f1 mclaren longtails dual builds.

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by eyckles

Hey thats my picture Steve No worries mate. About the blue color. I've seen the real car at the 2013 24 Hours Of Spa where the Rofgo Collection was on diplay. it didn't look pearl to me.

Best regards,
Lesley

Thanks Lesley for the picture. Are you sure it's not got a light pearl effect to the paint..?? I also have this picture that convinces me it does have a very light pearl effect to the blue paint and also the MFH instructions tell you to mix silver into the blue paint to give it a flaked effect..?? Now I'm confused

[bradfordian]

Its near but its not right, I cant keep spraying the body so I stripped It this time and plan to get ts58 mix and try on a random piece of styrene.it needs more blue but I also get the impression of white in there, I am not a color expert so dont know what gulf blue is made of but I hold the bottle to the imac and the pic is the one of the rear fender posted and you can see there is a difference in the depth.its not blue enough and comes across as washed out like a dull grey or something is washing the tinge of blue out.i used white sprue dipped in it and same and thats the body painted I hold that to it and remember its the quality of my phone cam it is still too noticable thr difference.

My phone can only present the pic as ut catchs the model I took pic of, if you see with eye and compare the body to the imac its very noticable.i think the paint guy did a great job but I can only go by my ref I have here.after all we all got different gear and settings.

I talk to hiroboy and see if he can do the ts58 and try it, I can only give feedback.

I posted the pic and made comment so people know I am still working the project and it might help them also.

I am just worried that the ts58 might be too in the face with vibrance, it looks very unique color indeed to nail for me.

[JimboCO]

Have you looked into Scalefinishes Gulf Blue?

[stevenoble]

I'll be very interested to see what the Tamiya Pearl Blue looks like. It seems to be quite close or at least a good starting point for getting a match to the real colour..

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by JimboCO

Have you looked into Scalefinishes Gulf Blue?

Sadly they don't ship to the UK..

[eyckles]

I don't think its pearl. I can be wrong, but i don't a pearl finish in the paint.

[bradfordian]

Originally Posted by eyckles

I don't think its pearl. I can be wrong, but i don't a pearl finish in the paint.

love the photos, they are real nice as ref material, I am of the opinion that the color is more like the lower picture rather than aiming for a darker shade a lighter shade of powder blue.

[stevenoble]

The orange is very fluorescent in the top picture but not so much in the bottom picture. The light is playing tricks with it..

[Mikezibit]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

Thanks Lesley for the picture. Are you sure it's not got a light pearl effect to the paint..?? I also have this picture that convinces me it does have a very light pearl effect to the blue paint and also the MFH instructions tell you to mix silver into the blue paint to give it a flaked effect..?? Now I'm confused

http://www.scaleproduction.com/pictu...claren-f1-gtr/


Mike

[Jayban]

The cars at Le Mans in 97 were a light pearl blue and the black (fine metallic) on the sides also has a bronze cast at certain angles.

JB

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by Jayban

The cars at Le Mans in 97 were a light pearl blue and the black (fine metallic) on the sides also has a bronze cast at certain angles.

JB

Thanks, you have confirmed what I thought. I did notice the slight bronze/brown cast on the sides as well. It's very noticeable on one of the photos in the link that Mike posted too. How to achieve that look on the model..?? Maybe over spray with a bronze tinted pearl clear perhaps..?? This colour scheme gets trickier by the minute..

[markrider]

Im asuming it's the fujimi kits ?
Im just about to start the lark one. Got the paint. First build in 7 years so looking forward to it

[John18d]

Bradfordian - I thick what you are seeing in the "pearl" effect is just the light bouncing off the paint and dispersing through the clear - just my thoughts
John

[bradfordian]

Theres not very much room for manouvering these decals! Never built a fujimi kit before so no idea what the decals are like.i got the body sprayed up etc and decided to decal and I messed up all the flag that runs down the back of the car! So I kinda got use to them a little bit after doing most the front but lost all the spine of the cars decals,3 in total!its the fina livery car I am doing.so I will either have to source decals or buy another kit in the future.

I started cf decal on the indide of the doors today.

I update the thread within next couple of days with pics etc.

[bradfordian]

Tamiya ts58 shot from the tin.hiroboy mixed up some zero paint version on his site but hes away till monday.would like to try his mix but personaly I think the gulf still uses more blue in the mix.like its a gulf blue but more vibrant blue with a pearl clear coat.i dont think a pearl color mix is right but I could be wrong I would shoot more for a pearl clear coat on a solid paint?