My shell for 2013?
 

Hi guys,

Recently I've been working on some ideas for a 2013 bodyshell. This year I drove my TRF201 with this bodyshell. It wasn't long before I started noticing how poorly visible my car was - not so much to myself, but mainly for other drivers and marshals. I decided not to change the wheels for this but just to focus on the shell for next year as that's cheaper (even more so because I already had a spare clear one).

I like black, so something with black is nearly inevitable. Also, I want a painted wing, but relatively simple (and in simple colours) because I wrecked quite a few this season :lol:

After some try-outs in Photoshop that didn't work for me, this popped up as a result:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2.../V1-1Shell.jpg

I still have to do the view from the other side, but I think it gives a general idea of the design: Black nose, some bright green left side (fluor or lime green?), a white roof and right sidepod and red accents on the car.

I'll probably make several ideas before choosing one, but I was wondering what you think about this design? :eh?: Would it be bright enough? Are the looks promising or really letting the shell down? Any advice or suggestions is very welcome (I've got a template now for the shell so visualizing all changes will be easy).

I would paint the wing in one colour and I would paint it from both sides. If you want it green you have to paint white first and it wouldn t look perfect with scratches. Best would be white or black. I would leave them clear or get tham glass blasted or just sand them. I would not recommend the white wing with green side. looks good in photoshop but not in reality.

For me it is too much black but thats up to you. I would make sure that there is some space green in front of the front window and give it a slight V shape.

If you are doing the drips with a brush be careful not to smear the drips. less is more if you dont want to end up with a sloppy bittydesign look.

black nose, florescent green left side, how about florescent orange right side/gear cover and brilliant white roof and red outlines, for the wing fluorescent green or orange both sides...but that's just me as i love florescent colours!

or how about something like this

Sorry for the late reply guys... I've kind of forgotten about this until like a week ago... Looking back on the shell I wasn't quite there yet for the looks, and I want my 2013 shell to be well and truly visible.

A few weeks back I drove a vintage race with a fluor orange shell and I quite liked the visibility of that... so going by that (and your mention on the fluor colours jake :) ) I decided to combine that with fluor green, white and a small patch of black:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ShellSmall.jpg

I also took Moose's advice to do the wing in one colour (though I am not painting the gurneys to make the LMR wing look slightly less substantial) - I'm already working on the shell, there's no way back now :lol: The result will look different (shape of the splatter and consistency of the colour layers - and I can't seem to get the fluor colours to 'work' on screen) - I just hope to get the green and white paint tomorrow so my car is shiny for the EOS next weekend!

Edit: I think it turned out ok :p
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...1/IMGP4573.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...1/IMGP4570.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...1/IMGP4569.jpg

At least it's more visible than the last one! :lol:

Look's very nice ;)

...now it's time to paint mine :bored: