Yes, that's right. Anyway easier to make a replacement, as no fluo nvolved...Bigasshammm wrote: The rear wing numbers look about right to me. Not too big that I think they'd need changed. Heck at this point I probAbly won't do anything about the nose either but maybe if I can find an alternative.
Thanks all.
No... numbers were the same all season. They might look smaller due to the lack of M'boros, so much white space. But it's just an optical effect. See:Bigasshammm wrote: I did think the nose number was too small and coincidentally it's not the kit decals. I used one of Indycals fluo numbers for it. But it was the same size as what's offered in the kit. Did the numbers change at all? Maybe for the British GP the nose was smaller? Since that's the gp the kit represents.
IIRC, Michael did his excellent set of fluo numbers before the MP4/2 release. These look spot on for the MP4/8. 1984 numbers were most probably same size as 1981 and 1982. In 1983 hey were quite bigger.
See here, a 1983 pic and an then early '84 one with the '83 car:
This one is excellent to see all sizes:
Anyway, it's not that starnge that numbers are uncorrectly sized, which is noticeable when nose is, let's say, "crowded". See this nr. 1 struggling a bit to find room enough:
Good to gear there's not a thick layer of clear and it's fixable. I promise to tell if I find a correctly sized spare. Also will try to tell the correct size. And the bad thing of thiese cases is that it's not about the decals measuring 8,5 mm instead of 7... it's the free space what the eye goes for, then a gap of 3 instead of 1,5 makes a noticeable difference.
Sorry to take the debate there, for what is a so nice build!
preatty car and very nice job!
