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Neo Fighter with Taiyo / Tyco Jet Turbo Hopper Decals

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Here is my neo fighter with decals inspired by taiyo / tyco jet turbo hopper.

I can make custom decals for tamiya's and make them look like vintage taiyo or tycos.

Included a picture of my reproduction taiyo, tyco decals.

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Cool. I really think the Jet Hoppers (and Turbo Panthers) really were some of the nicest looking buggies.

 

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Top stuff!  I love a hybrid paint job

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Nice idea works well on that body shell, the repro decals look good quality too!

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Read this post, then picked up @Aerobert’s awesome response to my thread over here.

So I thought I would post this nice pic for Turbo Panther fans! This is box art for the 1/32 scale version, I think. But like most non-Tamiya brands at the time they just used a photo of the full size version rather than commission a bespoke photo or illustration.
 

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Nikko must have been a crazy place back then, the box art on mine shows another different style of wheels, and the instruction manual has a photo of the 1/10 RC version :lol:

And yes I agree, great looking cars! I kept our red RC version from when we were kids, but the controller (and the wing) is long gone.

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On 4/8/2022 at 2:13 PM, Nikko85 said:

Cool. I really think the Jet Hoppers (and Turbo Panthers) really were some of the nicest looking buggies.

 

Agreed! I had a Riko/Taiyo Jet Hopper 2 when I was younger and always wished I could find a hobby grade buggy that looked similar.

Mine:

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Thinking a Javelin with a red frame has probably the closest overall look. A lot of Grasshopper in there too. Can anyone suggest anything closer?

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2 hours ago, GTJames said:

Agreed! I had a Riko/Taiyo Jet Hopper 2 when I was younger and always wished I could find a hobby grade buggy that looked similar.

Mine:

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Thinking a Javelin with a red frame has probably the closest overall look. A lot of Grasshopper in there too. Can anyone suggest anything closer?

Wow those are super clean, I have these with the black box taiyo, if you need any custom decals i can do :D

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