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Nice a 2 stage pearl / metallic. Why is it that some radom flying thing seems to appear just when we're painting lol.....andy.

Got the 3rd coat of silver on yesterday, and the 1st of the clear orange on today ... I've got to tell you, it looks _so_ much better in the photo than IRL Colour is fairly accurate though - it's not orange at all yet, more a greeny-yellow

Definitely getting more orange ...

Third coat evened things out a bit, but I don't think there's much point in putting any more paint on as the colour didn't change that much ... In trying to get a final, wet look coat on, I did get a bit of a run on the back And a midge on the front right wing

I suppose I did get what I wanted - the "correct" orange, but with a bit of added interest, but TBH I don't like it that much, I'm hoping I'll feel better about it once the interior is painted & all the other bits are fixed on.

Well, I like it!
And, I think it is great to see you take on such a challenging paint job!
I would guess the look will be even better when the interior is done.

Yeah i really like it also!! Never seen such a colour scheme...
I think it will look awesome when done with interior an decals done.

Cheers, Bram

Made a replacement light bracket:






Wasn't very happy with the extent of orange peel on the paint ...





... but after a lot of elbow grease (and Novus plastic polishes) it's a lot better:





Colour seems to vary depending on light levels, angle ... and a lot on distance I guess it really needed a darker silver undercoat. Interior is XF-85 Rubber Black & my own recipe for the seats (5ml X7 Gloss Red, 2ml XF-68 Flat NATO Brown, 0.5ml XF-1 Flat Black & 3.75ml X-21 Flat Base).

Hi Jonny,

Like Bram said, i love that unusual colour sheme... it just loks awesome.
I think once the interior is fitted on and the body is fixed on the car it will look even better !
Excellent job

I've replaced the knackered NiCad cells with a fairly new set of Vapextec NiMhs ... it may have been for nowt as they don't seem to be holding much of a charge ATM I'm attempting to "cycle" them by repeated charging & then discharging by hooking up to 3 modified motors in parrallel ... I think I might have to look at a proper charger/discharger due to the noise & worries about motor wear

Moving on, I have to do a bit of soldering on the motor & MSC, but otherwise I'm just about ready to start putting it all back together - radio has been cleaned up, body greeblies are all painted, I have enough leftover (decent repro) decals, and the wheels are all back together