Xke

[kitmen]

I had some time this evening so I thought I would begin a car I have had on my shelf for a while.

I'm sure I'm not alone in having a few Airfix kits awaiting some attention and a chassis.

So begins this transformation from inert box of parts to assembled lump of kinetic fun.

I thought I would build this car with the motor in front as I did with the TR-4 and MGB builds.

Here is the chassis:





Since I use a "donor" motor for the drive shaft, I decided to use the "can" as the bearing holder. This worked very well as it alligned the drive shaft perfectly and soldered in place very well. All that was required after being soldered in was to trim the "can"with a dremel.

I built and trimmed the Airfix XKE body and did some preliminary body filler and "test fit" assembled the car to see the stance on track:









As always, any and all comments are more than welcomed.

Thanks

John

[greenman62]

One of my very first scratch built cars was an Airfix XKE, so I appreciate the work you're doing.




Mine had an old Revell aluminum club chassis under it.

I later revisited the car with a Revellogram body. This time I opted for a Slotit HRS2 chassis and reflected the real car's new livery




Greenman62

[kitmen]

Greenman 62, nice build of your XKE!

The Airfix body version looks great as does the Monogram/Revell one.

Do you race both of these cars and if so, which do you prefer?

Thanks again for your post!

John

[greenman62]

Originally Posted by kitmen

Greenman 62, nice build of your XKE!

The Airfix body version looks great as does the Monogram/Revell one.

Do you race both of these cars and if so, which do you prefer?

Thanks again for your post!

John

I can trutfully say the recent build has it waaaay over the old car. The Airfix car was done before I knew what I was doing... It has succumbed to the ravages of time.

Greenman62

[kitmen]

Greenman 62, thanks for your reply, both cars do look great!

I did some work on the XKE last night and got it running around the track.

The car runs very smoothly and is a lot of fun to drive.

Here are some photos of the car so far:



















Now to build a couple of more cars to this point so I can have a few to paint at once!

As always, any and all comments are more than welcomed.

Thanks

John

[rixvette]

I have a model kit coupe on the workbench, yet to be finished. I am thinking brass is the way to go with that as well. I haven't made one in brass in a while.

[JDR]

That looks lethal!! Great job.

[dr vanski]

Looking good! Nice motor.

[kitmen]

Thanks for the very kind posts!

Rixvette, looking forward to seeing your build!

JDR, thanks for your comment, the car does go very well!

Dr Vanski, I thought the motor would look famililar! These are great motors with the performance of the NC-1 and compact as well.

This car is waiting for a few more to be built so I can have a batch to paint all at once.

Thanks

John

[kitmen]

I got around to painting two E-Types as I couldn't decide on a single colour:









As always, any and all comments are more than welcomed.

Thanks

John

[reel55]

Good colour choice! BRG allways looks great on e types

[kitmen]

Thanks reel55, I like BRG as well!

I got quite a bit done on the BRG E-type.
I added the interior, front and rear lights and the windscreen.
I managed to also paint the chrome bits on the body, panel lines, add numbers, sponsors and headlight tape.
Here it is so far:





















As always, any and all comments are more than welcomed.

Thanks

John

[dr vanski]

I like it!

[kitmen]

Thanks very much Dr. Vanski!

John