Thank You for making this video! I just finished restoring my 959 (original owner). I have the original body,painted back in the day and you are so correct, it is paper thin! I recently purchased a new body from the UK and wondered how to paint it. My appreciation for all the detail, much appreciated!🙂

Can’t wait for the re-release!!

That's the Mona Lisa of Tamiya 🥰 fantastic job Glenn👌👍 your patience is Legendary!

I’m knackered watching that Glen!!!!. It’s turned out great. Pleased you kept the original decals.. A really nice addition to the collection👍👍👍👍

This was like watching a stressed out conservationist working on some priceless piece of history. Turned out quite well I'd say. :D

Back in their time these were drool-worthy , I saw them at the hobby shop in the mall and just dreamed

They look amazing and I bet you're enjoying looking at them now. Its always worthwhile in the long run.

Lovin the 186 twins. Great job mate. Helped me a lot with my 959 dakar rebuild. Man I have two original 959s to rebuild.

They look great together

Top job Glenn , you look abit stressed out with this one but dont be , looks amazing ... Boom

Would love one of these - eventually. When the little bits were painted on this body the owner probably used the old Tamiya Poly paint in the small jars , that you can't get anymore. It was applied with a brush , so that's maybe why the edging is a bit bodgey.

Really good job Glenn. Bet you’re glad that’s over !!

Was there stressing with you Glenn. It turned out absolutely smashing!! Thank God for line tape.. a great shortcut. If only the decals were in better condition but vintage is vintage. Listening to the body creaking as you were moving it was puckering... I'd be very happy with that result being realistic. Lovely job.

Now I've seen it next to the other I'm thinking gold wheels!!!=)

Definitely worth the time

Looks great Glenn, and that GT is an absolutely super looking car.

Brings back lots of memories from the Tamiya catalogue, when I had my Falcon. Used to lust after the 959, such a gorgeous livery.

Nice job. Looks amazing.

Wow what a marathon 🤣. Fantastic end result 👍 though. Everything else should be a breeze now. 😀

That turned out awesome!!! I have to do the same but i have to strip the old paint off first with some dot 3 steering fluid. Previous owner painted to green. Ive been putting it off since i restored the chassis but you have inspired me. Thanks Glen.

Not a bad job at all Glenn looks great next to the GT 😎

38:13 they look amazing together.

Well i think you have made a cracking job, it looks fantastic, a great scene of the two cars together,😀😀😀

Good job.👍 As I was a kid, I didn't mentioned, that this rig has such a nightmare body. Now I'm not quiet sure, if I should search on for it. It isn't the paint job, this challenge I like to accept. It is the weakness and cracks that keep me off. Thanks for this video with all the informations, I really enjoyed it. Have a happy new year, Glen.

Looks amazing, the line tape really makes a difference! 👍

Excellent work one of my favs and love watching your vids and seeing your passion and joy with the hobby. Well done man.

What a tough paint job this was for back then all those years ago and bloody impossible still by todays standards lol really tricky stuff but what a great looking body this is! Nice Job Glenn looks great!

Automotive pinstripe tape will solve most of the going round curve issues, you get a nice curve instead of the edge of a 50p that you get with a paper based tape that's too wide and doesn't stretch, a set of fine artists brushes will work wonders! Handles on the thin brushes can be wrapped, less shaky if thicker to hold onto:)

Well done. I could not have taken that on.

I like the 959 chasis because it is unique, otherwise it looks like a Tyco toy chassis imo. If Tamiya re-re's this 959 they should do it in a limited run as an anniversary edition, like the 30th anniversary 934. Full carbon and aluminum rally chassis!

Ah, Glenn you deserve to hand yourself so much more credit that you do. This was no easy task, and as a hobbyist that is a superb job. Looks absolutely great, you did it justice in my eyes.

good job Glen

The holy grail...

Great job, they look awesome together.

Great video Glenn. Just watched it again as going throught the same process at the mo.Currently stripping paint but using your video as a planning guide. Much appreciated as always mate

hey Glen, great video!!! you should re-enforce them cracks with some shoe goo, works great!!

Great job! Amazing car....

