Honda Accord NATCC Touring Car - (built 2000)

A couple of years ago I bought a Tamiya PIAA Honda Accord JTCC kit because I thought it was kinda cool looking. Having never seen a japanese touring car race, it sat around while I decided what to do with it. Later on, I built a replica of the Stratus that Dodge ran in the short-lived North American Touring car series. That racing series died mostly because of the lack of factory sponsored cars. In that series there where also some Accords brought over from Japan and run by privateer teams. At first I considered building a replica of one of those cars, but I thought most of them looked pretty lack luster. So, I decided to build sort of a fantasy version of what I thought a factory sponsored Honda Accord might look like.

The graphics are completely of my own design. First , I created the artwork in Freehand 8 on the computer. Then the files were sent out to a service bureau and they created custom made dry-transfers for me. They graphics were applied over a very conservative Honda-like metallic gray. Recently, I have been using PPG Deltron automotive urethane basecoats with their Concept 2000 clear coat and I have to say that the results are stunning! Other than the addition of some aftermarket carbon fiber decals used in the interior, the rest of the kit is built right out of the box.