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Let’s play with water! Tamiya’s work to learn with movement 

When playing with in a bath, always with adults!
Do not play at all like sea, lake etc! 

To parents: Please do not play with flowing water absolutely. Also,please be careful not to take your eyes off of children absolutely when playing in a small pool, aquarium, bath tub, etc.

An underwater motor that rotates the screw and moves whatever it floats in water. You can learn while playing Tamiya’s work, such as a hand-held boat going all around, a mechanical swimmer swimming by moving your legs and feet, and enjoying movement.

Working on the surface of the water with the power of the pump

Fun Work Series No.226
Water Bike Working Set (Item No: 70226)

★ It is a work that imaged a popular water bike as a marine sports. ★ Equip the centrifugal pump at the rear of the underwater motor and proceed while blowing water. ★ Move the ladder up and down to adjust the speed, rotate left and right can change the direction of travel. ★ Body consists of 6 parts including float. With two kinds of marking stickers. ※ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Swimming by swimming hands, feet, fins etc.

Fun Work Series No.224
Dolphin Craft Set for Swimming (Item No: 70224)

★ It is a working set of dolphins swimming by moving the head up and down with the tail fin. ★ Change the rotational motion of underwater gearbox to reciprocating motion with crank, and move the tail fin of soft resin sheet up and down. ★ It is also possible to swim while turning to the left and right if adjusting the attachment angle of back belly and sucker. ★ You can also change the mounting position of the crank and change the way you swim and speed. ※ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Fun Work Series No.218
Swim Manta ray Working Set (Item No: 70218)

★ It is a work set that imaged the appearance of Mantaray which swims by swinging big fins like flapping. ★ Change the rotary motion of underwater gearbox to reciprocating motion with crank, swim in real by moving up and down while deflecting the fillet of soft resin sheet. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Other Limited
Mechanism · Fug (Tail fin type) Clear Pink Body (Item No: 89975)

★ Cute Clear pink body will join the “Mecha · Fug”. ★ Decelerate the rotation of the motor with the gear box and transmit it to the tail fin with the crank and the link rod. ★ It is assembled with inset and screw stopper, and wiring is easy. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)


RoboCraft Series No.14 Mecha · Fugu (Tail fin type) (Item No: 71114)

★ It is an assembly kit of a puffer type robot that swims swaying by moving the tail fin horizontally. Decelerate the rotation of the motor with the gearbox and tell the tail fin with the crank and link rod. ★ It is assembled with inset and screw stopper, and wiring is easy. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

RoboCraft Series No.26
Mechanical Swimmer (Crawl / Butterfly / Backstroke)  (Item No: 71126)

★ It is a work set of a swimmer robot that swims using an underwater gearbox. Change the rotary motion of underwater gearbox to reciprocating motion with crank arm and swim with hands and feet moved up and down. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

RoboCraft  Series No.25 Mechanical Fish (Tail Fin Sailing Type) (Item No: 71125)

★ It is a work set of a fish type robot that swims by swinging the tail fin horizontally. It is the point that the back fells over the water and all the mechanical parts sink below the water surface. Combine underwater gearbox with mini underwater motor, change crank and link rod to rotate motion to reciprocating motion and move tail fin. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Fun working series No. 114 Rogue
boat work basic set (Item No: 70114)

★ It is a kit for assembling a hand-held boat to be found at a lake and beach. Mechanically reproduce all movement using motor and battery. Change the rotation of the motor to a linear movement with the crank arm and the link rod, move the all back and forth and proceed. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Turn the screw and advance the water surface

Fun working series No. 119
Amphibious Car Working Set (Item No: 70119)

★ Equipped with a styrofoam float on both sides of the waterproof underwater motor to ensure buoyancy. By sailing on the water on the water, as you go up to the land power will be forced forward by driving the rear wheels with worm gears. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Fun work series No.154
Underwater motor (with hull) (Item No: 70154)

★ It is a set of assembled submersible motor and hull. The underwater motor turns the power on / off by twisting the main body. There is a ladder at the rear so you can make a swinging swing. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)

Fun work series No.179
mini submersible motor (with float) (Item No: 70179)

★ Assembled mini submarine motor and 2 sets of 100 x 170 x 6 mm foam polystyrene float. It is a fun set with a sticker that is easy to install water resistant double-sided tape and paper file, sucker of underwater motor. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Application example (PDF)

Underwater motor & underwater gearbox with free freedom fun

Fun work series No.153
Underwater motor (Item No: 70153)

★ It is a power source indispensable for the work which you can play on the waterside such as a motor boat or a ship. Assembly type using 130 type motor, switch turns on if you twist the main body. Attached suction cup. ★ Use 1 AA size battery (sold separately)

⇒ Application example (PDF)

Fun work series No.178
mini submersible motor (AAA type) (Item No: 70178)

★ It is a submersible motor featuring lightweight and slow movement, incorporating a small motor. Excellent in waterproofness, the switch adopts a screw type of reliable operation. Attached suction cup. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Application example (PDF)

Fun work series No.185
mini submersible motor (high speed type)  (Item No: 70185)

★ It is an underwater motor that is pleased enough to use widely for water works. The rear part of the screw can also be equipped with a rudder to make a turn around the same place around the same place. Attached suction cup. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

⇒ Check motion with video (YouTube)

Fun working series Special project product
NEW !!  Mini underwater motor (AAA type · silver)  (Item No: 69921)

★ It is a submersible motor featuring a lightweight and slow motion with built-in small motor.With excellent waterproofness, the switch adopts a screw type with reliable operation.The ladder is equipped behind the screw and turning at the same place It is also possible to make it possible to attach and detach to and from the work because the suction cup is attached.The main body is a mechanical silver color. Using AAA batteries (sold separately)

Check motion with video (YouTube)

Fun Work Series No.186
Underwater Gear Box Set (Item No: 70186)

★ Mount the pinion gear instead of the screw and slow down the rotation of the motor using the crown gear. Underwater gearbox that can extract power to the side. ★ 1 AAA type battery used (sold separately)

In addition to these videos on YouTube TAMIYA Channel various works are available for motion and robot videos. Please look at them all together.

