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Post by mrmike on Jun 21, 2020 9:19:27 GMT -7
The Build My latest project and the return of McNally, Boston PI. The story is called "A Touch of English". This is the Heller Jaguar Type E Cabriolet aka the Jag XK-E Roadster. I have never built a Heller kit before so this will be a first for me. Revell of Germany is releasing the Jaguar XK-E Coupe sometime in October and I hope to get my hands on one of those kits when they come out. I have heard of issues involving the Heller body halves lining up and not fitting well on this kit. I will be very cognizant of that. My body paint will be Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red with a tan interior and black seats.    The Story A British gentleman by the name of Bartholomew Richard Francis Atkinson III is driving his Jaguar XK-E Cabriolet into Charlestown for an appointment with McNally, Boston PI. He is driving the Jag with the top down on this sunny late May day and he is enjoying the top down experience! He stops the Jag in front of McNally's home at 157 Dardenvale St. and he removes his black leather drving gloves and adjusts his tweed driving cap before getting out of his car. On the front porch of McNally's home he rings the doorbell and McNally opens the door and welcomes him into the house. They go into his office and sit to discuss the reason Ritchie wants to hire McNally, he had a breakin at his home in Concord, MA and his coin collection was stolen. The coin collection was worth almost $3,000,000 with many rare coins in the collection. Ritchie, who is almost 75 years old, has been collecting these coins since he was a 6 year old child in England. He wants the collection returned to him with no questions asked. A coin collection may be hard to find especially if the collection was broken up. McNally takes on the case for Ritchie after citing his pay and what to expect from this investigation. Ritchie thanks McNally for taking on the case and if he needs anymore information, he is available for any questions McNally may have. McNally will return... |
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 21, 2020 9:38:41 GMT -7
WooHoo McNally's back! I've not built this heller kit but I find all heller kits need test fit after test fit at every step, and they can be a little fiddly in places where you need 4 hands. Try not to deviate too far from the instructions too as it can cause problems down the line. You might find the plastic feels a little different too, sorta softer feeling and it melts faster than most if you're using polystyrene cements. I'm sure you'll be fine though, they seem to go together well even if the interiors are done different. Is the door panels on this on the clear sprue?
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Post by leon on Jun 21, 2020 10:04:50 GMT -7
Nice one Mike! Looking forward to another McNally story.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 21, 2020 11:50:11 GMT -7
thanks Les and leon!
Les, to answer your question-yes the door panels are on the clear sprue with the windows in the up position. I'm thinking of removing them, but I may leave them if they contribute to the overall strength of the model. I would like to have them in the down position, but we shall see when I get there...
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Post by pete on Jun 22, 2020 8:21:10 GMT -7
Love the E type jags. Still want to do a proper D Type myself. Ok man!  |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 22, 2020 8:46:47 GMT -7
Thanks pete! The E-Type Jags were considered to be the most beautiful sports cars ever designed. Even today the F-Types try to mimic those lines and they fail at it. I believe thatD-Type Jags are cast in resin and there are no styrene kits around, but I could be wrong.
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 22, 2020 8:48:58 GMT -7
thanks Les and leon! Les, to answer your question-yes the door panels are on the clear sprue with the windows in the up position. I'm thinking of removing them, but I may leave them if they contribute to the overall strength of the model. I would like to have them in the down position, but we shall see when I get there... Yeah, I would expect the side glass adds a lot of support to the screen but you could maybe trim them to be half down and still add support |
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 22, 2020 8:52:08 GMT -7
Thanks pete! The E-Type Jags were considered to be the most beautiful sports cars ever designed. Even today the F-Types try to mimic those lines and they fail at it. I believe thatD-Type Jags are cast in resin and there are no styrene kits around, but I could be wrong. Theres a smaller scale d type in plastic, I think its pretty old and simple though. It might have been airfix or smer that did it. |
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Post by moramarth on Jun 22, 2020 17:39:41 GMT -7
Thanks pete! The E-Type Jags were considered to be the most beautiful sports cars ever designed. Even today the F-Types try to mimic those lines and they fail at it. I believe thatD-Type Jags are cast in resin and there are no styrene kits around, but I could be wrong. Theres a smaller scale d type in plastic, I think its pretty old and simple though. It might have been airfix or smer that did it. Revell did a 1:24 XKSS. When Jaguar ceased racing in 1956 it had 25 D-Types (from a planned total build of 100) left in the factory, these were converted to the road-going XKSS but nine were destroyed in a fire in the factory. The remaining 16 were mainly sold in the US, and were later supplemented by two converted from D-Types. In 2016 Jaguar announced the chassis numbers of the nine cars destroyed in the fire would be used for new-build vehicles (not replica, but with some modern safety upgrades). In 2018, they announced they would build 25 more D-types to complete the original intended production run. I understand there are various XKSS look-alike kit cars too.
Regards,
M
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Post by pete on Jun 22, 2020 18:57:06 GMT -7
Unfortunatly the D Types I see all seem to be 1/18 or 1/43 scale diecast. Or else they are curbside resin kits with no real detail or potential to add detail. I wont even get into the slot car versions. May have to cut up an XKE roadster and mod one up someday.
