Here is my restored Tamiya Frog
.
I originally owned a Frog when I was 16 in 1985, some 19 years ago and
here is the result of my recent ebay binges. First I got the car,
then a reproduction body (the only non-genuine part), then the front
tyres, then the rear tyres and finally the original decals. I
painted it green instead of the official two-tone white/pink colour
scheme because I had painted my original Frog green. I think it
looks better that way anyway!
I ended up with the non-genuine tyres that came with this Frog as
spares so I display them next to my Frog at home as if they are pit
spares
. I took a high resolution
scan of the original decals too before I cut into them incase I want to
reproduce them at a later date. The reproductions I've seen on
ebay have bad colour calibration - yellows appear as pale green!
I'm planning to paint the tyre relief text next but it is tricky and so I'm practicing first
.
This Frog is a shelf Queen now. It has a motor for completion and
steering servo to hold the front wheels properly but there are no other
electronics in it.
I originally owned a Frog when I was 16 in 1985, some 19 years ago and
here is the result of my recent ebay binges. First I got the car,
then a reproduction body (the only non-genuine part), then the front
tyres, then the rear tyres and finally the original decals. I
painted it green instead of the official two-tone white/pink colour
scheme because I had painted my original Frog green. I think it
looks better that way anyway!
I ended up with the non-genuine tyres that came with this Frog as
spares so I display them next to my Frog at home as if they are pit
spares
scan of the original decals too before I cut into them incase I want to
reproduce them at a later date. The reproductions I've seen on
ebay have bad colour calibration - yellows appear as pale green!
I'm planning to paint the tyre relief text next but it is tricky and so I'm practicing first
This Frog is a shelf Queen now. It has a motor for completion and
steering servo to hold the front wheels properly but there are no other
electronics in it.