Just for fun - Hakosuka Battle? F-Toys vs. Taccar vs. M2

I love side-by-side comparisons.  A side-by-side-by-side?  Even better.

Start from the left:  F-Toys, Taccar/Targa, then M2.  Three Hakosuka castings, but two virtual unknown brands from Japan & one brand rarely seen outside the U.S.  :D

F-Toys is known for plastic body, but I think it's blowing away the competition on the front-end....  Looks really good.

I'm pretty sure you have to install the side mirrors yourself on the F-Toys, so M2 gets some points here for preinstalled mirrors.  

Detailing under the hood on the F-Toys & Taccar's unbelievable.  M2.....  lol

I pride myself on collecting little bit of everything 1/64, but I don't own any Targa/Taccar yet.  One of these days!

This post was brought to you courtesy of collector I befriended on Twitter, F60:

ボンネットが開く1/64 ハコスカを並べました。（白）エフトイズ　（銀）タッカー　（黄）M2

です。M2のエンジンはカスタム前提っぽいですね。 pic.twitter.com/smsnBrtUg9

— F60 (@F60BB) October 8, 2017

You can check out his interesting tweets here.  Thank you F60-san!!

Tarmac Works - Honda Civic Type R FK2 WTCC Livery

This thing looks so cool, but some bad news.  Similar to the technique pointed out by fellow collector Andy & domalorite, this car has weird glare & reflection to light, where it should be just painted surface.  It seems that this car has body-wrap waterslide decals.  It looks good, it's affordable($21 & change, shipped), but how long do waterslide decals hold adhesion, or clarity?  Only time will tell.  Pics:

Pretty bad ass casting.  Domalorite also shared this link with me.  It's the AUTOart web page explaining pad printing(or 'tampos'), water slide decals, etc.  Check it out!

Hot Wheels 100% Psychedelic Relics: Twin Mill & Red Baron

I've always liked the Twin Mill casting & its variants.  Sort of unusual, since I'm not a fan of fantasy castings, at least not for collecting(I do like racing them with my nephews).  I do have few Twin Mills, but Red Baron, now, here's a classic hot wheels casting that has eluded me for sometime....  but as you can see, this "100%" version Red Baron isn't the same casting from the olden Redline series.  It's a much fancier looking design, and that's actually why I pulled the trigger on one this time.  Plus, I had never seen Twin Mill with opening cockpit before.  Groovy dude!

Nice set.  Don't hit me, but I threw the display case away.  Kinda neat, but takes too much room.  This set isn't worth all that much anyway.  I paid $15.98 on TTP(shipped).  

No TLV 787B rear wing jokes plz.

Rad amirite.

Hot Wheels with vintage flavor!