Doraemon / Soraemon solar powered car model

Doraemon is a Japanese cartoon character who is a robotic cat. As a promotional stunt, an actual solar-powered car that looked like Doraemon was built, and dubbed "Soraemon" and then entered into a smaller solar car race in Japan (The Grand Solar Challenge, on the beach in Noto).

I bought this Tamiya model of Soraemon when I was in Japan. It has an actual solar panel on it and an electric motor that will move it in sunlight. I did a crappy job of painting it, but had fun doing it so I guess that's something. This isn't really a great photo...I'll post better photos later.