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Post by Stewart on Apr 29, 2022 10:42:49 GMT -5
It’s by SMTS Jerry. I think it’s factory built. I’ll post some pics to give you a feel for it.
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Post by reeft1 on Apr 29, 2022 11:49:35 GMT -5
300slr’s are one of the best looking racers of all time. Grandprixmodels has 2 large scale Moss SLRs at the moment - the Mille Miglia and the shared Fangio Le Mans car. Both are signed and look superb. Very rare and whilst expensive i’d be tempted if I collected larger scales.
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 29, 2022 13:04:58 GMT -5
300slr’s are one of the best looking racers of all time. Grandprixmodels has 2 large scale Moss SLRs at the moment - the Mille Miglia and the shared Fangio Le Mans car. Both are signed and look superb. Very rare and whilst expensive i’d be tempted if I collected larger scales. I have both in my collection Paul and they are superb models with the signatures of a couple great drivers as you have noted. They have had the Le Mans car for awhile, must have just brought the MM car in. With inflation, their asking prices are in line what I paid for mine at auction a few years ago. Nice to know they are holding value. As you say, they are rare. Only ones I have seen for sale in quite some time. The MM car has its original box too which is also rare. They make great center pieces to a 1/43 300 SLR collection! If you can do it, I would buy them!  |
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Post by Stewart on Apr 29, 2022 14:40:49 GMT -5
Jerry. SMTS Jaguar pics below    Hope they help. |
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Post by jager on Apr 30, 2022 2:24:14 GMT -5
Slightly off-topic, but that looks like a very similar colour to the 1950 Le Mans car. Was it the same car, or just a standard Jaguar colour of the era?  |
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 30, 2022 9:48:53 GMT -5
Slightly off-topic, but that looks like a very similar colour to the 1950 Le Mans car. Was it the same car, or just a standard Jaguar colour of the era? They are two different cars Ian. The Dundrod car was owned by Tommy Wisdom and the Le Mans car by Peter Clark. Both were Pastel Green, which was coincidence. |
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Post by Stewart on Apr 30, 2022 10:11:50 GMT -5
Certainly two different cars Ian but are they Pastel Green which I believe is shown by the car below.  Could they be Arbor Green as below?  Or Suede Green?  Who is our Jaguar expert? |
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 30, 2022 10:50:33 GMT -5
I'm not an 'expert' on the early XK's, but according to my JCNA concours manual, Pastel Green was lighter than Suede Green as below. It was also the only green which had the fawn interior. Suede Green was only available in Grey and Black interiors. Both can look similar depending on the light. Pastel Green changed in 1952 where Suede Green was the only interior color available on OTS cars like the Le Mans and Dundrod XK's, and that was the same model year BRG was introduced to production cars. The official color name is Pastel Green Metallic, even if there is not much metallic in the paint. In 1952, it just became Pastel Green and later on Willow Green when more yellow was added to it. Arbor Green was a 1952-56 color. Probably more information than you wanted. 😄  |
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Post by Stewart on May 1, 2022 4:20:43 GMT -5
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Post by oldirish33 on May 1, 2022 9:49:16 GMT -5
I have always liked this print of the Moss XK120 at Dundrod.  I know it was one of the six production cars pulled off the line and modified as competition cars. I'll look through my Jaguar competition books to see if there is any reference to color. |
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Post by Stewart on May 1, 2022 10:49:54 GMT -5
That print really captures the flavour of that rugged race on those miserable wet Irish country roads. Who is it by?
I’m pretty sure Stirling wouldn’t have cared less what colour car he had been lent by Tommy Wisdom on that day, although he did care very much about the colour and appearance of his own cars.
(I just googled JCNA!)
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Post by oldirish33 on May 1, 2022 11:02:50 GMT -5
That print really captures the flavour of that rugged race on those miserable wet Irish country roads. Who is it by? I’m pretty sure Stirling wouldn’t have cared less what colour car he had been lent by Tommy Wisdom on that day, although he did care very much about the colour and appearance of his own cars. (I just googled JCNA!) Its a Michael Turner print. He's one of my favorite automotive artists. Yes, captures the miserable conditions that initial TT race at Dundrod was run under. Torrential rain and gale force winds coming in off the Irish Sea. I have family who live less than a mile from part of the old circuit and have driven it a couple times, but in much nicer weather.  Yes sorry, JCNA - Jaguar Clubs of North America. |
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Post by Stewart on May 3, 2022 10:40:09 GMT -5
 F085CB2C-EF20-4F66-9387-21333E1B9624 by Stewart Frazer, on Flickr I am adding the Moss Maserati from the Cuban GP to my collection by modifying a Jolly item purchased on eBay. The intention was to replicate the Maserati 200S in which Moss started the chaotic 1957 Cuban GP.   The starting point was a Racing Models/Jolly Models 200S Stradale which had no race numbers to get rid of.  That got me to the stage shown at the top of this post. I’d had a play with the race numbers by then, which looked as if they had been applied using black tape on the actual car. I drew them in Autocad to get the decals. Next the side vents were filled and sanded and then covered with plain red decals. (Mostly covered by the race numbers in the end) The tonneau cover was painted to resemble canvas rather than a panel.  Jolly Models are often maligned but have their place, the wheels are excellent I reckon. The exhaust needs painting realistically and ideally the vertical side vents represented. The ESSO decals are not exactly right either. The panel lines are obviously OTT but that would require stripping the whole thing, filling, scribing and repainting. Maybe next time! |
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Post by reeft1 on May 3, 2022 12:01:46 GMT -5
Its a very nice conversion. As someone who has bought a number of Jolly models over the years, I completely echo your comments.
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Post by Stewart on May 3, 2022 13:37:38 GMT -5
Thanks Paul. I’d like to add a link for this unique race which was only run three times and won twice (typically) by Moss and once involved the kidnapping of the best driver of all time. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Grand_Prix |
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Yes sorry, JCNA - Jaguar Clubs of North America.