LaMa666 6 Posted November 11, 2015 Dunno, giving it to me? I feel in love the second I saw it. Even my wife likes it. It lives in our dining room on the buffet with all her purple and pink glassware. As for the MSC, I made that. It is the only MSC I like. Great work on the MSC, looks like it came with the kit. Marcel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pintopower 1456 Posted November 11, 2015 Great work on the MSC, looks like it came with the kit. Marcel Thanks, I tried to play it off on my showroom post as being like that in the kit but I didn't get very far. It turns out the folks here are too sharp for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nitomor 2122 Posted November 11, 2015 I love the Watanabe Hornet! Takes pride of place in my cabinet. Got to love the Hornet... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWarty 1325 Posted November 12, 2015 I like your Bell 222 "Airwolf"(s) even better 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terz1 745 Posted November 12, 2015 This has been a great thread. I love thread revivals from before I became a member. So much interesting stuff out there. Most hornets tend to be the traditional black but it has been interesting seeing the different ways people have personalised them. I have to agree with what was stated at the beginning of the thread (back in 2013 ) that the decal colours reduce the choice of body colour. I bought my re-re hornet 2nd hand so unfortunately I didn't get to pick a different shell colour. It was the usual black. They also threw in a half completed bashed up hornet which I've recently completed using second hand parts and spares. The problem was that when racing/bashing they looked pretty much identical as the second shell was done to box art as well. So I coloured coded parts of the hornets while trying to keep it to the colour scheme. I colour coded the wheels, spotlights and white grahics orange and at the same time did the refurbished hornet yellow on the exact same parts and areas. It gives them a subtle difference so they can be distinguished while racing but still uses the colours which are used on the box art hornet. They also use the old mhz radio gear so a long floppy orange aerial is on one and a yellow equally long and floppy aerial is on the other. Here they are in their day glow orange and yellow outfits. I wish tamiya did a version of their decals for the hornet in black as I'd love to do a yellow and an orange bodied hornet. The black decals would really set them off. I did the white wheel graphics today too which wasn't easy with my massive man hands. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shodog 1835 Posted November 12, 2015 Maybe painting the window frame.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XV Pilot 1936 Posted November 12, 2015 I think the best "official" alternative colour scheme is the Jun Watanabe one - it is far more striking than the BMS one, and I agree that it captures the character of the car really well. That said, I also rather like my blue and green one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tilstad1 33 Posted November 28, 2015 I painted this hornet after reading among other things about the color theory in this post. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crash Cramer 617 Posted November 30, 2015 I can't say that anyone has said or shown a good YELLOW Hornet. I think it would be a decent choice as even Tamiya offer a few shades of it. I can't say Lemon vs Camel as I don't own a Hornet, but I would lean towards the lemon or PS6 to keep with the age of the car. For some of you new folks, Tamiya at one time only offered 12 colors of paint for lexan bodies. GASP, I know, hard to imagine. I have in mind to get a HotShot painted up in PS6 one of these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted November 30, 2015 I painted this hornet after reading among other things about the color theory in this post. Offtopic, I know, but that green Grasshopper there looks fantastic! I can't say that anyone has said or shown a good YELLOW Hornet. I think it would be a decent choice as even Tamiya offer a few shades of it. I can't say Lemon vs Camel as I don't own a Hornet, but I would lean towards the lemon or PS6 to keep with the age of the car. For some of you new folks, Tamiya at one time only offered 12 colors of paint for lexan bodies. GASP, I know, hard to imagine. I have in mind to get a HotShot painted up in PS6 one of these days. Well, TCer SMOKE-DOG in OH has a nice yellow Hornet for sale. It's not my favorite color for the Hornet, but I think it looks very very good! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terz1 745 Posted November 30, 2015 ^Nice! I like it. It would be perfect with the hornet decals in black and yellow wheels. Mongoose I agree too. Grasshopper should be green and I'd also do the wheels green too. Id love a green grasshopper. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mactasney1984 7 Posted December 1, 2015 I prefer the boxart on the hornet, it looks so good black IMO. I have a dark blue and a moondust silver and they also look good in those colours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kontemax 1725 Posted December 1, 2015 You can make the Hornet any color you want but black. Max Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nitomor 2122 Posted December 1, 2015 I saw a nice light blue one on ebay at the moment... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=181946328003 1984 TAMIYA 5845 THE HORNET RADIO CONTROL CAR PARTS. If the link works! Item id 181946328003 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted December 3, 2015 I have had my Hornet for years now, waiting to find a good priced replacement body. Actually, I've just downgraded it to turn it into a Grasshopper instead. But I have the Hornet decals here waiting for me to come across a cheap one. Anyway, if I did not have the decals I think I would like to try something like this: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nitomor 2122 Posted December 3, 2015 Very cool, when I had my secondhand Clod Buster at 13 or 14, I painted it in those colours, blue front with the red and white stripes at the rear. I sold it to a lad at school as a job lot along with a Manta Ray (additional shell painted Italian colours one side red, middle white other side green) and half built pumpkin, wonder if he still has them! That Hornet would go well with my scary bruiser dude zombie head! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janner 35 Posted January 27, 2017 I took inspiration from the red hornet posted earlier and made a purple version with added red decals 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer1 117 Posted January 28, 2017 Metallic blue backed with black Metallic is my favorite with dark green matallic and dark gray metallic fightinging for second place.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted January 28, 2017 In the end I chose dark brown for my Hornet (June, 2016). Couldn't be happier with the results. This is Testors' BROWN and I finished the bars with Parma Faskolor GOLD. And I painted it using a cheap brush. Too bad the photos can not capture the real colors! I'm missing the front lamps 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwillhappy 15 Posted March 27, 2017 What about black with yellow strips on the back you know like a hornet wild Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7881 Posted March 28, 2017 Have you seen MCI Racing? They do tamiya decals where you can change the block colours. You would be able to get Hornet decals with black instead of yellow to go on a yellow shell. They did my Grasshopper 2 graphics with the red and yellow swapped for black and grey for the neon orange shell I painted for my DT03    1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janner 35 Posted April 6, 2017 I've used MCI for my HS2 decals as they are like rocking horse poo. My favourite is my Hopper, but I will be doing another hornet at some point with customer decals. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pintopower 1456 Posted April 7, 2017 I am loving MCI. No longer are we forced to use kit decals.  Oh and I love pink Hornets: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pintopower 1456 Posted April 7, 2017 22 hours ago, Janner said: I've used MCI for my HS2 decals as they are like rocking horse poo. My favourite is my Hopper, but I will be doing another hornet at some point with customer decals. That looks cool! On 1/27/2017 at 2:00 PM, Janner said: I took inspiration from the red hornet posted earlier and made a purple version with added red decals Seriously in love with that entire look. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janner 35 Posted April 7, 2017 Thanks @Pintopower your hornets all look cool! I really like the green one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites