#143 1967 Jaguar E-Type

Building the Airfix 1:43 kit of the Jaguar E-Type

Notes

The Kit

Starter Set Jaguar E-Type

A 1960’s icon, the outstanding Jaguar E-Type is the perfect combination of a powerful sports car and a competitively priced luxury vehicle. This Starter Set portrays the series one model produced between 1961 and 1967. The striking model claims a top speed of 150MPH thanks to taking its racing DNA from the Le Mans winning Jaguar D-type.

Product Info

Once described by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car ever made, the E-Type is as breath-taking now as it was when first released in 1961. Based on Jaguar’s Le Mans winning D-Type, the E-Type had racing DNA combined with extremely competitive pricing and a claimed 150mph top speed, this led to it quickly becoming a 1960’s icon. The earliest cars or series one as they have become known, portrayed by this kit, were produced between 1961 and 1967 with two different engines, a 3.8L and 4.2L. Over 22,000 E-Types were sold. Jaguar produced the E-type in various guises including a 2+2 coupe, the limited edition ‘Lightweight E-Type’ and the low drag coupe along with many other variants.

Paint Scheme

Build Log

It’s a nice and simply kit - can be a very quick build. Primary disappointment is that there is no wing or rear view mirror included in the kit

The kit is a left-hand drive version for some reason. Converting back to right-hand drive would not be such a big job if this is important

Project Box

I used MakerCase to generate a simple parametric design:

• material thickness: 3mm
• inside dimensions:
  • width: 110mm
  • height: 50mm
  • depth: 202mm
• open box
• edge joints: finger, 24.39
• panel layout: separate
• panel labels: disabled
• kerf: 0.2mm

Finalising the box design:

• exported from MakerCase as etype-box-template.svg
• imported and refined with Affinity Designer as etype-box.afdesign
• exported from Affinity Designer as etype-box.svg
• import to Inkscape for cutting layout and g-code generation as etype-box-inkscape.svg

Building the Display Base

The assembled display case:

Building up the underlying groundwork:

Final Gallery

Credits and References

• this project on scalemates
• Jaguar E-Type Airfix No. A55009 1:43
  • scalemates
  • airfix