire. The v-12 engine and four wheel drive were dropped to a turbo charged V6 and rear wheel drive due mainly to financial constraints, and many people cancelled their orders. Didn't the Metro 6R4 rally car use the same engine?
10 October, 12:21
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This is one of my favourite cars. I've had this kit in my closet for about 24 years.
