Hard to believe we’ve been going for 20 years. What started out as a place to post pictures of your models ended up being a worldwide community which has lead to many great friendships and I consider myself lucky to have been part of it. He’s a quick thank you from me and lots of very kind words from our members. Check out the site over the next few days as we are giving away a lot of great stuff to celebrate.
Source: Tamiyaclub
Announcement of excellent works of Tamiya RC Condele 2 << 2 >> and Tamiya RC History 39!
・ Continuing from the morning session, we will introduce the excellent works of the Twitter posting project “Tamiya RC Condele 2”. Please see the many masterpieces posted while explaining the evaluation points. And the announcement of the excellence award! ・ Tamiya RC History << 39 >> introduces the RC car released in 1994. “Jeep Wrangler”, “Ferrari 412T1”, “Ford Mondeo BTCC” will be released.
Cast: Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Akihiro Ohata
Tamiya RC Condele 2 Announcement of excellent works << 1 >> and Tamiya RC History 38!
・ Introducing the excellent works of the Twitter posting project “Tamiya RC Condele 2” held from January 2022. We will pick up the award-winning works from more than 380 posts. – In Tamiya RC History “38”, items released in 1994 appeared. FF machine “Renault Clio Williams” which adopted short wheelbase, “AMG Mercedes-Benz C class DTM D2”, “HKS Nissan Skyline GT-R Gr.A” which became a hot topic with characteristic coloring to introduce.
Cast: Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Akihiro Ohata
Tamiya RC Rally Car Special and Tamiya RC History 37!
-As a special feature of Tamiya RC rally car, in addition to the setting of “TT-02 chassis” and “XV-01 chassis”, we will introduce the chassis with “TC-01 chassis” as a rally specification. -You can also see the details of the chassis of the “XV-02 PRO chassis” announced as a new product and the optional parts under development. ・ In Tamiya RC History “37”, we will introduce the items released in 1994. Introducing the 1993 All Japan Touring Car Championship Champion Machine “Calsonic Skyline GT-R Gr.A”, “Toyota Prerunner” that reproduces the track race machine, “Blitz His Toyota Supra Gr.N” and more!
Cast: Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Takayuki Kono
Tamiya Circuit Off-Road Course Renewal Special and Tamiya RC History 36!
・ In commemoration of the renewal of the Tamiya Circuit Off-Road Course, we will introduce the driving videos and capture points of the popular RC buggy car. ・ You can see the driving scenes of “Wild One Offloader BLOCKHEAD MOTORS”, “Midnight Pumpkin Black Edition”, “Blackfoot (2016)”, “Astute 2022”, and “Super Avante” on the off-road course with the changed layout. .. ・ Tamiya RC History “36” introduces the items released in 1993 and 1994. Please see the CC-01 chassis “Mitsubishi Pajero Metal Top Wide”, “Jax Civic”, and “Newman Haas K Mart Texaco Lola T93 / 00 Ford” that modeled IndyCar, which adopted a chassis structure close to the actual vehicle. increase.
Cast: Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Takayuki Kono
Special Exhibition
Sci-fi / Adventure / Retrofuturism x Remake – The World of Katsuichi Kabashima and Shigeru Komatsuzaki –
Purpose of the event
A special exhibition reconstructed from the special exhibition “SF / Adventure / Retrofuturism-Our Dreams and Longing-“, which was canceled in March 2nd year of Reiwa due to the prevention of the spread of the new coronavirus infection will be held now. In this special exhibition, Katsuichi Kabashima, an illustrator who was active mainly in the magazine “Shonen Club” and was called “God of Pen Painting”. Shigeru Komatsuzaki aspired to be an illustrator, admiring the beautiful illustrations drawn by Kabashima, and later became a illustrator of science fiction (SF). Focusing on these two illustrators, we will introduce the culture of boys during and after the war and their transitions through their painting work.
Topic Exhibition Box art
The presence of Shigeru Komatsuzaki is indispensable as a spark for the plastic model boom that occurred in the early 1955’s.
