Tuesday, March 25, 2014

New day, new car

Well, after a long absence I am back with a new model.  Fresh out of the box (shipped from Japan) is a Tamiya Lotus 25 Formula 1 car.  This is the other bookend to my F1 car timeline, the Lotus started its racing career in 1962.  In 1963, with Jim Clark at the wheel, the Lotus 25 won 7 of the 10 Grand Prix races. Of course, since it is a great British racing car I have to get the British racing green correct.  So far this has been a trial and error process of mixing and re-mixing green, black and yellow as I have yet to find a mixing formula to help.  This is where I am as of now, it looks too dark so another pass is needed. The pursuit of perfection.