Looks amazing nice attention to details 👍

That turned out great and yes, they do look awesome together. Will be great to see it run when the weather is right. Have a great new year mate! 👍

Good job done considering what you had to work with. 👍

You are a good man Glenn. ;) I would not have undertaken that task, but you did a fantastic job. My only suggestion would be to use the line tape to ring the front lights. And I do agree that you should use a thinner line tape for the bonnet and light rings. By no means was this a bodge. You should be proud and all the little "errors" here and there tie in to the shape of the original decals. It's authentic is what I mean. Someone that built this when it came out (like myself lol) did not do a perfect job on the body as we didn't revere these then as the "Holy Grail" they are seen as now, despite it being one of the worst cars as far as actual performance goes when you are running it lol. This car is more true to the nostalgia hit we want when it comes to the 959 versus a perfectly painted unmarred never run shelf queen.

Top job Glenn, this was the most tense thriller of my Christmas viewing. I think Tamiya originally intended the body details to be brush painted in the old PC polycarbonate paint. Unfortunately PC was withdrawn years ago leaving only the spray PS.

Awesome car ! a lot people who are painting statues with a lot of difficult angles are using silly putty and shape it with small molding tools.

love my 959...got it for my Birthday back in the day!! Still have it, runs great but needs a new body!

Just use a brush and Tamiya PC paint . Decals on first, no masking needed, zero stress and the exterior will look just as look as spray.

I do not remember if this 959 is your first unit.. but if it is.. and you decide to give it a run.. go easy, especially, on pavement, these units are exceptionally tippy... FUN.. but they tip easily in heavy hard fast turns, as if the attempt to try and fishtail the rear a bit.. NOPE.. it'll flip... LOL... way back in the day, I tried several different setups on several of these. Not for racing or anything, just to bash them around for fun, as they are fun.. Lower the unit to have 1/4 inch (6mm) off the ground, while limiting the downstroke of the dampers and the slick tires help greatly, but then you can only run them on very clean newly paved parking lots, or bring a leaf blower to blow the rocks out to one side... and then, not run the bodies... Seeing one of these chugging along is neat to see, what is better then that, is 6 of these each racing around cones in a parking lot.. These are fun, and for as dinky as they are, they handle well, in perfect track or surface condition. The off road desire, well, as neat as it is, kinda pointless, when every inch of forward motion feels like you are wrecking something..lol...

I used a brush on mine. A very small brush on things like the window rubbers.

I got stressed just watching that.😂

This brought back paint-mares from when I did mine about 10 years ago. Great job there Glenn and looks great against the GT1. Just need a GT3 and RSR Rothmans in the line up 😉

One more interesting thing about painting this body. If you look at the instructions for painting this body, Tamiya does want you to paint some of the details on the outside of the Lexan body.

Good job on what is a very fragile body👌

You’ve done a great job, however, if you’d read the manual (top left) at 14:09 in the video, you’ll notice that Tamiya tells you which parts of the body are to be painted on the outside (denoted by a “filled” symbol) and which are to be painted on the inside (empty symbol). In the end, you got there but knowing that might have reduced the stress levels somewhat!

Good job

I remember my brothers 959 the body was so delicate

Night and day difference Glenn, you have done a fantastic job for what you had to work with. I thought your patience was tested on the Brat, but this one took it to a whole new level! Looks great next to the GT1 too. The cig sponsors really did have the best livery back in the day. Have a great new year mate 👍....(note to self, never get a 959 lol)

Cool 😎

The best entertainment this christmas, by far. Loving this🙂 Happy new year🙂

That video demonstrates determination and commitment. The car turned out really well!

Awesome Effort For the Way the shell was so brittle you did well glen , and yes they look so nice together , happy New Year To You Mate :-)

I've often wondered if some type of fine polyurethane based bed liner might be a good reinforcement, I know how thin that front undercurve is, just have to look at it and it will crack!!! The polycarbonate is really stretched beyond the vacform limit and the forming plug probably difficult to separate, that section might have been stronger in a separate piece?:)

I remember seeing it on the shelf when I put my blackfoot on layaway at the mall hobby shop in 85 blackfoot was 125.00 USD the 959 was 175.00 USD that was a lot on army pay lol would love to buy new one in box for that price treat yourself to a new sticker kit from mci and happy New year

Well i think you did a magnificent job on that, sir. You must have the patience of a saint!!!😄. Time to put your feet up and have a well earned xmas drink, i think!😉👍

Glenn that GT looks absolutely awesome! makes the 959 look odd and outdated side by side, I would get hold of a new body shell for the 959 and have it painted professionally to do it justice, just my opinion of course lol.