Shunsaku Tamiya of Tamiya Model (currently Tamiya Co., Ltd.) writes a long letter to Komatsuzaki, relying on the reader column of “Ships of the World”, and asks him to produce box art. His first work was the wooden model “Aircraft Carrier Taiho” in 1961, followed by the famous “German Medium Tank Panther” as a box art of a plastic model. By adopting Komatsuzaki, which was popular with children, and by inspiring the imagination and purchasing motivation when assembling, many hit products were born from the Tamiya model.
Tamiya model “Aircraft carrier Taiho” original picture (wooden ship model small million series) Picture: Shigeru Komatsuzaki Komatsuzaki’s first drawing of Tamiya model ship box art. Wooden models are called solid models and were the mainstream of models until the spread of plastic models. Taiho was Japan’s first heavily armored aircraft carrier completed in March 1945, but only three months after her completion, she sank in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. 1961 Tamiya Kura Co. , Ltd.
Topic Exhibition Kodansha “Complete Work of Boys and Girls World Science Adventures
In the 30’s of the Showa era, when the mainstay of boys’ magazines changed from picture stories to manga, Shigeru Komatsuzaki began to work on many cover paintings and frontispieces for science fiction, which he is good at. One of the masterpieces is Kodansha’s “Complete Works of Boys and Girls World Science Adventures”. Komatsuzaki was in charge of the cover and frontispieces for 34 volumes, except for one of the 35 volumes, and many children were fascinated by the beautiful works. This complete collection was popular with children as a science fiction book that can be read in school libraries.
Source and more information in Japanese language: Showa-Kan National Showa Memorial Museum
World’s first detailed announcement! Tamiya XV-02 PRO Special and Tamiya RC History 35
・ Details of the next-generation rally RC car ” XV-02 PRO ” will be unveiled for the first time in the world! We announced the details of the chassis configuration while looking at the actual chassis. You can see all of “XV-02 PRO” while watching the powerful rally running video.
・ Tamiya RC History 35 introduces the RC car released in the latter half of 1993. Shaft Drive 4WD Chassis TA02 You can see “Castroll Celica”, “Sauber C12”, and “TOM’S Levin” that appeared as the first rally specifications.
Astute release commemoration! Tamiya successive 2WD buggy special and Tamiya RC history 34
・ In commemoration of the release of the new 2WD buggy ” Astute (2022) “, we will talk about the history of Tamiya 2WD buggy. Looking back on the history of 2WD buggy while looking at successive machines such as “Astute”, “Mudcap”, “Super Astute”, “Dynastorm” from the appearance of Tamiya RC’s first 2WD buggy “Buggy Champ” to the present To go.
・ In Tamiya RC History << 34 >>, we will introduce “Lotus 107B Ford” which adopted the newly developed F103 chassis for F1 machine for the first time, “Castrol Honda Vti” and “Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI”.
Tamiya Grand Prix Strategy Special Part 2 and Tamiya RC History 33
・ As Tamiya Grand Prix capture special << Part 2 >>, we will introduce the capture of popular categories “M Sports”, “Formula E”, “Touring”, “Rally” class, using the machine of Tamiya Maezumi, Paisen as an example. to go.
・ In Tamiya RC History “33”, we will continue to introduce “Dyna Blaster 2WD”, “Super Hornet”, and “Michelin Pilot Ford Escort RS Cosworth” that appeared in 1993!
Tamiya Grand Prix Strategy Special “Part 1” and Tamiya RC History 32!
・ The largest race event in Japan using Tamiya RC, ” Tamiya Grand Prix “. The Tamiya Grand Prix staff will introduce in detail the participation method, reception method, vehicle regulations, and points of vehicle inspection even for those who are trying to participate for the first time as a capture special << Part 1 >>.
・ Tamiya RC History 32 picks up the RC car released in 1993. Please see “Axia Skyline GT-R Gr.A”, “Idemitsu MOTION Mugen Civic”, and “Blitzer Beetle”.