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Builder Last Online: Oct 2022
Model Scale: 1/8
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Started: 03-28-12
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Hi Everyone,
I read recently that 1/16 is regarded as large scale so am posting details of my build of the Minicraft Jaguar SS100. I bought the kit recently as a means to hone my modelling skills after a long break of over 20 years. Also, I have a few larger scales (1/12 and 1/8) waiting in the wings so this is a practice run. Not that I regard the Jag so lowly, in fact, I have a 1/8 Monogram XKE that I am dying to get to. But first, this one.
I started a week ago so am posting a few sessions of work right away. Later I will post depending on when I get a chance to build.
To start, let me state that I am pretty rusty in terms of my modelling skills, so am bound to make plenty of mistakes. But hopefully learn a lot so I can start once again down the road to model bliss.
The Kit
The kit is a pretty reasonable one. The parts are well documented, and each sprue
is bagged in fairly thick plastic to avoid them tearing through. There are very few problems with
flash
, and most parts require very little work before they are ready for installation. The instructions are very detailed and comprehensive (nothing like the summarised instructions which I saw in my Monogram 1/8 box!) and assembly is straightforward even though some of the diagrams can be a bit confusing when too many small pieces are indicated at one go.
There are a few integrity issues in terms of representation of the original model. For instance, the front grill is not all chrome but rather black wash mesh with a chrome surround - but these can be overlooked as the kit promises to build up to a nice model.
So I began with the wheels, which was fairly easy, requires two halves per wheel. The original car can with both black and chrome spokes, and I thought of going for the chrome. Painting proved easy though the paint does make the spokes thicker and thus somewhat less authentic. Some wheels did have flash
issues on the spokes, expected given how thin they are!
Once the wheels were done I fitted the tyres by soaking in very hot
water for a few minutes and then they slipped on easily. Soaking was necessary as the tyres are quite hard, and after soaking they need some pampering to bring back into shape.
Encouraged by the completed wheels, I started on the engine. The main engine is made up of a small number of parts so assembly is easy, and its only the scale the makes it hard. Dry fitting is essential as the parts don’t always go well together.
Getting adventurous I thought I would paint the engine as I went along.
All went well until I got to the engine block, which is made of red plastic and which refused to take paint properly. I tried a few coats of grey but to no avail, even after primer
. Then I applied a coat of chrome silver and when that dried thoroughly, the grey finally took. The pics do show the somewhat average paint job on the block, though things went better on the carbs, exhaust manifold and a few other silver pieces.
The HT leads proved a real challenge, and the pic shows the octopus that was the distributor with the leads emanating from it. The (very tiny!) spark plugs were supplied but getting them to fit and then to attach the leads to them was very difficult, so I glued the plug to the leads and then installed them. Seemed to work well enough.
When done, the engine looked like this...
A reasonable effort, I thought. Need to work on my painting skills though!
Next I will start the chassis and suspension. See you then...
I read recently that 1/16 is regarded as large scale so am posting details of my build of the Minicraft Jaguar SS100. I bought the kit recently as a means to hone my modelling skills after a long break of over 20 years. Also, I have a few larger scales (1/12 and 1/8) waiting in the wings so this is a practice run. Not that I regard the Jag so lowly, in fact, I have a 1/8 Monogram XKE that I am dying to get to. But first, this one.
I started a week ago so am posting a few sessions of work right away. Later I will post depending on when I get a chance to build.
To start, let me state that I am pretty rusty in terms of my modelling skills, so am bound to make plenty of mistakes. But hopefully learn a lot so I can start once again down the road to model bliss.
The Kit
The kit is a pretty reasonable one. The parts are well documented, and each sprue
is bagged in fairly thick plastic to avoid them tearing through. There are very few problems with
flash
, and most parts require very little work before they are ready for installation. The instructions are very detailed and comprehensive (nothing like the summarised instructions which I saw in my Monogram 1/8 box!) and assembly is straightforward even though some of the diagrams can be a bit confusing when too many small pieces are indicated at one go.There are a few integrity issues in terms of representation of the original model. For instance, the front grill is not all chrome but rather black wash mesh with a chrome surround - but these can be overlooked as the kit promises to build up to a nice model.
So I began with the wheels, which was fairly easy, requires two halves per wheel. The original car can with both black and chrome spokes, and I thought of going for the chrome. Painting proved easy though the paint does make the spokes thicker and thus somewhat less authentic. Some wheels did have flash
issues on the spokes, expected given how thin they are!Once the wheels were done I fitted the tyres by soaking in very hot
water for a few minutes and then they slipped on easily. Soaking was necessary as the tyres are quite hard, and after soaking they need some pampering to bring back into shape.Encouraged by the completed wheels, I started on the engine. The main engine is made up of a small number of parts so assembly is easy, and its only the scale the makes it hard. Dry fitting is essential as the parts don’t always go well together.
Getting adventurous I thought I would paint the engine as I went along.
All went well until I got to the engine block, which is made of red plastic and which refused to take paint properly. I tried a few coats of grey but to no avail, even after primer
. Then I applied a coat of chrome silver and when that dried thoroughly, the grey finally took. The pics do show the somewhat average paint job on the block, though things went better on the carbs, exhaust manifold and a few other silver pieces. The HT leads proved a real challenge, and the pic shows the octopus that was the distributor with the leads emanating from it. The (very tiny!) spark plugs were supplied but getting them to fit and then to attach the leads to them was very difficult, so I glued the plug to the leads and then installed them. Seemed to work well enough.
When done, the engine looked like this...
A reasonable effort, I thought. Need to work on my painting skills though!
Next I will start the chassis and suspension. See you then...
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