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Coelacanth wrote:That's a colorful, nice-looking car! I like that you managed to come up with a scheme that's bold, unique, and not overdone like 90% of the rest I'm seeing out there these days. Your paint job somehow managed to avoid all the tired clichés like tribals, flames, paint blobs, carbon fiber techniques, etc. Good job.

I'd hardly say it was unique or imaginative...... i'm trying to replicate this car



Thanks for your kind comments on this car guys

Spent a bit of time over the weekend carefully applying the decals that I have collected to my shell & wing... I must admit that i've had to be a bit imaginative with some of them to fill-in areas of the shell where I haven't got the correct sticker, Its amazing actually how much of a difference the decals make... it really come alive, I'm certainly pleased with the results

I'm still on the look-out for the correct decals, please PM me if you have anything that might be of use (especially looking for the KO Propo & Novak 'splash' decals) In the meantime, here's some pictures of the car, 'finished' as far as I can go at the moment, I hope you enjoy them....

Shweet! One of the best replicas I have seen.

That is so cool, I thought I was looking at the real car at first. Remarkable job, a real beauty!

mrlexan wrote:Shweet! One of the best replicas I have seen.

Thanks for the comments guys, it really means a lot!

I must stress that this car was never intended to be a 100% replica.... Reggie's car will be a much closer representation... I would say its more of a tribute to Masami, so just getting the 'look' is what I was after.

I decided early-on that because the original base-car was such a rare model, & which appears to have had some race pedigree itself, I didn't want to make to many changes - certainly ones which were irreversable. I could have easily had the same chassis as what is on Charlie don't surfs car, cut down the shock towers & fitted the correct top deck with the extra tear-drop cut-out (I profiled this too ) But I would have been cutting into original parts (the towers appear to be prototypes) & generally moving away from the car's originality. Also creating a 100% replica is just so tricky to achieve... some examples, finding the correct non-scooped bodyshell (at a price I can justify) - my car has one of Jay's excellent Pavidis repros. Matching the paint colours for the shell, I also spent ages mixing & testing dyes to get the pink wheels.... but in the end they still turned out too dark IMO

I have still got to change out the white ball cups on the steering arms for black ones & also use Losi nylon nuts on the steering bell crank ass.... to add to the look... but can always been changed back if needed

Looks great Dan! I have that green Reedy decal for your wing!! You'be way out trumped me on the correct decals too!!!!! Great job tracking those down

Very cool Dan, I`m gonna try to get you　ラジマガシン　decals (rajimagazine), I have them on my RC10 wordls car and b2 but may get more.

Wow - If you could find that Rajimagazine sticker Jose' that would be great!! I assume thats the japanese writing that I've transposed for the Yatabe Arena Japanese Logo down the Right handside?..... I had wondered what it meant! It was you that supplied the Yatabe stickers... its a shame that they are larger that the original ones on Masami's car. By the way I think the rear bulkhead cap on my car came from your e'bay auction?

@ Reggie if you could supply that green Reedy decal that would be 'diamond'!!

Talking of decals for this car... a freind is using Vecta Works to try & drawn up the Takatani logos... so if he comes good I might be able to get those re-produced.

Stunning, absolutely stunning Dan! A lot of hard work there, but boy has it paid off!

Has to be one of the best replicas ever, that shell is awesome, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that was Masami's car!

DerbyDan wrote:

Coelacanth wrote:That's a colorful, nice-looking car! I like that you managed to come up with a scheme that's bold, unique, and not overdone like 90% of the rest I'm seeing out there these days. Your paint job somehow managed to avoid all the tired clichés like tribals, flames, paint blobs, carbon fiber techniques, etc. Good job.

I'd hardly say it was unique or imaginative...... i'm trying to replicate this car



Thanks for your kind comments on this car guys

Okay, I take it back.

A work of art DerbyDan!

DerbyDan wrote: I must stress that this car was never intended to be a 100% replica.... Reggie's car will be a much closer representation... I would say its more of a tribute to Masami, so just getting the 'look' is what I was after.

Yeah, but yours is better just cause it doesn't belong to Reg.

No seriously, simply awesome!

What does the novak "splash" decal look like?? I have a few here but wouldnt know the differnence.

Great looking car nice job.

slapshot1979 wrote:What does the novak "splash" decal look like?? I have a few here but wouldnt know the differnence.

Great looking car nice job.

The 'splash' decal is the one just above the Associated logo on the left hand side of Masami's shell...



Its also the same as the one on the chassis of this mighty fine JRX2



P.S thanks for the compliment

Superb car

Paul