Monthly Archives: August 2023

More photos and details of the Tamiya 58723 Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Olio Fiat (MF-01X)


Tamiya welcomes the Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Olio Fiat as another 1/10 R/C rally car based on the MF-01X chassis. The Fiat 131 Abarth Rally developed from the Fiat 131 Mirafiori made its debut in 1976, and became champion in global rally races in 1977 and 1978. The kit depicts the Olio Fiat’s livery.

About the Model
This is a 1/10 scale R/C model assembly kit. Length: 400mm, width: 180mm, height: 132mm. Wheelbase: 239mm (L-size wheelbase).
The form of the Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Olio Fiat is breathtakingly recreated in durable, lightweight polycarbonate.
Separately moulded plastic components capture side mirrors and rear wing.
The MF-01X chassis is at home on-road or on flat dirt, thanks to 4-wheel double wishbone suspension.
Polycarbonate light cases are compatible with separately sold 5mm LEDs.
Stickers are included to recreate body details and logos.
A host of Hop-Up Option parts are available to tune the MF-01X chassis.
ESC & Torque Tuned Motor included

More details and photos of Tamiya 58725 Squash Van (GF-02) and 58728 Super Sabre (2023)


Tamiya 58725 1/10 R/C Squash Van (GF-02)
Tamiya is delighted to announce a new off-road car featuring big tires; the name is the Squash Van, and it is paired with a new gear-driven 4WD GF-02 chassis.
While the GF-01 chassis features a comical design, the GF[1]02 chassis employs a more realistic wheelbase and a frame with ladder / pipe motifs. This R/C assembly kit is inspired by 1950s American panel vans, and offers an excellent drive even on grass or uneven surfaces.

About the Model
This is a 1/10 scale R/C model assembly kit. Length: 454mm, width: 280mm, height: 238mm. Wheelbase: 267mm.
123mm large-diameter lug pattern tires allow powerful performance and superior handling feel.
Stickers feature designs such as squash illustrations, product logo, and triple pin stripes in gold, black and blue.
ESC & Type 540 Motor Included

About the GF-02 chassis
The gear-driven 4WD GF-02 chassis features its motor in a low, central position in the lightweight, durable monocoque frame, and transmits power to front and rear via gears. The long wheelbase and wide tread setup ensures stable off-road performance. The slim frame features ladder/pipe motifs and features integrated sealed gearboxes which help keep stones out.
Front and rear gear differentials allow smooth cornering, while separately sold pinion gears offer a choice from three types of gear ratios, and a motor guard enhances reliability off-road. The 4-wheel double wishbone suspension employs four friction dampers, and the steering servo is positioned on the left with identical-length tie-rods

Wheelbase
same length as the long CC-02 wheelbase chassis same body mount positions as the long CC-02 wheelbase chassis

Tread
F : 223mm / R: 221mm

Tyres
As Blackfoot [58633] 122.8mm diameter

Gear ratio
18T (18.03:1), 20T (16.23:1), 17T (19.09:1)
20T and 17T pinion gears are sold separately

Motor Guard included
Lower servo mount to enhance attachment durability and lower more central motor position for improved balance and weight distribution.


Tamiya 58728 1/10 R/C Super Sabre (2023)
Tamiya welcomes the re-released and updated version (this time, the body is pre-cut and pre-painted in sliver) of the Super Sabre, the original of which was released as Item 58066 in 1987. The Boomerang is a brother model with the Super Sabre, and they are different in body and damper stay shapes.

This R/C model assembly kit is a re-released and updated version of the Super Sabre, a beginner-friendly
buggy released in 1987. Length: 390mm, width: 234mm, height: 135mm.
The 0.7mm thick polycarbonate body from Item 58066 is fitted with the separate wing part, and is pre[1]cut and pre-painted in silver.
Shaft-driven 4WD gives speed and stability off road, and through corners.
Damper stay components are original of this product.
4-wheel independent double wishbone suspension employs CVA short dampers II with a front stabilizer to help get the most out of the 4-wheel drive.
ABS bathtub frame and other reinforced parts give superb durability and simplified maintenance.
Gearboxes are sealed to keep out dirt, and contain differentials for smooth cornering.
Please note that body requires application of stickers, cutting and painting of figure, and other work.
ESC & Type 540 motor included

Official details and photos of Tamiya Official Mini 4WD Package Art Collection Volume 1 / Volume 2


Looking back on 40 years with beautiful art
This is a fan-favorite art book that includes kit package art released from 1982, when the Mini 4WD series was born, to 2023. The number of machines to be posted is over 300 points in total for the upper and lower volumes. In addition to completely covering the kits that are normally sold, it is a spectacular content that includes some special models. Another highlight is the vivid reproduction of the colors and brushstrokes of the original, realized by high-definition printing technology. There are also many illustrations that reveal for the first time the parts that were hidden during packaging. In addition, don’t miss the many valuable materials that revive the enthusiasm of the boom, such as leaflets from the 1980s and 1990s that were kept at the Tamiya headquarters. At some stores such as Tamiya Shop Online and Tamiya Plamodel Factory Shimbashi, you will receive a replacement cover with a chic design with a black machine decorating the cover as a purchase privilege.

