Neo Fighter with Taiyo / Tyco Jet Turbo Hopper Decals

[Nostalgia RC 9]

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.

[Nikko85 4174]

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

 

[Mad Ax 11159]

Top stuff!  I love a hybrid paint job

[matisse 1723]

Lush!

[Ferruz 13530]

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

[Bwaaatch 630]

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.
 

[Bwaaatch 630]

We’ll actually, this page also has links to Turbo Panther boxart featuring full size phot, 1/32 scale phot AND bespoke illustration. Cool cool cool!

https://www.mini-4wd.de/arii.html

 

 

[El Gecko 1637]

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

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.

[Nostalgia RC 9]

Bwaaatch

Wow never scene most of those original arts, especially the nikko one.

[GTJames 45]

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:

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?

[Nostalgia RC 9]

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:

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