That made my head hurt just watching you do it , that takes a lot of patience to get through. The car turned out amazing. This project and the tribute Porsche is what makes you and your channel special Glenn . Keep up the good work and have a Happy New Year

Damn fella, you've done a cracking job of a bloody awkward body shell!! It looks really, really good, especially considering how old and brittle the old shells were. Again, good job dude :)

I was obsessed with this car in the late '80's as a 12-16 year old,it was £200 just for the kit!,and by the time I'd got a job at 16 I'd lost interest and moved onto motorcycles etc,I never actually saw one assembled and I still haven't to this day apart from on videos such as yours but in my youthful naivety I'd never realised it was such a pig to paint the body shell.Rumours abounded then about how fragile the body was so 30+ years won't have helped!,good job mate anyway,the perseverance paid off,those 'bonnet shut' lines are too thick though bud,I would see if you can make them thinner.😊👍✌

Tamiya really needs to rerelease a modern version of this car either on the 4wd M chassis so it’s similarly sized to the original or just go 1/10 scale and put it on a TT02 rally chassis

Video has made my day I had the porsche and my bro had the celica in the early 90s for Christmas My dad had both all ready on Christmas lucky if I was 12 I'm looking for a new in box or good condition rtr

The interesting thing about the 959 shell, I've painted a few now..Look at the instructions carefully, you are meant to paint some of the grills and the window surrounds in satin on the outside, which you have done..

Hey Glenn, hope you are well and had a good Christmas, there are worse things than painting the 959 but most of those things involve death :) well done, you got there in the end. I felt your stress throughout, but remember its only so stressful because it matter's my friend.

If you don't have heat gun, you can use lighter to strighten out stickers. I believe you already know that 😁

Great job Glenn. Will an authentic version ever be released I wonder and not some modern chassised half hearted attempt with cash saving as the focus.

Really nice job, I’d like to build the gt1 as well, I could do what you have then have the 2 next to each other, nice job tho, hard shell to paint.

Looks really good Glen. You did another great job as usual. It came out really good as you see by the comments. When you get a second hot me up on messenger..

So good... When is the re-release 959 coming Tamiya??? 😁

Hi Glenn what type of tape thickness is the black tape you used for detailed lines

That line tape makes a dramatic difference to the body shell. Overall, I’d give it an 8.5 outa 10 lol 😝

Have seen the 1/8 scale Carisma rtr version? I really want one but cant find one anywhere

Great video. Way what a mission. Looks great. Can you share what line tape you used.

This might be the most difficult body to paint. This body might also be the hardest to get in good condition. If you do find a good body, it will be very expensive. However, TBG in Canada makes a nice reproduction body for this car. This might be a good cheaper option, if they still make it.

Hi Glen. A job very well done. Could you tell us what line tape you use?

Could you use magnets to mount the bodyshell?

With the decals could you use steam a little bit of steam to stop the wrinkles?

Nice video!!!! Do you think tamiya will do a rerelease of this beautiful car???

Hi glen I seen a very Disturbing picture where a guy hooks a battery directly to the tamiya motor 540 stocky what’s your opinion on that that

Now you've done that, if you could get hold of one, would you do the Celica GR4?

So 959 was the 59th car!?. Let’s hope 2001 gets a 2021 rere

I almost don't envy you, Glenn!!! 😲 I mean, priceless AF. But if anyone has the talent, it's you! You did a fantastic job on the Paint!! The GT is just stunning though! Do you know the Wheelbase of the Body?? I might try making a "PoorManRC" version of the Iconic 959 - but with a Repro Body sitting on a MF-01X Chassa! But I know that the MF-01X only stretches to 335mm. Hope you and your Family had a wonderful Christmas 🎄 my Friend! 😊 Carmine ✈🚂🚙

I curious, will you 3D print the body and paint it and put up the original body or is that not an option yet?

Great work mate, it’s more than alright, if you’re happy that’s all that counts, plus it looks amazing next to the other Rothmans .... Question could you send me a link for the Polycarbonate cleaner and line tape you mention please? I’ve tried eBay and it’s a bit of a minefield. Cheers Keep up the good work!

Painting and decaling is a nightmare. Lol

They need to rere this kit in 12th scale and then make a 10th scale version of it that looks like the 12th scale with the same looking parts but for a 10th scale car they would make a double killing in money if they did that.

The 959 was there 59th release deliberately!

You know when that car ran in dakr you know it won that race that year?

To me decaling and painting is a nightmare that's why I have other people do it. Lol

I guess they’d need intense pressure from fellow Japanese to consider an updated re-release.

Is this you Glenn.

Is the car valuable??

Why not use liquid masking tape? I can certainly understand how trying to get tape in there would be a royal pain in the arse.

the 959 its the better one whats your email?