Just a quick update to keep the thread alive. Cheers guys for the words of encouragement and the tip about sanding... I will be doing that in future.
All I have to report is that the rest of the pieces now have 2 coats of primer on them, applied on Sunday and Monday nights, in the cold, in the garage during a wet and stormy couple of nights. All things considered, the primer went down well.
I will be working on the base paint layers for the next few days so check back soon for that update. On a slightly different note, I took the advice on getting AN fittings (plus a few other goodies) from RB Motion.
Obviously, I haven't used any of them yet but all I can say is WOW. The proprietor, Rob, is such a nice guy, the catalogue is full of items that allow you to go nuts (no pun intended) super detailing, and the parts themselves are a wonder of small scale manufacture. [Right, enough advertising already]. Tempted though I am to add RB stuff to this model, it'd be wrong and a waste to apply it to only half the car, so it will have to wait until the next model.
Final thought. Mac at Macs Models pointed me in the direction of a wonderful Jordan 191 on F1M by Paul O'Farrell. Here is the link:
http://f1m.com/index.php?name=PNphpB...06536008220c41
Man, that is a nice model. Anyway, the eagle eyed will have noticed that Paul has put CF on part of the front suspension (the vertical piece for want of a more accurate word). I thought it strange and it sent me back to my Formula Perfect Manual, and guess what, it is CF on some of the photos. I guess that this element of the suspension isnt load bearing and so was made from the lighter CF material. Glad I spotted that but, I'm not so sure I will be CFing that part myself as it just doesn't look right. What do you guys think?
Cheers,
BillyPee