One picture that says it all appears every week on the front of our build magazine....right in front of our eyes !!

surely the top and bottom of all this is for £600+ of our very hard earned money is that we have a model with the same colour red sections all over with the same sheen , i dont think thats to much to ask for , and not be left with a repair job which may or may not work which would stand out like a sore thumb every time you looked at it .

Admin, any update from Kyosho on this yet?

First of all I do not follow F1 as a fan, but my daughter is a keen supporter of Lewis Hamilton, and I have taken a small interest in this thread. My daughter was watching the Formula 1 show on sky this morning which showed a clip of Lewis having an accident at the 2008 Bahrain G.P. She was keen to show me the clip as it looked an "interesting" accident.
However I noticed that there was a difference in the red colour between the rear wing and the and the red running down the front of the nose of the car. The wing looked much more orange than the sides.

This was a very brief clip, so was difficult to see exactly, but to me there was a difference in colour. I have seen other pictures which members have shown which make them look the same colour, but that could just be lighting.

My daughter is currently watching the practise session on T.V. at the moment and I have just seen the current car which seems to show that the current car has the same colours all over.

As I said at the start I don't really follow F1, but I have watched a number of races over the years (which go back to Jim Clark) and have seen in the past that paint colours/ wing shapes/sponsors logo's and all manner of things change during a season, so maybe the colours of this model were based on colours used at a particular Grand Prix at some point in 2008. After all Mclaren have endorsed the model, and as F1 teams seem very particular about their endorsements I am sure they would have made sure the model was as good as it could get (including colours) before they approved it. So maybe there is not a problem, hence Admin's lack of input.

Roy, what have they replaced. Is it just the front wing or both front and rear, and are they the same colour/finish as the problem set.

I can't say that I am confident that this will be fixed to many peoples satisfaction. I can't see Deag/Kyosho remanufacturing thousands of new front and rear wings and sending them out for free, which is what it will take to satisfy every one.

I personally have two subscritions, and have bought extra parts to build two spare rear wings and about four or five spare front wings. I would expect all of those replacing as well. I just don't see it happening.

I think we will be told that the colour/finish is as it should be because I can't see that sort of mistake happening accidentaly and not being picked up by anyone, especially as the full kit has being rolled out in Japan for some time now.

I hope i'm wrong and everyone is happy in the end.

iv just had my replacement front and rear wings and there no change in colour addmin if i spray them with a clear varnish would this help or is deag going to replace them properley so that means i have to send these back could do with a an answer soon as m thinking of going to my local model shop to see if they have got anything that might do the job as i want this to look perfect for the money im payingand working 50hrs a wk to pay come on stop taking the **** please

ta skiddy im just getting a bit fed up now i now the wing colours are slightly different to the rest of the car but if it had a shine it might just slightly very slightly look i little bit better whats the genral opinion

just tried spraying the rear wing with clear varnish and it looks a lot better but onle varnish spray for enamal paint not acrilic as this will react badly due to it already being painted il put some pics up later when it has dried for you all to have a look time will tell when i its dried and i can have a good look at it keep you all posted

DeAg have sent me all the bits for the front wing and yes, they are just the 'same' parts.
I very seriously doubt that Kyosho are going to re-do all these bits just because around 20-odd people are complaining on this forum.
I wonder how many thousands of people are building this kit in the UK, and haven't complained.
Don't get me wrong - I think there IS a problem.
I'm just being realistic in business terms.
DeAg/Kyosho have sold who-knows how many thousand kits in Japan and there can't have been many/any complaints there - they DIDN'T alter the kit before releasing it to us in the UK.
I will be the first to cheer if they offer re-coloured parts, but equally, I'll be absolutely amazed if they do.
I'm NOT just accepting 'second best' - I'm being realistic.
Roy

As promised a couple of photos before and after the spray job what you all think im open to all comments but be gentle lol