Condensing the birth of the Mini 4WD and the enthusiasm of the first boom
his is the first volume of the art book that contains the successive package arts of the Mini 4WD, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. From the pickup truck that marked the beginning of the mini 4WD history in 1982, the junior version of the RC car, “Dash! Introducing the first boom led by Shikuro, and the machines up until just before the second boom. A total of more than 160 beautiful art pieces from the Mini 4WD series, the Wild Mini 4WD series, the Tracking Mini 4WD series, the Racer Mini 4WD series, the Super Mini 4WD series, and some special models. In addition, there are plenty of highlights from the end of the book, including flyers from the time, Gaiden manga and columns that were said to be phantoms, successive motor catalogs, etc. At some stores such as Tamiya Shop Online and Tamiya’s Plastic Model Factory Shimbashi store, you will receive a replacement cover designed with a black special version machine as a purchase privilege.


Format / number of pages: B5 size landscape / 176 pages
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative

Covering from the beginning of the second boom to the Laser Mini 4WD
This is the second volume of the art book that includes the successive package arts of the Mini 4WD, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. From the second boom in the late 1990s when “Bakusou Kyodai Let’s & Go!!” Full cowl Mini 4WD series, Aero Mini 4WD series, Real Mini 4WD series, Mighty Mini 4WD series, Mini 4WD PRO series, Mini 4WD REV series, Laser Mini 4WD series, and some special models, 160 points I posted a lot of beautiful art that exceeds. Also, the flyers and posters at the time posted at the end of the book are all precious things that are sure to excite fans of “Let’s & Go”. At some stores such as Tamiya Shop Online and Tamiya Plastic Model Factory Shimbashi, we will present a chic replacement cover designed with Black Saber and other “Let’s & Go” machines as a purchase privilege.


Format / number of pages: B5 size landscape / 176 pages
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative

Tamiya Fair 2023 announcement


Hobby festival held! 18th ( Sat ) 9:00-17:00, 19th ( Sun ) 9:00-16:00
Venue: Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building, South Building　

Shizuoka’s autumn hobby event “Tamiya Fair” will be held again this November at Twin Messe Shizuoka!
In 2023, the event will be held in both the North Building and South Building. Please stay tuned!
Click here to see the reports from past Tamiya Fairs.

Exhibition with boxes of Tamiya plastic models from 1965 to 1975 piled up high like a toy store of that period

Half a century of Showa model collection from Inami

Yasumasa Matsui says, “I want people to go back in time to the Showa era and feel nostalgic,” in front of plastic models he has collected over half a century, at the Inami Sculpture Museum in Inami, Nanto City.


Exhibition of free TV announcer Matsui
Yasumasa Matsui, a 60-year-old freelance announcer who retired from TV Asahi in March, is from Nanto City. Monozukuri~” will open on the 12th at the Inami Sculpture Museum in Inami, the same city. Until September 17th.
Mr. Matsui is known as a global collector of plastic models made by Tamiya (Shizuoka City), a major model maker, and is called “Japan’s number one Tamiya fan” by the company’s chairman, Shunsaku Tamiya. He fell in love with models when he was in the third grade of elementary school, and even after joining TV Asahi, he continued to collect them at model stores and auctions nationwide.
This is the first time for Mr. Matsui to exhibit his collection. We exhibited more than 700 items, including some of the models that we have collected so far and dioramas that we assembled ourselves.
Boxes of Tamiya plastic models from 1965 to 1975 are piled up high like a toy store at that time and displayed. In addition to the elaborately reproduced Tamiya classic tank series, there are also valuable wooden kits that even Tamiya does not own. There is also a 1/144-scale diorama of the 2015 Kinugawa levee breach that Matsui covered.
Mr. Matsui said, “I think you’ll be surprised if you just come here. I want you to slip back in time to the Showa era and feel nostalgic.”
The admission fee is 500 yen for high school students and older, and 250 yen for elementary and junior high school students. Second and fourth Wednesdays off every month. (Kazuya Hirota)
Source of article in Japanese language: Chunichi Shimbun Web

Tamiya official international release list September 2023

R/C Models
58714　　1/10 R/C Volkswagen Golf II GTI 16V Rally (MF-01X)
58724　　1/10 R/C 2003 Ford Focus RS Custom (TT-02)
58726　　1/10 R/C XV-02RS PRO Chassis Kit
22072　　XV-02 Aluminum Steering Arms (L/R)
22073　　XV-02 Carbon Bumper Support
22074　　XV-02RS Stabilizer Set (Front & Rear)

Static Models
12046　　1/12 Team Lotus Type 72D 1972
25213　　1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 JV44 & Citroën Traction 11CV Staff Car Set
25215　　1/48 Messerschmitt Me262 A-2a w/Kettenkraftrad
35060　　1/35 German Tank Destroyer Marder II

Kids
95463　　Thunder Shot Mk.II Clear Special (Polycarbonate Body)
95486　　Raikiri Pink Special (Polycarbonate Body) (MS Chassis)
95426　　2mm Aluminum Lock Nut (Pink, 5pcs.)
95555　　2mm Aluminum Lock Nut (Purple, 5pcs.)
95563　　HG Lightweight 17mm Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless)
95393　　Rubber Body Catches (Blue/Red)
95208　　Low Friction Low Profile Tire (Maroon/2pcs.)

Tools & Paints
87221　　Diorama Texture Clay (Soil Effect, Dark Brown)
87222　　Diorama Texture Clay (Soil Effect, Dark Earth)
87223　　Tamiya Modeling Brush HG II Rounded Flat Brush (Extra Small)
87224　　Tamiya Modeling Brush HG II Rounded Flat Brush (Small)
69943　　Modeler’s Knife (Blue)