f1 mclaren longtails dual builds.

[bradfordian]

two rolling chassis prepared.the flourescent wheels belong to the gulf version the steel ones belong to the fina.

molded in electronic boxs are removed and so is the extinguisher, I will work the cut out extinguishers hopefully and reuse them again.

will carbon fibre the cockpits and insides of doors.

[stevenoble]

I'm tuned and will be watching closely. What colour do you intend to use for the blue of the Gulf version..?? It has a pearl finish to it. Be interested to know what your thoughts are..??

[bradfordian]

Tamiya pearl light blue looks a ringer to me at the mo but I am on my phone.i will check later today on my imac and make side by side comparissons of different pics of the car and the pics of pearl light blue.

[dieteufel]

Hi

Nice project!

Sascha

[Shunter]

I am tuned in, looking forward to this...

[John18d]

I'm in for watching these too Bradfordian
John

[nugundam93]

looking forward to this!

[viperofoz]

Originally Posted by bradfordian

Tamiya pearl light blue looks a ringer to me at the mo but I am on my phone.i will check later today on my imac and make side by side comparissons of different pics of the car and the pics of pearl light blue.

Looking good so far

Here are a few pics of a model painted with Tamiya Pearl Light blue to give you an idea of the colour outside and Indoors.





I hadn't even considered this colour myself before now.... It might be an OK proposition if no better alternative turns up before I'm ready to paint mine.

Hope this is of some help.

Regards, Dan

[bradfordian]

I ordered a custom gulf blue for the gt40 and 917 and pearl mix so I will see whats what when its done and recieved.the ts58 looks too dark.

[bradfordian]

the darker grey dash is for the fina and the light grey is the gulfs.the dash boards are not all the same,some that have the faux grey dash still have differences either on the ventilation nossles (gold detail) or they have a round gold colored dial on the right side of the wheel.

[bradfordian]

spent last 3 days on and off cf the interior, it def wont be identical to the real cars but even if I tried I still would not get it exactly the same so just plodded on and got it done.i got the electrical boxs and wiring and extinguisher to sort now.

[bradfordian]

the electronics are mounted onto what looks like removable panels that are bolted into place on the race car, must be easier for maintainance rather than fiddling around.so I fabricated these panels.they need carbon fibring and detailing and of course the electronic boxs and wires.

in this scale I definately wont be able to do all the wiring but I will do enough to make it more interesting rather than the plainer stock interior.

[bradfordian]

so thats the first paint anyone mixed up for me for the gulf,incorrect color.

I am not expert where paints concerned but the gulf car uses more of a light blue to me not a gulf type.more of a simple white and blue mix.i think perhaps ts58 might be ok but without having it in front of me I cant say one way or other all I know is a standard gulf blue isnt right, comes across as too grey and not vibrant as you can see the blue tone in the real car and the white even depending on the images that yu refer to.i use my imac to check pics and paints now as it gives me better quality graphics, I learned something new in the process.

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by bradfordian

So that's the first paint anyone mixed up for me for the Gulf, incorrect color.
I am not expert where paints concerned but the Gulf car uses more of a light blue to me not a Gulf type.

I'm not so sure that the blue you used is that far off of the real colour..?? In fact maybe I would say it needs to be more blue than it is at the moment..?? Don't forget that the real blue is a pearl finish so different light will affect the way it looks, making it appear lighter or darker even. I think if you over spray that with some pearl clear you would be pretty close to the real colour.
I downloaded this picture from a link someone on the forums posted. Forgot who (sorry) If there's any problem with me posting the photo please say so and I'll take it down, but it's a good example of the real car's colour..

[eyckles]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

I'm not so sure that the blue you used is that far off of the real colour..?? In fact maybe I would say it needs to be more blue than it is at the moment..?? Don't forget that the real blue is a pearl finish so different light will affect the way it looks, making it appear lighter or darker even. I think if you over spray that with some pearl clear you would be pretty close to the real colour.
I downloaded this picture from a link someone on the forums posted. Forgot who (sorry) If there's any problem with me posting the photo please say so and I'll take it down, but it's a good example of the real car's colour..

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