Toyota Celica, 1970 Nippon grand prix 2nd place car

[Zarana-X]

This is a Hasegawa kit, it comes with the decals to build the 1st, and 2nd place cars. 1st place was orange and white, 2nd place was grey and white. I could't find any photos other than the box for reference, so I painted it silver, but the instructions say battleship grey... I've seen several 1st place cars, but never the 2nd, so I decided to try it.

The kit basically gives you a stock car body you have to modify, which includes drilling and fitting the gas cap, shaving emblems, cutting out the wheel arches to fit the flares, modifying the bumpers, etc. I had to re-do a few things because I missed some call outs on the instruction sheet. More my fault then theirs, and the instructions are multi-lingual. This is also my first time using tire decals, kit supplied

Oh, the days of 3-point roll cages.

Adding a driver adds an element of fun and realism frustration and aggravation to any build! Driver is from the Fujimi Drivers set and took some work to fit satisfactory.

Edited June 14, 2015 by Zarana-X

[Zarana-X]

I can never remember how many photos you can put in one post, so here's more.

I think I need to go back and fix that mirror

Here's the interior while under construction.

[Austin T]

Looks great! I really need to build an old school Japanese race car some time.

[Kennyboy]

Great job Jason! Love the old school celica's.

Your weathering is very convincing!

[bbowser]

Very nice! I took my driver's test in one of those, was a breeze to parallel park

[vintagercr]

Looks very nice!

[slusher]

Super nice build Jason..

[Helix]

Very well done Jason, cant wait to build mine one day

Had a slight Giggle with the drivers name !!!!!!

[DeeCee]

Nice build mate, and yes, i agree with Ray on the naming rights.......

[ZTony8]

Sometimes Japanese driver names don't come across too well.

[Zarana-X]

Thanks everyone! My parents bought a 1972 new from the dealer, so I pretty much grew up in one. (Along with a '33 Ford hot rod pick up)

We had it till 1988 when it was t-boned by, on my side, by some fool running a stop sign. Drove fine, but it was totaled. We drove it for another three months, then sold it after the insurance paid it off.

I thought you guys would be adult enough not to giggle about the name, though...

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[om617]

Cool Toyota. Nice to see the figure and great patina.