A55009 E-Type Jaguar in box review

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This is a newly tooled kit in 1/43 scale, 104mm long and 39mm wide with 23 parts. Airfix give it a Skill Level of 1 and the box carries one Flying Hour for Club Members to redeem. Detail quality is very good with finely moulded parts, the only slightly odd thing is that the model is left hand drive; somewhat surprising given that both Airfix and Jaguar are British Classics. The kit is moulded in India.

Decals are by Cartograf and are printed to their usual standard of high quality. There are no options, indeed, the registration plates are silver on black bearing the legend; E-TYPE.

Paints advised are Humbrol

11 Metallic Silver

33 Matt Black

118 Matt US Tan

239 Gloss British Racing Green

One acrylic pot-let of each is included in this Starter Set, along with a brush and a Poly Cement tube.

The instructions are printed over 8 pages with an additional flyer offering advice to the novice model builder over 15 steps.

Assembly is illustrated over 12 stages; each stage identifies the part(s) to be used on a map of the runner(s).

The painting guide is much simplified, experienced modellers may wish to add or change colours to suit their own requirements. Reference material is provided on the rear of the box