Here is my latest Japan SF vehicle, another obscure “Future Car” by Aoshima, called Fire Seven, and part of their Mighty Patrol series, released in the early 1970s I think.
Although the box art tries valiantly to make it look like some sort of military vehicle, it’s just a cute little space-aged sports car, with no visible weapons.
I decided to leave the body in it’s molded plastic color, because I knew it would be tough for me to achieve that groovy yellow-orange with my shaky airbrushing skills.
So now it looks like a beautiful toy you might have seen in the clearance bin of your local toy shop during the Apollo era, don’t you think?
Aoshima reissued the Mighty Patrol series at some point under the label “Dream Cars,” with different box art. Enjoy!
Rob C
USA
Aoshima reissued the Mighty Patrol series at some point under the label “Dream Cars,” with different box art. Enjoy!
Rob C
USA
Thats a weird little thing Rob, very nice but weird. Which is the front?
ReplyDeleteWeird is the word! I think either end could qualify as the front, frankly!
DeleteThe two silver pointy things at the front, where the headlights should be, might be missiles ?
ReplyDeleteI think those two silver thingies might either be strange headlights, or possibly laser cannons, and certainly missiles is a possibility. That’s the thing about this car, it’s so abstract.
DeleteLove the design, but I hope it's a hover car, otherwise, being so low it would ground itself and never move !
ReplyDeleteMish.
Agreed. Sitting on that soft surface, the wheels barely clear the chassis. It has a working clockwork motor, but I don’t dare try to run the thing.
DeleteWhy are there futuristic cars still so much better than the current models. After 40 or 50 years the car industry should have caught up by now!
ReplyDeleteI agree Khusru. Modern cars look naff in comparison.
DeleteExactly. The sheer imagination involved in futuristic design hits a brick wall when the reality of economics and the marketplace comes into play, which is why futuristic product design will always be a glorious separate genre from dreary “reality.” Guess which one I prefer????
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