Paint authenticity opinion

[Blaise]

Hello hello! I just have a quick question. I was wondering what the consensus is on being authentic to the paint job of a particular race scheme when it comes to contingency logos or to go off of the series contingency layout guide? I want to do some 2021 ARCA cars and they put out a guide for all the sponsor decals but when you look at the cars at Daytona the stickers are all over the place. Most likely they haven't been changed for a couple years on some cars that aren't full time. And I'm not just talking about the East/West/Primary difference either.

I like the authenticity of each paint job but honestly sometimes laying those out and lining them up is half the "paint job" even if the decals are on the template.

Attached is the 2021 ARCA guide and my template with that guide applied...mostly correct.

 

[Lastlap]

Over the years for N2k3 paints:

* If it's a year scheme/car - Generic Contingency placement is fine.
* If it's a race scheme/car - placement needs to match photos.

But don't take Daytona as a template. While most teams have cars ready, teams were probably applying the decals the night before the race without any real template or were rushed, lol.