So lets move on. I had a problem with decals, they were old and the big white decal doesnt cover the blue and red area in a good way and also decal was damaged when I tried to place it on the right position, so, ok, lets mask.
First thing was to mask the border between white and red and a little white stripe that goes over the red.
The second part I masked was the lower part of the car and the front wings and also for protection of engine cover.
Later I did the same for the red top of the car, because I will paint first the color blue.
Painted! TS-15 Definately the right color for Tyrrells!
Removing the mask and checking first result
It is ok at first impression, I see some parts that will need to be fixed, but it is ok for the moment.I go to paint the gold leaf to do the gold stripe over the red color. I will also do the same for the front wings in case I need to do the gold stripes on the front wings, I will check decals to see if it is necessary to replace them by paint too.
I dont have pictures but the front wings were made using a 3D printing. it is not 100% accurated but it is nice to my eyes. I dont need perfection or too much detailing.
Now I am removing the mask stripe that will be filled with red color and adding an extra stripe to do the gold leaf bigger stripe.
This is more than a double size stripe. I used 0.4mm stripe tape in all cases, but here it is about 2.5 bigger.
So red is applied. Italian Red to match de red of decals.
Some tension in the air. It is ok, some easy corrections will work out over the model.
I prepared part of chassis and rear wing. It will be curbside model, no details under cover.
I worked on sanding and fixing painting as much as I could. I checked rest of decals and all seemed ok, no need more masks and front wings were painted by red too.
Ready for decals!
