LuckyJag
Here are two of the more unusual Jags, both XKE's. They are both filled with liquid, similar to the Snow Globes, and a variety of loose objects. The near, clear, one has a Gambling Theme and contains items such as dice, tiny playing cards, small gold coins and red, gold and silver hearts. The one in the background is amber in color and it is filled with hearts, balls and beads. Both of them have indentations in the roofs and were sold as candy dishes, etc. Buyers must have had very small candies to use them for that purpose..!!
While most of my collection of some 75 Jaguar XK models (120's, 140's, 150's and XKE's) are the more conventional 1/18, 1/24 and 1/43 scales, I do have about ten that don't fit into the usual 'die-cast' category. These are ones that are either made of glass, plastic, rubber or even coal!!! The ones shown here are from that group...
A note on the photos...these were taken using a translucent light table, mostly using a Nikon SB-24 to illuminate the backpanel and a variety of smaller SB-30's for detail lighting or to light the glass models from underneath the frosted acrylic. In many of the shots I used a colored gel or two for some additional 'pop' to the shot... Exposures were generally 1/4000 of a sec. at f 8.0. None have been enhanced or altered with PhotoShop except for the addition of the 'matting' effect and a few bits of blemish removal..(cat hairs on the table!!)
LuckyJag
Here are two of the more unusual Jags, both XKE's. They are both filled with liquid, similar to the Snow Globes, and a variety of loose objects. The near, clear, one has a Gambling Theme and contains items such as dice, tiny playing cards, small gold coins and red, gold and silver hearts. The one in the background is amber in color and it is filled with hearts, balls and beads. Both of them have indentations in the roofs and were sold as candy dishes, etc. Buyers must have had very small candies to use them for that purpose..!!
While most of my collection of some 75 Jaguar XK models (120's, 140's, 150's and XKE's) are the more conventional 1/18, 1/24 and 1/43 scales, I do have about ten that don't fit into the usual 'die-cast' category. These are ones that are either made of glass, plastic, rubber or even coal!!! The ones shown here are from that group...
A note on the photos...these were taken using a translucent light table, mostly using a Nikon SB-24 to illuminate the backpanel and a variety of smaller SB-30's for detail lighting or to light the glass models from underneath the frosted acrylic. In many of the shots I used a colored gel or two for some additional 'pop' to the shot... Exposures were generally 1/4000 of a sec. at f 8.0. None have been enhanced or altered with PhotoShop except for the addition of the 'matting' effect and a few bits of blemish removal..(cat hairs on the table!!)