Hi everyone,
I've been building the E-type for a while now, surmounted the difficulties of building the spare wheel, and have arrived at issue 30...

To my surprise, the first thing I noticed in the parts supplied with this issue was a pair of aircraft wings! Further investigation revealed that this part (30-4) is called a cooling fan!

Has anyone else had cause to question this strange design? I thought that rotating parts like fans and propellors had to have 'rotational symmetry', ie; whichever way the part is rotated, it looks the same...

Is there an engineer out there with E-Type experience who can shed some light on this for me?

BTW, I have spoken with Customer Service about this matter, and their response, so far, is to send me another Pack 30.

It should be two blade for a series 1 but yes, there should be an opposing 'twist' to the blades. The kit part is symmetrical but the overall shape is correct.
Bear in mind it will be completely hidden inside the fan shroud.

Roy.

Thanks for that, Roy. While I am aware it may not be visible once the model is completed, I will know that it's there! And I am paying a lot of money for what is a Jaguar Heritage approved, supposedly accurate model. I would imagine that there will be an awful lot of this model which is not visible when complete, but I'd like to think it was all to a good standard of accuracy, or what is the point?

Has anyone found an image of this part in an E-Type engine bay? I've had a look at various images of early and late E-Types but haven't managed to find one so far.

I think I have solved this one. Cut two fans in half, stick left half of fan 'a' to left half of fan 'b'; resulting in a realistic representation of a fan. Repeat with the other two halves, you've got a spare!

However, I still feel very strongly that to include a part, in an expensive, quality product, which is so obviously incorrect should not have happened. Where is the quality control? What else might I find? Do I still have confidence that this model is worth my time and effort (and money)?

Mr Drifter...
I hear what you are saying but at the end of the day, show any of us ANY model kit, anywhere, that has everything correct.

I don't build 'wingy-things' but there are literally entire forums moaning about the Tamiya Spitfire because X-Y-Z isn't quite right, or the Airfix B109 that has A-B-C the wrong shape.

I'm sure that anyone can find something wrong somewhere, with ANY kit.

I honestly mean no disrespect, but if the model was 2cm too long, or too short, or if the doors were the wrong shape, or it had the wrong carbs on the engine, then I think most would agree.
But to complain that the fan blades aren't flat ended, or the pitch angle isn't correct on each side - it does seem a bit minor.

At the end of the day it's a model kit.
I built the Pocher Aventador about a year+ ago and there weren't just wrong parts, there were entire components missing.
I didn't complain. I made them myself.
For me, model making means just that - making...

Have fun. I love the hobby.

Hi All,

Unless you actually own an etype or know some lucky so and so who does then it`s difficult to get a picture of a fan in situ.

Whilst building my own Jag model, I purchased a manual from the famous Haynes collection.

Not a photograph as such, but a drawing of how the header tank is mounted and at the bottom of that drawing is the Flymo blade. Ooops I mean cooling fan.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Wouldn't have know the last picture was a model.

Mark