31 years after the victory of the Type D, Jaguar will end the reign of Porsche, which began in 1982.
The British team starts with the TWR XJR 6 (1986), XJR 8 LM (1987). Designed by Tony Southgate, the XJR 8 outrageously dominated the World Championship, winning 8 victories. There remained the Le Mans 24 Hours. But Porsche 962C of Bell-Stuck / Holbert won the victory.
In 1988, with the experience, Southgate created for the 24 Hours XJR-9LM, the most obvious feature concerned the body, extremely neat aerodynamic plan.
Behind a trio of Porsche 962C which occupy leading positions in the grid; the XJR-9LM "2" rushed to the other two Silk Cut Jaguar. Porsche left no respite for Jaguar and, on arrival, the winner had only half a lap ahead of the Porsche ranked second.
On June 12, the XJR9-LM Lammers / Dumfries / Wallace brought his 6th victory in front of Jaguar 2 962C. The XJR9 LM-ended 1 and 4 in the middle of 9 "962C".
After 7 years of domination of Stuttgart cars, Jaguar Porsche bends, reinstating the tradition of great duels of the 60's (Ferrari-Ford)
and 70 (Porsche-Ferrari, Matra-Ferrari, Porsche, Renault).
the kit:
Hasegawa provides an attractive model in white plastic hard enough ... the level of details is correct but, unlike the Tamiya car, there is no mécanique. Forms seems respected.
The boxes can contain 2 decorations according to their origin, with or without tobacco ... In 2 cases the board is enormous and promises a good time to set up.
First assemblies and painting in white:
reference page;
http://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/jaguar.htm
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