Generally, this usually ends in making a decal set, since it's easier.
So well, after considering the shortcomings of the Kawai FW09, after watching how difficult it is to turn into a decent '84 car (the '83 version is much closer) and after saying that it's easier to do from a FW07, and remembering I did that 25 years ago... I decided to do it again.
Back then I used a plastic FW07. I chopped nose, created side panels for front chassis, the bulky fuel tank, the ugly nose... I did the wings and cut sidepods and recemented them some mm backwards... I still have the wreckage parts somewhere, I'll put them together and post a pic!
I even painted the thing and most of sponsorship was done with handbrush!!
But now I have my own FW07 clones in resin. I did the mould to do fast tests of deal sets that were good to create versions of FW07... the rest is history.
Solid resin have advantages and disadvantages over the hollow plastic equivalents.
A disadvantege is that while in plastic you can chop a sidepod, remove what you don't need and glue it back in its new position, on resin, generally what you remove you can say goodbye. The process is much more "violent"
An advantage is that you can sand it down to the bones without finding the hollow area. That said, sanding is dangerous since dust is really bad (you know, "don't try this at home!!").
So instead of casting a typical FW07, I placed two silicone bits that allowed an easier sidepod shortening.
I'll watch this with great Interest
