Hi all. I've been a modeller for 20 years with a big break after getting married.
Finally I got the bug after deciding I must build this huge subject and I have enjoyed every minute of it.
After waiting 3 months to get the collection together I am making good progress, enough to post.

Initially I wanted to replace the carbon that came with the decals with after market stuff but the longer I wait the more that get's covered.
I have added detail here and there and decided to lacquer the body as I go rather than build it all and do it afterwards! This caused some issues as I'll address later.

For the meantime I'll start at the beginning. The first decal sheet I bought was F'artifice 4L in the 1/8 size. It did turn out rather large but as I before I realised I had done all the front suspension.

welcome to the forum

Thanks for the comments guys.
It's a similar story for the rear suspension, careful decaling and thinking about the direction of each weave. I used pictures from the net to get the weave as close to real as possible.
The exhausts where airbrushed using AlClad2 copper, jet exhaust and steel with clear blue lacquer to finish.
The airbox was also carbon decalled.
I sprayed the driveshafts using Alclad as well as most of the inboard suspension.
Amazing to think there is about 30 issues to get to this point!
I've left the front and rear wings for when there is a chassis to mount them to!

Started on the rear wing as I waited for other parts to dry.
I lacquered the whole section first, cave the decals something better to stick to than flat paint.
I dropped down to F'Artifice 1/8 L sized carbon decal for this part, following the pattern of the wings rather than sand them off as they go the right way.