Hasegawa Jaguar XJ-SC V12 Cabriolet

You've just got to love the interior of a Jag. I particularly like how the burr walnut came out. I painted the wood with Humbrol Leather, then dabbed spots of SMS Rust Oxide and Red Rust. The seats and door/centre console trims are Humbrol RLM Grey, with grey flocking for the carpet. 

 

 

One of my dream cars from my youth. You wouldn't believe that I had just blasted all the dust off this model with my workshop compressor. It is covered in bits of plastic. 

 

 

Cabriolet roof is removable. The rear convertible roof is permanently glued on. 

 

Oops, that Jaguar number plate decal got a bit skewed, and it refused to move. These decals are quite fragile and would tear if I tried moving them too much. I just realised that I forgot to paint the lights on the bumper. 

I always like the Starfish alloys on the XJ-S. The dark parts were hand painted with Humbrol Tank Grey. 

Window trims were masked and painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone, then clear coated with Deluxe Materials Looks Like Glass. The pinstripe decals were a nightmare as they stretched while sliding them off the backing paper, then split and folded up on themselves. They were very difficult to get into place, and this side is a bit wonky. I had to touch up a couple of bits with Tamiya silver, which was not a perfect match. One part on the right hand side got stuck to some masking tape and peeled off. The tiny Jaguar on the pillar is a decal on top of a slightly raised moulded Jaguar. 

The engine barely fits, and sits too high, which pushes the bonnet up a little bit (same problem on the TWR XJ-S). I swapped the brake booster and windscreen washer reservoir as I had swapped to right hand drive. In retrospect, I should have stuck the reservoir onto the firewall as it was a very tight fit (it was originally supposed to be stuck on the silver bit in front of the brake booster. Fitting the body to the chassis was extremely difficult as the front would not stay down. The mess around the top of the wheel arches is from all the glue I had to use to keep it stuck down. It was too hard to clean it up any more as the paint is too hard to touch up. 

Nice view of the carpet and wood through the cabriolet roof. 

 

Pale grey flocking applied to the underside of the cabriolet roof panels.