Look closely. Closer. Notice something? If you can believe it, these are not images of real cars. Their creator, known only as pcman, is one of the most talented scale model builders we have ever seen, through a glue-induced haze or otherwise. The photos of this TE27 and AE86 look flat out real, and many of the kits and accessories on his cars, from braided lines to body kits to million-point roll cages, are custom made from scratch. Check out his astoundng galleries of wild bosozoku pimpmobiles and race-ready hachirokus here and here. He even offers step-by-step DIY photos for those curious about his mad skills.

For some excellent masterpieces by our very own JNC’ers, check out this forum thread.

Source: [pcman]

Remember Power Wheels, those battery-powered kid-mobiles with big plastic wheels that inevitably deformed and cracked if the car was anywhere but the kitchen floor? In the US we can recall two flavors - Jeep and Corvette - but as with so many childhood wishes these also passed us by. Our parents could barely afford to keep their actual cars running, much less buy cough up a Benjamin for a glorified plastic bucket with a max speed barely higher than stationary.

Tikes in the land of the rising sun can pick from R34 Skyline GT-Rs for mock JGTC racing, 350Zs or Celicas for toddler touge runs, Celsiors for the aspiring corporate CEO, or even the Nissan March for the economy-minded rugrat. Apparently, Japan’s access to the coolest wheeled contraptions isn’t just limited to 1:1 scale cars.