McLaren Mp4/6

[stevenoble]

All lovely work. You're making such a nice job of this build and one of my favourite F1 cars of all time..!!!

[John18d]

Jurgen - do you have a closer-up picture of the monocoque? it looks really good - have you seen "caymans" building a MP4/6 too. - John

[SuperMele]

Thanks guys!

Due to bad weather did some more work on the McLaren:



Front suspension:













Regards,
Jurgen

@john18d, i've tried to get a closer pic of the monocoque, but my camera just cant get a sharper pic, i'm already having problems taking pics for the build thread

[John18d]

thanks for trying Jurgen - looks impressive so far in the build - John

[f40]

Awesome work. Very nice clean build with great detailing.

[SuperMele]

Did some more work on the McLaren...

Decals just need to be cleared.

The front wing "goodyear" decals need to be bigger. But since this is a re-release kit, no goodyear decals in the box

Searched for some decals in the spare box and found these...



Regards,
Jurgen

[John18d]

Jurgen - what paint did you use for the body work?? Caymen said that the "zero" fluorescent red in the MP4/X pack from Hiroboy was too orange - yours looks correct? Caymen repainted the "zero" fluorescent red with a "gaia" color Fluorescent red - John

[SuperMele]

Originally Posted by John18d

Jwhat paint did you use for the body work??

Hey john,

Just used the zero paints mclaren white and red.
They seem fine to me... And i dont see much difference between the decals and paint.

Regards,
Jurgen

[nugundam93]

looking nice!

and love those velocity stacks. was gonna ask if they have moving parts

[John18d]

Originally Posted by SuperMele

Hey john,

Just used the zero paints mclaren white and red.
They seem fine to me... And i dont see much difference between the decals and paint.

Regards,
Jurgen

Thanks for the confirmation Jurgen - I was wondering if the paint I bought would be any good. Maybe the "Tabu" decals that Caymen was using were wrong?? - I'll check with him - you two blokes are building some fantastic MP4/6 versions - John

[stevenoble]

It's a common misconception and has been debated many, many times and never resolved about the correct shade of paint for the McLaren. Some say it's red and others orange. The Zero paint is correct in my opinion. I sprayed a test sample and took it along to the Donington Grand Prix Collection, to compare it to the real cars. It was a perfect match. I also took a sample of Tamiya TS-36 that day. It was a million miles away from the real colour and far too red. The correct shade is more orange than red, I believe it's actually RAL 3024. It's also extremely difficult to capture on camera, looking more red than orange. Rumour has it that McLaren painted the cars with a much brighter red than was necessary so that when the cars appeared on TV they actually matched the correct red of the Marlboro cigarette packets. The TV must dull the colours or something..

[Archibaldi]

Hi Steve
As far as I recall, you've used the TABU decals on your mp4/5b -
does their numbers have a correct colour ?
I have a Gaia Color fluo red and orange, and I can report that the "right" tone is somewhere in between, as Hiroboy also states on their paint desc page

[Maranello1977]

What a great job you take. The engine is a last, as the part of the front suspension. Ell issue of decals and paint looks perfect. Animo.
Greetings.
Saul.

[John18d]

Thanks for the information Steve - I appreciate the first hand confirmation - I'm not a big fan of letting the decals "rule" the paint color - many of these aftermarket decals use inks that can change over time - especially fluorescent colors. Additionally fluorescent color absorb and reflect like differently than regular colors and it screws with camera film - maybe less with digital but it still does it. I will stick with my "Zero" MP-4/# setup. - John

[SuperMele]

Some more work done:





























Greetz!