Toyota TS050 Race car with an A6M5 feel
I am an airplane guy. I joined a group build that had as its theme motor sports. I had picked up this Tamiya kit a few months ago with the intent of giving it a Japanese fighter feel.
The main color is IJN Dark Green. I shot the hood in semi-gloss black. The cockpit is finished in Japanese interior cockpit green.
Of course no Japanese fighter would be complete without a yellow orange lead-edge. In this case, the lead edge low scoops.
The meatball was painted one using a stencil cut from my cricket. Then the kit was finished off with a good bit of chipping.
Such fun. I have built a Porsche and finished it in a panzer motif, a Mustang funny car as a P-51 and now I have a Japanese fighter. What if the war had moved from the battle fields and the sky, to the race track?
Unique rice rocket!
Thanks!
Very cool. I'm thinking of doing a '65 Mustang with P-51 markings
Do it!
Amazing result and a very creative paint job, Tom!
Well done!
Thank you!
Fantastic idea and superb result, Tom @tomandrews
Thank you John!
What a fun and unique way to build. Really nice job on your build and paint, love painted on bullet holes. I have known people who have done that to the real cars. Growing up there was a guy who had his MG painted up as a Fw190 in the Butcher Bird motif, it was great! He was also a model builder and I have bumped into him on line since then over in Hyperscale.
That MG would be a traitor! :o) Thanks for the kind words!
Great work!
I posted a Frank Williams F1 car a few years ago. Original decals failed, so as an airplane guy (for the most part) I had few options in the spares box. I considered weathering it with bits of rubber but never could come up with the right mixture of "goo".
@tomandrews - Very cool approach! The paint and weathering look fantastic!
Thanks Brian!
Love it!
How about a Bentley or Jaguar Le Mans car with a spitfire scheme?