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Post by moramarth on Jun 23, 2020 3:44:07 GMT -7
Some time ago (possibly the Late Cretaceous) Merit did a 1:24th D Type (and a Lotus XI, and an Aston Martin DB3S...) but they were not those which survived as Heller or SMER. You'd probably have to sell a major organ to fund the purchase of one now AND it was only kerbside, so you'd have to cross-kit with the Revell XKSS (and NO, you can't have my XKSS, even if I could find where I've put it...).
Cheers,
M
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Post by mrmike on Jun 23, 2020 7:16:11 GMT -7
The Story McNally stops at Boston Police Headquarters and goes up to his old haunt, Burglary/Robbery Division and he talks to Lt. Rueben Ferris. He inquires about old coin shops and he finds out that Concord Police had asked BPD for assistance due to the value of Ritchie's Coin Collection. He gets a list of coin collectors and old coin shops that may deal with old coin collections and some that does business "under the counter". McNally thanks Lt. Det. Ferris for his time and he leaves the Burglary/Robbbery Division to go and talk to these people. The Build One of the first things to go was the distributor when I was going to add plug wires. I looked around for it, but it has disappeared into thin air, so I made one from a piece of part sprue. I added a black wash to the wire wheels and installed the tires. The 3.8 Ltr. engine is in progress.    McNally will return... |
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Post by pete on Jun 23, 2020 7:33:29 GMT -7
Some time ago (possibly the Late Cretaceous) Merit did a 1:24th D Type (and a Lotus XI, and an Aston Martin DB3S...) but they were not those which survived as Heller or SMER. You'd probably have to sell a major organ to fund the purchase of one now AND it was only kerbside, so you'd have to cross-kit with the Revell XKSS (and NO, you can't have my XKSS, even if I could find where I've put it...).
Cheers,
M
LOL... I hear ya man! I have paid silly money for JoHans in the past. Still need most of my internal organs but... If you find that XKSS  |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 25, 2020 8:59:14 GMT -7
The Story McNally stops and talks to the various pawn shop, coin collectors, and even some back room sellers that he knows. No one has seen any coin collections come by them. Not even individual coins from Ritchie's collection. Some have said that they heard of the break-in and theft, but they haven't seen anything come up for sale from it. He will have to look closer towards Ritchie's home for clues and to check out his alarm system. The Build My attempt at creating a distributor for the Jaguar 3.8 Ltr. engine failed, so I dove into my parts box and and found an 8 cylinder distributor. I sanded off the nubs, drilled it out and added my plugs wires and let the glue dry for a day. This morning, I routed the wires to the cylinder head.    McNally will return... |
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Post by poet on Jun 26, 2020 16:27:05 GMT -7
Nice!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 26, 2020 18:25:00 GMT -7
Thanks poet!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 27, 2020 8:26:41 GMT -7
The Story McNally drives out to Ritchie's home in Concord, MA and Ritchie invites him in. He asks Ritchie for a tour of the house and grounds ending back in the foyer of the huge house. McNally asks him about the alarm system and Ritchie says he changes the password for the alarm every two weeks. But, he changes only one number and it is consecutive order. McNally makes him change his password to a completely different name and number since changing just a number in consecutive order makes the system easy to hack. Everytime he changes his password, it has to be something completely different and Ritchie finally understands why. And, all it took was a $3,000,000 theft from his home to make him understand. The Build I washed the body parts yesterday and let them air-dry overnight. This morning I assembled the engine frame on the chassis and based on my research, this will be painted all one color...Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red. The interior will be a mix of different blacks and I might add some embossing powder for carpet.    McNally will return... |
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Post by leon on Jun 27, 2020 9:44:02 GMT -7
Your off to a good start Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 27, 2020 10:05:22 GMT -7
Thanks leon! I still have a little more bodywork to do since I have found a few small sink marks that I have to deal with.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 29, 2020 6:21:00 GMT -7
The Story As McNally drives back into Boston, his cellphone rings and he answers the call. The caller is Alexander Cannon and he would like McNally to stop by his house in Brookline, MA for a quick chat and the Boston PI heads to the Cannon Residence. He s escorted to the study where Cannon is talking on his telephone and McNally is greeted by Lila Stenna, Cannon's executive assistant. They talk for a few minutes until Cannon ends his phone call and turns towards McNally and Lila and he motions him to his large wooden desk. He points to a chair next to his desk and they start to talk. Cannon tells McNally about a phone call he got a call from a former associate who is still in the shady business of Boston's Underground. He wanted to know if Cannon could move a valuable coin collection and Cannon told him he doesn't do that sort of thing any longer. The associate who name is Johnny Wilson, wants to know why Cannon is not interested and he tells Johnny he has turned a new leaf and his in no longer interested in Boston's Underground. Johnny tells Cannon he'll look elsewhere and Cannon tells him good luck. Then, he called McNally since he heard he was searching to the coin collection. The Build I painted and assembled the rear suspension and the underhood structure. The hood is ready for primer and paint.    McNally will return... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 29, 2020 19:41:50 GMT -7
