So I have an update, I have decided my skills are not high enough to use the SMS detail set. I will still be using the Carbon and I will buy another F2001 at a later time so I can use the PE set. I had heaps of problems whilst painting the monocoque. I didn't take any pictures but I can try to explain what happened.
The first problem was that I painted the red using Tamiya TS-49. This is a great colour and it worked perfectly. But, then I masked off the red and painted the black. That worked well also. But once I took off the masking tape there was still a lot of sticky residue on the body. I am pretty sure that I put the tape on too early and the read paint was still a little bit wet.
I sanded off all of the sticky stuff and painted the red again. So then, the read came through onto the black so I had to paint that again. I painted the black and that came through to the red.
So this is where I am now. Sanding and multiple coats of red. I also had a go at putting carbon on the underpanel. I was farely succesful but I still have heaps of room for improvement.
Now to get back to the monocoque.
Sam