Red Santa

A Triumphant paint job meets futuristic MIDI control

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“Red Santa was a favourite until it got smashed, but then we did build a replacement. That red came about when I was building the first one and I’d done all the woodwork and I had no idea what colour he wanted. So I rang him up and he said, ‘Red’. So I went into the workshop, and the only can of red paint I had in there – again, this was the usual rush! – was a spare can for my 1961 Triumph TR3A. I sprayed it with the red paint and thought, ‘It looks a little boring,’ so I got the holographic glitter out and went mad with it, sent a photo to Matt and he said, ‘Yeah, looks great!’. So that red came about purely accidentally, because it was the only can of red paint on the shelf, and because I’ve got a vintage sports car!”

I got the holographic glitter and went mad”