Whilst everyone is banging on about fairings and wings in varying shades of wrong colour could anyone explain why Mclaren put two rather large pieces of unfinished grey plastic (and DeAg have copied it) around the engine and called them covers.
Now I have never seen an MP4-23 close so I have no idea what finish they have but in my simple mind they are not plain ABS!

Not sure what your getting at Nick but they are heat panels to stop the exhaust heat getting to the engine and creating unwanted overheat... they would be possibly made of a dence fibre and grey in colour.. insides lined with gold protective sheilding.. the Deag version is an accurate copy of this but made in ABS because its an ABS kit!! It's a bit like asking why is the model not made of carbon fibre like the real thing... now that would be nice

This will explain the grey bits lol.

Also notice that the exhausts are not bright chrome in this image, yet other images show bright chrome, which just shows the variance.

I wouldn't post anything if it's not to be shared. I don't think that mclaren is the mp4-23 so the exhaust might be a different colour to the pic. It's just to show the grey colour engine covers

Although shows no sign of burning through heat

Its a little sad that Deag have decided to ignore the question this post was originally about (colour problem). It would now seem that everybodies thoughts that Deag would bury their head and pretend this problem does not exist and would be better for them to forget about was correct. I was hoping that they would step up and offer a credible and satisfactory fix for all people who spent their hard earned money on this otherwise incredible model. I was hoping that they would also do the Senna McClaren cause they would have looked so good together but now i have to seek legal advise regarding full refund cause Deag in their infinite wisdom have decided that a cobbled together model is ok. I will never purchase from this company again, they promise so much and fail to deliver on an epic scale.

Wooo thats very harsh.

Lets remember that DeAgo have given us the opportunity to build this model for a 'reasonable' price... compared with the 2500 it would cost to buy the kit from Amalgam.

I am with everybody that the colour issue is annoying, and I'm not even relying on it to build it! but we have to be patient. But we've been patient I hear, yes, but this isn't a straight forward fix. The manufacturing behind such a model all has to be reviewed. Having said that, I would have expected some response.

Don't right them off so early, The Japanese guys had to wait until the end to resolve paint issues... the Clear coat. And when people complain about this, its a standard end to any model built, its not something you can hold against DeAgo.

This model is brilliant, the detail in it is outstanding. The more we moan the more we are digging our own hole for future releases, and I personally want the MP4/4 more than the MP4-23.

Lets lighten the mood on the forum and sit back and wait for Kyosho/DeAgo to sort it... and when they do, Happy days!

I'm as frustrated as the next man and I've made my feelings known (somewhat unpopularly at times) but having said that, I'm expecting to sort the colour problem myself.
The japanese 'fix' was a clearcoat, so why does anyone think the UK fix will be any different?
I personally still think that the 'easiest' fix would be a set of decal pieces to fit over the pre-painted parts, in the correct colour.
This is a pretty complex kit, not really aimed at 'amateurs' and I would be surprised if anyone subscribing here is incapable of applying some decals. After all, none of the panels/parts are so particularly comlex in shape trhat decals couldn't be applied, and we already have quite a few decals to fit that 'officially' come with the kit.
A few more wouldn't be a heartache.
It may not be the 'perfect' solution of replacement plastic parts in the correct colour, but its a fix that would work, wouldn't cost DeAg/Kyosho a fortune, and wouldn't be too much of a headache to do.
Personally, I'd be happy with it - more so than just trying a clearcoat that will just make the wrong colour glossy.

Roy.

But,(my English teacher told me never to start a sentence with but.)
But surely new wings are the most complicated pieces to replace, I haven't counted the issues required,(I'm sure someone will tell me soon!) the other option would surely just to do something about the two body parts, that only requires one issue!