WIP: 1/20 Jordan EJ10 - Page 2

billypee · #16 07-26-2008, 03:06 AM

Such a great subject to model and I am looking forward to how it turns out.

I have not been tempted to spend ~100GBP on a 1/20 resin kit and judging by your comments I am not missing much. I will just content myself to whatever F1 models are available in plastic.

Kind regards,
Bill

SeanyG · #17 07-31-2008, 09:54 AM

update...

we have paint, well sort of...

I am not at all convinced about the colour, this second pic is more of a true representation and to me look way too far green

this is the actual paint that is recommended in the instructions but I just think it looks utterley wrong, hmmm a bit stuck now!

SeanyG · #18 07-31-2008, 10:00 AM

... and this is the offending paint...

SeanyG · #19 07-31-2008, 12:49 PM

ok the plot thickens, I have laid the shell next to the decals and it matches the 'yellow' on the hornets exactly, and I'm not exaggerating (as you can see in the pic). It also matches the lettering that goes on the wings too.

Now I'm really confused, this still looks way to green and luminous compared to every reference pic I have which seems to show just a simply bright yellow! Anyone seen this car in the flesh as it were? Can you help me?

stevenoble · #20 07-31-2008, 01:03 PM

Does it look like that in real life or is it the camera making it look 'greener' ? I would say that if it matches the decals stick with it.Or spray some ordinary yellow and try that aside the decals to see what it looks like? It might convince you the colour is correct.Or it may be one of those cars that doesn't look correct until you get all the decals on it, then it takes on a different appearance and the paint colour looks spot on.

grundski · #21 07-31-2008, 01:31 PM

I saw the car and under certain light it is greenish especially an overcast day. The color is spot on. Those Jordans were not yellow nor flouro yellow they were the flouro lemon lime.

SeanyG · #22 07-31-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by grundski

I saw the car and under certain light it is greenish especially an overcast day. The color is spot on. Those Jordans were not yellow nor flouro yellow they were the flouro lemon lime.

grundski,

thanks very much, thats just what I wanted to hear!

SeanyG · #23 07-31-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by stevenoble

Does it look like that in real life or is it the camera making it look 'greener' ? I would say that if it matches the decals stick with it.Or spray some ordinary yellow and try that aside the decals to see what it looks like? It might convince you the colour is correct.Or it may be one of those cars that doesn't look correct until you get all the decals on it, then it takes on a different appearance and the paint colour looks spot on.

thanks Steve, yeah I think Im gonna run with it, we'll see what it looks like with the decals on. It really is a spot on match for the decals though so I guess it's just me!

Veyron · #24 07-31-2008, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by grundski

I saw the car and under certain light it is greenish especially an overcast day. The color is spot on. Those Jordans were not yellow nor flouro yellow they were the flouro lemon lime.

I disagree, I saw it race in person...it's definitely fluorescent yellow IMO.

grundski · #25 07-31-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Veyron

I disagree, I saw it race in person...it's definitely fluorescent yellow IMO.

I saw it in a rain soaked weekend at the first USGP at Indy. Overcast day and it had a definite green tint to it. Maybe not so green on a sunny day but it's the correct color.

Veyron · #26 07-31-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by grundski

I saw it in a rain soaked weekend at the first USGP at Indy. Overcast day and it had a definite green tint to it. Maybe not so green on a sunny day but it's the correct color.

That's where I saw it. I went to Indy in 2000 and 2001.

Big Kahuna · #27 07-31-2008, 11:18 PM

Sean,
Grundski is correct. I have researched the car heavily for my Revell EJ10 (http://www.gpma.org/nmej10.html) and am in agreeance with him.
Although mine should have had a slight greenish tinge in low light, I opted to match the kit as I saw it many a time in bright sunlight. I did custom mix my paint and used a color called Ford Lemon Lime, so there is some green in it, but not very much. These fluro paints were developed specifically to appear brighter on TV(same as Ferrari Red and Marlbro McLaren Red).

Cheers
Nenad

billypee · #28 08-01-2008, 02:53 AM

I agree that it looks a little too green to how I remember it (and how it looks in photo references) but the photo references don't always capture the correct colour, and our monitors/TV doesn't always faithfully reproduce the correct colour.

It is likely that this is the correct colour (or very nearly), it is just that it doesn't match our expectation! If it were me I wouldn't change it.

I looked at all the images on F1 Facts and the car definitely looks more yellow and less green but the colour of the car does match the hornet colour. So, assuming that the decal has the correct colour, then your bodywork is the correct colour.

SeanyG · #29 08-01-2008, 04:41 AM

yeah thanks guys, we have had a big ole debate over at F1m and basically the overiding feeling is that it is the correct colour so Im gonna stick with it. It matches the decals which isthe main thing and I guess the pictures I have just dont replicate the actual colour very well.

Anyway its staying and thats that! Just means I will have a green highlighter pen on wheels in the display cabinet when its finished :-)

Big Kahuna · #30 08-01-2008, 10:50 AM

Sean,
What GP are you modelling it after?
You did know that the bodywork changed over the year didn't you?

Nenad

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