⇒YouTube TAMIYA Channel “Fun Machining & RoboCraft” Playlist

Shizuoka’s ‘holy land’ for model kits has problem: It’s too popular

Modelers show off their stuff at a group exhibition of the Shizuoka Hobby Show at Twin Messe Shizuoka. (Takafumi Yabuki)

By TAKAFUMI YABUKI/ Staff Writer
From The Asahi Shimbum

SHIZUOKA–“Big” is a common theme at the Shizuoka Hobby Show.

The venue is surrounded by some of the biggest names in the model kit industry. The annual event is held in the largest exhibition hall complex in the prefecture. And participation from around the world continues to expand.

But even the “holy place” for model lovers has its limits.

“It’s becoming too crowded,” one of the organizers said. “We might have to decline new exhibitors from next year.”

Every year, the Shizuoka Hobby Show attracts about 70,000 visitors. The 57th event was held from May 10 through 13 at Twin Messe Shizuoka.

The show is organized by the Shizuoka Model and Educational Material Cooperative Association, consisting of Tamiya Inc., famed for its Mini 4WD cars, Hasegawa Corp., known for its aircraft models, and Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co., which has been praised for quality car models. These companies are all based in Shizuoka Prefecture.

A factory of Bandai Spirits Co., which split from giant toymaker Bandai Co. in 2018 and is known for model kits from the “Mobile Suit Gundam” franchise, is also based in the city of Shizuoka.

The show is dedicated to scale models, unlike other toy fairs around the world, and provides a venue for about 80 model manufacturers to showcase their new products.

But it also provides a rare opportunity for amateur modelers to share their works with like-minded fans.

More than 270 modeling clubs in Japan and from overseas showcased about 10,000 works in a group exhibition during the event.

Sven Frisch from Germany said he learned the name “Shizuoka” before “Tokyo.” The 44-year-old said he first assembled a Tamiya tank at the age of 8.

As part of Team Euro, he was here to exhibit a model of a German self-propelled artillery from World War II, which his grandfather served on.

He reconstructed the old vehicle from scratch after studying documents kept at public archives and libraries.

Despite all of his efforts, he said he could not exhibit it in his country for political reasons.

This year, participants from the United States and China, as well as countries in Southeast Asia and Europe, attended the show. According to organizers, the number of amateur exhibitors from abroad has increased in the last couple of years.

Tim Lingle, 54, who runs a model-making school in the U.S. state of New Jersey, was a member of Team America. In his first participation in the group show, he presented a fighter of the imperial Japanese military and a helicopter of the U.S. Navy.

“Shizuoka is the holy place for model fans all over the world,” Lingle said excitedly. “My childhood dream came true.”

He is not the only one with that dream.

Attendance of general visitors and exhibitors from Japan and abroad is expected to continue to climb. And this has created a big problem for the organizers.

Twin Messe Shizuoka was so crowded this year that exhibitors were spilling out into meeting rooms and the reception area.

The show organizer has asked the operator of the complex, an affiliated body of the city government, to build extensions.

However, the city official in charge of the venue said the overall usage rate of the facility is “dwindling, with the exception of the hobby show,” so expansion might not be financially viable.

Other areas of the “holy place” are also seeing more visitors.

Tamiya has been offering reservation-only tours of its headquarters here. About 600 foreign visitors joined the tour in 2017, a fivefold increase from five years earlier, and many are from other Asian countries, such as South Korea and China, according to the company.

The company said the increase may be attributed to the fact that model-making hobbyists are “often wealthy” and fall into the same group of people who can afford to travel to Japan.

The Shizuoka city government is also eyeing the modeling industry as a tourist attraction. It opened a permanent model gallery, Shizuoka Hobby Square, in 2011 in front of JR Shizuoka Station, a Shinkansen stop.

Source in Japanese language: The Asahi Shimbum

Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix Video Report Vol.23


http://www.tamiya.com/japan/report/tamiyagp_report20180318megaweb_gp

Venue MEGA WABE Toyota City Showcase 1F Special Circuit (Tokyo Odaiba)

Competition Scene We held the “Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix” at Odaiba tourist attraction “MEGA WEB Toyota City Showcase”. [Junior Grand Prix] and [Junior Buggy Grand Prix] for elementary and junior high school students, [Women’s Grand Prix] for women’s drivers, [Parent-child Comical 4 WD] to participate in a pair of elementary / junior high school students and parents. In addition, as a special project this time, I held a [my dancing rider] class which used the new topic dancing rider and raised the venue.

Tamiya Optional parts catalog by RC model chassis (with new addition of TB-05 chassis)

Customize as you like with rich option parts

When getting into control, setting for finishing to a more controllable car and performance improvement are great fun. Tamiya’s RC car has abundant parts for that purpose. (Japanese PDF)

On-road model

  • TB-05 chassis

  • TA 07 chassis

  • TA 06 chassis

  • TB-04 chassis

  • TT-02 chassis

  • F104 chassis

  • RM-01 chassis

  • M-07 CONCEPT

  • M-05 chassis

  • M-06 chassis

Offroad model

  • TT-02B chassis

  • DT-03 chassis

  • MF-01X chassis

  • G6-01 chassis

  • GF-01 chassis

  • WR-02 chassis

  • CC-01 chassis