Thoughts or comments

[Chris Kouba]

Thought I'd try out the paint scheme I've been leaning toward. Anyone seen it on a real car before? It's supposed to be a red Gulf stripe but might not be too clear.

And the paint on the nose was put on too thick so it got wrinkly. I know it's not the best work but I was looking for proof of concept...

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Looks fine to me, I would think about a fine stripe, dark blue or black, to delineate the red from the white.

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Essex Gulf.....cool.

 

[Bill D]

Yes! Essex Wire colors. Chris Martino painted his that color scheme but w/o the mustache. I would opt for white pearl with a bright red stripe, outlined with a thin black stripe. YES!!!!!

 

[Bill D]

 

[Gary Kadrmas]

Chris,

Check out Dennis Jones GTD in the For Sale section. His car is painted in the Essex Wire Team Colors, and he has posted some nice pictures of his car.

 

[Bill D]

Another...

 

[Alex Hirsbrunner]

Hi Chris,

Get an Xbox360 + Forza 2 and you can really get a good idea of what it will look like, especially if you want to deviate from existing schemes:

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/all-gt40/22816-my-rcr-road-atlanta.html

Regards,

Al

 

[Chris Kouba]

Gents,

I'm very familiar with the Essex scheme and for a while wanted to do that. I think those colors go well together but wanted to do somewhat my own thing. I actually saw something similar to mine on what I think was a Lola and thought that it looked good. I swapped the red nose for the Gulf mustache and arrived where I am today. I think I like it and it looks good on a matchbox so far.

Gary- Dennis bought that car before I had some things free up so I could do mine. I drooled over those pics for a long time- it looks GORGEOUS. It's too bad it's for sale again.

Pete- That was exactly what I was thinking, a black pinstripe to offset or highlight, as well as some sort of configuration of sill stripes as well- possibly solid red outlined with the black. Sounds like that'd be a good theme.

Thanks for the comments!

 

[Bill D]

Chris-
Sorry if I didn't communicate what I was trying to say better. I love the idea of the Essex Wire colors (red and white with a thin black stripe) AND the mustache (wrap around the front clip). Do you plan to add meatballs?

Cheers
Bill D

 

[Chris Kouba]

Bill- No worries. It's early for me.

I was thinking the shape deserves some sort of pearl or metallic as well. It seems to highlight the curves of the car, and when I see it without flake or pearl (especially on white) the shapes seem to get lost in the flatness of the color.

At this point, no roundels for me but I will likely be chatting with Chris regarding a vinyl set with numbers of some sort when it comes time.

Speaking of which, isn't it about time for your car to be done?

 

[Bill D]

2 more weeks to pick up the chassis