General Discussion

[zenrat]

Finding both the Jag and the engine in 1/25 would be the challenge.
I like that it has portholes on the front wings like a real Buick.

Has anyone EVER done an XJ6 in 1/25? Or indeed almost any Jag, apart from the Mk 2 and all the racing ones. Oh, and the E-type of course.

Didn't AMT do a kit with a straight 8 Buick included some time back? My memory says it was a rather basic hot rod kits of some sort.

One of the Japanese makers did an XJS.  Hasegawa or Aoshima IIRC.  XJ6 would be nice though.

I have no memories of a straight eight Buick in 1/25 other than vague naggings about a resin kit.  Lovely engine though.

[Mossie]

Posted this but it didn't go through.  Yes, Hasegawa did an XJ-S.  Revell currently have their old XKSS in a double pack with their E Type.  Italeri and Tamiya did the XJ220.

[PR19_Kit]

But 'normal' saloons (sedans....) don't get a look in. Sad really as most of the wide XJ range were really good looking cars.

I'd love a kit of a 1/25 XF Sportbrake while they're at it too. 

[Wardukw]

It's annoying that the manufacturers don't make cars like the XJ6 or XJ12 as I've always wanted to pro street one of those.
I did pro street the Hasegawa XJS and it looked ok but not quite right if ya know what I mean.
The shape of the twin head light XJ would look good  as I've seen a couple of blown XJ6s  and they looked good.

[jcf]

Oddly enough the XJ sedan is fairly rare even in the diecast world, a few in 1/18th, more in
1/43rd, one in 1/32nd (a pullback toy) but bupkis in 1/24th.  

Hasegawa has released multiple versions of their XJ-S, including the cabriolet, and Tamiya
has two versions of the Mk.II, standard passenger saloon and tintop racer.

The various Jaguars, primarily E-Types, from Hasegawa, Tamiya, Revell (current Revell Co.),
Heller, Gunze Sangyo and Italeri are 1/24th scale rather than 1/25th.

[zenrat]

Tom Walkinshaw qualifying at the Bathurst 1000 1985 in a V12 XJS.  After 1:25 it's in-car footage coming down the Mountain. 
No chicane in Conrod Straight in those days.
Turn it up.

[PR19_Kit]

"Here's one Englishman who's not afraid of this Aussie mountain......'

That would have got the commentator a bunch of fives in the teeth! Tom Walkinshaw was a SCOTSMAN and never let you forget it either! 

He was one heck of a driver and a great team manager, but a decidedly dubious businessman, and died owing my last employers a LOT of money!

Fab vid though Fred, thanks for the link. And I had the volume up to 11. 

[McColm]

There aren't that many plastic model kits of the Jaguar the Mk2 and the racing equivalent,  XJ220, E-Type, or XJ-S family in 1/24 or 1/25 scale.
I have a Politoys/Polistil 1/25 made in Italy Jaguar XJ 4.2 saloon die-cast Police Car; the bonnet/hood opens,  both front doors and the trunk/boot. There's a detailed engine bay .
You could try using the slot car or resin route, you could be lucky with a die-cast Corgi or Dinky car.








No box, not in mint condition. The decals are beginning to lift,rear bumper is pitted and the rear number plate is missing on the boot/trunk front edge.

[Dizzyfugu]

because i haven't done one, and am curious how it goes for me?

Same here. And, personally, I like to see how different modelers interpret the same topic individually.

[kerick]

How about an upgraded Iowa class BB converted to nuke power?

[jcf]

I created a topic back in 2021 with links to a couple of pages with US automobile engine dimensions for swaps,
one page is all V-8s - plus Allison and Merlin, the other has I-4, 1-6 and V-6 as well as V-8s. No I-8 dimensions.

American V-8 Engine Dimensions

[jcf]

Approximate dimensions for a 1937 Buick 320 in³ I-8:

Oil Pan
Length 35 inches
Width 10 inches
Depth 5.5 inches

Block
Length 36 inches
Width 12 inches
Depth 15 inches
(Which must be across the flywheel housing, accessory drive/engine mount parts of the
casting, as photos show the actual cylinder "block" to be not much wider than the head).

Head
Length 36 inches
Width 6 inches
Depth 4 inches

Overall
Length 36 inches
Width 12 inches
Depth 24.5 inches

[PR19_Kit]

That's a big 'ole motor there! 

[Rheged]

That's a big 'ole motor there! 

and you'd need a big 'ole under the bonnet to fit it in.

[jcf]

That ain't nuttin', how about an I-16 built using two I-8s.


C-16 Streamliner

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