Of course following the wash it then rained again so each time I drove into the studio the car needed drying again – Brett Fraser obliged each time:
(you can see the NSX getting jealous in the bottom left corner...)
The studio is huge - a giant white cave plastered floor to ceiling with all the edges and corners smoothed out so you can’t see where they are - which means when you’re driving in it you don’t know where the walls are, very unnerving.
Then the car became a supermodel, with the photographer and assistant altering lighting and reflections and snapping away while we talked cars and had lunch:
The satin effect the lights gave was amazing – can see why going with matt paint is popular.
This one shows my decals (sorry if they spoil the look but as my poor photo editing skills have been exposed I thought it wasn't worth trying to cover them up
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Then they did some detail shots of the interior, engine bay and the front calliper:
We had to swap the cars over every 20 minutes or so to save them re-arranging the lights for each shot (front three quarter, head on, profile, etc) which is why it took so long – one car would probably only take 2-3 hours.
This is my favourite shot and probably the closest to what will appear in the mag (hard to believe it can look even better!).
I finally got away at 2pm and promptly got stuck in about 4 traffic jams on the M1, but apart from that it was an awesome day.
Oh and in case you’re wondering, I made it back to Leeds for my engagement do with 10 minutes to spare…
