Tamiya stickers, half backwards

[Nobbi1977]

I got a couple of sets cheap to use on random builds but they are printed funny. Half the logos are mirror images

Am I missing something here?

[ChrisRx718]

You get some 1:1 cars like that too. I've no idea why, other than the pursuit of symmetry!

[XV Pilot]

To many Japanese drivers, especially those in the drift scene, symmetry is considered very important, almost spiritual, with great significance for Feng Shui. I am vastly over-simplifying, but the basic idea is that a visually symmetrical car will handle more symmetrically and thus perform better.

[Nobbi1977]

But they would look stupid, very odd and people would keep asking why my lettering was all wrong.

I can understand OBRUT on the front of a classic BMW 2002 but I am still a bit miffed I cannot use half the stickers

[kaylon]

You could perhaps put them on the inside of the shell before painting it... If a clear shell . Paint bleed may be an prob though.

[Nobbi1977]

You could perhaps put them on the inside of the shell before painting it... If a clear shell . Paint bleed may be an prob though.

Good plan but I have painted my shell. I guess I should learn to take more notice of the pictures before I buy stuff.

[XV Pilot]

They might look odd on a buggy, but they would look right at home on a drifter. Anyone even vaguely into the drift scene would get it I'm sure. Time for a drift project perhaps?

[Nobbi1977]

They might look odd on a buggy, but they would look right at home on a drifter. Anyone even vaguely into the drift scene would get it I'm sure. Time for a drift project perhaps?

Interesting idea, my last drift left me upside down in a field on the way back from Skeggy.

I might just do a high res scan and print my own to my own size :-)

[nodtec]

It's just Japanese drift style. The design layout on one side of a car is mirrored on the other, irrespective of any writing.

It has nothing to do with feng shui, which is a Chinese philosophical concept.

Dorvack.

Thats so they can look at themselves in the mirror and its the right way round

[Tamiya1/10]

Don't look at the words as words, but rather as a design, then is printed correctly.

[dualdigger]

If this was the case then why are the star and fire decals not the same colour?

[Tamiya1/10]

Is about symmetry only. It will be easy for tamiya to print all the design in same direction and same color pattern. It shows it did it on purpose, not a mistake. Is a lot more work even done by computer. The disign will have to be flipped and new colors assigned to the flipped side. With todays QA/QC and Tamiya's experience, these decals are no mistake, else keep them as is, they could worth a lot like stamps. I don't think is a mistake.

[TWINSET]

It's also strange that they never mirrored the Tamiya at the right hand end of the sheet;

[Nobbi1977]

It's also strange that they never mirrored the Tamiya at the right hand end of the sheet;

They might be for the front and rear rather than the sides