Lotus 25 without masks

I cannot deny I felt pretty stressed before I removed the masking tape from the Lotus 25. I already saw that it did not stay in place where there were crevisses in the moulding of the body and I expected something close to a mess. Looking at the pictures it is a mess indeed, however I feel confident I will be able to make up most of it without too much effort. White is over green, so sanding should be enough to repair. I just hope I will not have to do too much touching up.
Next time I will think twice before using common, house work bound masking tape on a model: it is never sticky enough and much too thick.

Practice time

I used the Tamiya Lotus 25 Climax kit to practice a bit before getting serious with the Lotus 49. I painted the whole body in green first then masked the proper areas in order to paint the yellow stripes. When I removed the masking tapes, I had some bad surprises.


















Some paint soaked the tape and I will have some repairs to do. The white areas will be painted when the whole body is assembled.