The Story McNally discovers that Johnny Wilson hangs out at a dive bar called Rott Gutt. He goes into the bar and orders a cold beer and the bartender puts a luke warm can of beer on the bartop and opens it as if the Boston PI was disturbing his very busy day. He asks about Johnny Wilson and the bartender lights his cigarette and points to Johnny sitting in a booth near the front window. McNally goes over to Johnny and introduces himself and says he's looking for the coin collection and Johnny says he doesn't know anything about a coin collection. McNally pushes the table into Johnny's stomach spilling Johnny's beer and says that if Johnny doesn't start telling him about the coins, he will do much worse to him. Johnny says he is a go-between for the collection and the seller. McNally asks what does the seller wants for the coins and Johnny says $1,000,000. McNally says he has the money and where and when does the seller want the cash. Johnny says to meet him in the alleyway in Jamica Plain off of Camber St. at 11:00 AM. McNally says no funny business or somebody is going to die and it won't be himself. The Build I was looking at my laptop background which happens to be of a '61 Jaguar XK-E and I noticed something about the headlights. Something was missing and I looked at the instructions for the missing parts and the instructions show nothing! Zip, zilch, zero, nada! No tunnel buckets for the headlights! I don't know the actual name, but the tunnel buckets run from the headlights along the bottom of the headlight tunnel under the plexiglass. What to do, what to do? I have some 11/32 tubing and I will try to cut and shape a piece to fill in that open space in the hood.    McNally will return... |
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Post by mrmike on Jul 1, 2020 5:56:01 GMT -7
The Story McNally stops at Boston Police Headquarters to find out more about Johnny Wilson. Lt. Det. Troy prints out Johnny's arrest record from McNally and he reads about all of Johnny's arrests and prison time. That afternoon, McNally gets a call from Johnny telling him to meet him in the alley behind Camber St. in Jamica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston. McNally arrives at the alley and he walks up the alley with his SIG Sauer P227 drawn and ready. He approaches a slight bend in the alley and he finds a body on the ground. Johnny Wilson and he is dead. McNally calls the Police and he waits for them to arrive. Several cops and the Coroner doing their jobs and the Det. Steven Darvell arrives. Right away, he accuses McNally of killing Johnny. McNally tells Darvell to either arrest him and talk to his lawyer, Charlotte Rothmann or investigate what actually happened at the scene. Darvell snorts and walks over to the body and the Coroner. A cop walks by McNally and says, "He's a jerk!" McNally agrees with him. The Build I like to gather pictures of the 1:1 and use them for my background and screensaver on my laptop. I was staring at my background picture and noticed the headlight tunnels on a 1:1 Jaguar and I didn't see any on the Heller Jag. Using some 11/32 styrene tubing, I cut out and shaped a couple of "tunnels" for my model. I got the basic shape and now to cut them down further.    McNally will return... |
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Post by pete on Jul 1, 2020 14:39:26 GMT -7
Gotta do what ya gotta do Mike. Looks like you got it ironed out.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 1, 2020 14:42:08 GMT -7
Nifty kit. Looks like it's got a lot of details Mike. Lookin' good brother.
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Post by mrmike on Jul 2, 2020 7:05:24 GMT -7
Thanks pete and Joe! I find it interesting that Heller did not include the headlight tunnels. It would have saved me a lot of extra work. I have the basic shaping done and now to fine tune the tunnels to fit the hood and the core support/inner fenders assembly.
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Post by sharp on Jul 2, 2020 17:58:22 GMT -7
Nice project Mike.Those jags are beautiful cars. Can't wait to see more on this!
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Post by mrmike on Jul 3, 2020 5:35:58 GMT -7
Those Jags are beautiful! The new Jags today don't hold a candle to the old Jags!
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Post by mrmike on Jul 4, 2020 8:44:41 GMT -7
The Story McNally drives out to Concord, MA to talk to Ritchie and he sees red and blue flashing lights at Ritchie's house. He parks his car out of the way of the ambulance and patrol cars in front of the house and he goes up to the cop standing outside and he shows his ID and asks what happened. Ritchie apparently suffered a heart attack when his aide, Charles Dennett found him lying on the floor. Set up with an IV and O2 mask, the ambulance attendants load Ritchie into the ambulance and drive him to Emerson Hospital. McNally walks up to Dennett and he asks what had happened and Dennett waves him off and runs out of the house, most likely heading to the Hospital to be with Ritchie. The Build I got the body pieces into a couple of coats of Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red, the headlight tunnels into a coat of Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf and the rear deck into a coat of Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black.    McNally will return... |
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Post by Deano on Jul 6, 2020 2:39:00 GMT -7
Loving the build and story Mike. Are the missing bits called bezels?
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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 6, 2020 6:00:57 GMT -7
These pictures don't do this Pure Red any justice as I'm sure it is actually a lot more red than what shows here. I know I had a hard time with getting the correct shade to show up in my photos. Really good progress in any case and quite a shine on those painted parts.
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