Livery Opinions Wanted

[JohnB_SPY8808053]

I have been trying to come up with a Stratos Livery that I like for quite some time now. The red & white Marlbo livery is good but I don't care for the sponsor. The Alitalia is good too but not very original. I like the Fiat Olio but my other half doesn't and I'd kind of like something in more 'Italian' colors. John Whalley's reverse Alitalia scheme is closer to what I was thinking but I didn't want to copy his design outright. An artist friend was kind enough to help me mock up the following photo the other day.

What do you guys think?

John B.

[Sando]

I've always taken a shine to this one from ALMS/GT racing.
I've seen a few variations on the colors with Blue on top and also a Red front spoiler. Always reminds me of the old Ducati racing colours of the seventies, or the Castrol schemes.
Rob

[Sando]

Another view.

[Sando]

And the side.

[chris.richard]

Nice bottom half, but the top half is too obviously Alitalia, given you wanted to get away from it. IMHO

[JohnB_SPY8808053]

I do like the Alitalia livery, I just didn't want to look exactly like everyone else. Personally I think the reversed colors (more red & white) look beter than the original ones (more green and white) but that's just my opinion. I had actually thought of doing an exact reverse of the original livery but decided not to when I saw that John W's had already done it (more or less). One thing I really like about my car now (sort-of Marlboro livery) is the way the white band runs down the side with the red above and below. I decided to try widening the reversed Alitalia stripes to the chine at the top of the door and leave the air-foil solid white. (The original livery leaves the top of the door white and has stripes on the air-foil.) The problem that you can't see in the picture is that the stripes on the nose are wider than the tops of the doors. I haven't quite decided how to handle that but I liked this look because it resembled the most famous original livery but is still a bit different.

John B.

[chris.richard]

Is there a photo on the net anywhere?

[JohnB_SPY8808053]

Here's a nice pic of the original Alitalia livery for comparison.

John B.

[JohnB_SPY8808053]

Doh - sorry - I'm posting between tasks at work and read that one wrong. You can see a picture of John W's car in the picture of the garage at the bottom of the main page on his web site:

http://www.whalley-integrale.uk.com/

Ciao,

John B.

[Sando]

Hi John
Sorry I think I misread your original post, I thought you were still looking for ideas.
I think the mixture you have come up with looks good. Captures the Alitalia feel but with your own touch.

You might get a geek somewhere telling you that it's not how the originals were, but you're always going to get that whatever you do if you want to be a bit different.

Good job you'll be to put them straight;)

PS
did you ever produce any of the Squdra Course Tee shirts I saw a long time ago on a competition type thread?

[JohnB_SPY8808053]

Glad you like the livery - the Ferrari livery is good too but I wanted a bit more white. If I remember correctly, lancia reserverd the color white for the competition cars.

I have the image for the Squadra Corse shirt all ready but my printer is broken. I asked my better half today if she'd print them for me in exchange for a new ink cartridge. She agreed. Don't know why I didn't think of that before. I'll try to get some made next week.

John B.