Thank you.
Yes, it's based on a real colour scheme.
I have a 1:18 die-cast McLaren with that paint scheme that I've been dying to paint for a long long time. The original car with that paint scheme was an earlier "short-tail" McLaren, so I had to adapt the paint scheme slightly. The decaling is somewhat based on the original "short-tail" car and also a "long-tail" car.
The part that sucks is that the Kyosho decal sheets that I used for the decals and masking are no longer available, so I cannot make this paint scheme again with the proper decaling.
Glad you all like it... it was 'fun' to do.