Hello,
Well my WIP thread had finally fallen off the first page, so I thought it was about time that I posted an update. I have been making significant progress on the monocoque recently but the work has not really been suitable material for an update. It was also getting a bit tedious and like Captain Mark said, I was "looking forward to seeing so colour go down."
The nose-cone, front wings and side fences are now painted and the decals have been applied. I will wait another week before I clear over the top and polish up to a great shine --- a big thank you to whoever it was in my Jordan 191 thread who told me to get my @rse in gear and start polishing my paintwork properly
Also, thank you to JayKay who criticised me for not filling in the sink holes on my models, I have done that too.
Enough talking, here are the pictures.
The decals are from Studio 27. One possible problem with them is the colour of the Goodyear decal that sits on the secondary wing. My photo references show that it is dark blue, whereas the decal sheet has reproduced it in black. The CF pattern is the High Definition pattern from SMS. Although this pattern is supposed to be used on more modern F1 cars, for me, this was the closest to the reference pictures I had. The blue paint I have chosen is Halfords Vauxhall Atlantis Blue... to my mind it is a perfect match to this very difficult colour to replicate. I applied 2 coats of it over 1 coat of Halfords Appliance White Gloss and 2 coats of Halfords White Primer. The white parts simply got another coat of Appliance Gloss White. The black parts were painted with Halfords Satin Black before being the CF decals were applied.
Regards,
Bill