This interesting ita-tank, decorated with Hatsune Miku decals, painted in her trademark blue and even given a negi colored gun barrel was seen recently at an Osaka hobby shop, where it fits in quite nicely with all the other WWII era war machines besides it.
The store is the Volks’ Hobby Square Osaka. In addition to their Dollfies, Volks does also have an extensive range of garage kits, mecha and military model kits.
The decals used are actually from an inexpensive decal set (Amazon; Japan only for some reason) based on the illustrations from the Miku Super GT ita racing car.
Over a decade ago I had a minor interest in military history (before my otaku hobbies completely swallowed up the last bits of normalcy I had remaining), so I hazard a guess as to the identity of the tank.
The wheel configuration obviously makes it a German second-generation tank (Panther, Tiger I or Tiger II), but the gun mount is definitely rules out the Panther. The hull is too squared to be a Tiger II, but it still doesn’t resemble a Tiger I very much. Perhaps it was a combination of two tank model kits?
The Tora no Ana store in Akihabara also has this slightly less authentic Miku ita-tank on display. I won’t be guessing as to the make / model of this particular tank.
Via Senaka Blog.
I belive the tank in the first pic is a Jagdtiger.
If you compare the tank from wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jagdtiger_1.jpg) and the tank in the first pic.
Oh, somebody allready mentioned the Jagdtiger.
Soz about this usless(?) post then :<
Anonymous is right: the 2nd vehicle is definitely based on a French Hotchkiss chassis, judging from the suspension.
OMG, not those beautiful tanks! Some stuff is not meant to be painted that way! ARGH!
Nice Miku ita-tank, next fighter jets. Now if only someone would create a Miku ita-MiG 21.
NO F*****G WAY!!!!!!!
PUT MIKU ON AN F22 Raptor, AN F14 TOMCAT, F15 EAGLE OR A EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON, Something that can actually KICK ASS, NOT A CRAP LITTLE MIG 21!!
MiG 21 – The way it’s meant to be flown ;D
Compared to these old generation of planes, modern Planes like the F22 are only joystick-controlled plastic-toys 😛
Although, i’d favor a Miku Ita-Mi-24 Hind xD
I know nothing about tanks, but a Miku ita-tank looks good any day and ready for war. =D
Love is war, after all.
Nyohoho~