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Tamiya RC Live – RC meeting in Shinjyuku circuit, Blockhead meeting and Tamiya RC History



Introduction of “RC MEETING IN SHINJYUKU CIRCUIT” and “BLOCKHEAD MEETING” & Tamiya RC History!
・ Introducing the details of “SINJYUKU CIRCUIT” which opened in Shinjuku “Marui Men” for a limited time from 4/29 (Friday) to 5/8 (Sunday). ・ Introducing the pattern of “BLOKHEAD MEETING” to be held at “SHINJYUKU CIRCUIT” on 4/30 (Sat.). ・ As a special live broadcast, we will broadcast live with JUN WATANABE from “SHINJYUKU CIRCUIT”. ・ Items released in 1995 have appeared in Tamiya RC History. Introducing “Daytona Thunder”, powerful resin body “M1025 Hummer”, “Loctite His Nissan Skyline GT-R / N1”.
Starring Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Takayuki Kono

Tamiya RC Live – Introducing the Tamiya Grand Prix Kansai Tournament, RC High-Tech Course & Tamiya RC History



Introduction of Tamiya Grand Prix Kansai Tournament and RC High-Tech Course & Tamiya RC History!
・ Introducing the “Tamiya Grand Prix Kansai Tournament” held at Kobe Harborland umie Mosaic on Saturday, April 23 for the first time in three years. The powerful rally lampri that Paisen participated in is noteworthy! ・ In the high-tech course explained by TRF Kono, we will send you additional information on the production points of TRF420X and the rally machine XV-02 PRO of interest. ・ The “au TOM’S GR Supra” under development as a new product is unveiled for the first time! ・ Items released in 1995 have appeared in Tamiya RC History. Please see “Opel Calibra V6 DTM”, “Calsonic Nissan Primera JTCC”, and “Isuzu Mu”.
Starring Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara, Takayuki Kono

Tamiya RC Live – Introduction of NEXT50 Challenge Cup sponsored by Toyota RC Club and Tamiya RC History



Introduction of “NEXT50 Challenge Cup” sponsored by Toyota RC Club and Tamiya RC History!
・ We will send you the pattern of the “NEXT 50 Challenge Cup” held in conjunction with the “Super Formula Opening Round” of Fuji Speedway on 4/16 (Sat) and 17 (Sun). Tamiya Maezumi, also known as Paisen, will also participate in the war with a new body that will be unveiled for the first time? ・ Introducing the “RC Car Festival in Hobby Town Shizuoka” scheduled to be held at the Shizuoka City Southern Gymnasium adjacent to the Shizuoka Hobby Show venue on Saturday, May 14th and Sunday, May 15th. Lots of challenge cups and RC schools! ・ Items released in 1994 have appeared in Tamiya RC History. Introducing “Castrol Nissan Primera JTCC”, “Rahal Hogan Motorola Roller T94 / Honda” and the origin of M chassis “Rover Mini Cooper”.
Starring Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara

Tamiya RC Live – Introducing new products, Tamiya Grand Prix Yokohama tournament in May and Tamiya RC history



Introduction of new products and Tamiya Grand Prix Yokohama tournament in May & Tamiya RC history!
・ Introducing the new RC products “TRF420X” and “Thunder Shot (2022)” in May. ・ Introducing the “Tamiya Grand Prix Yokohama Tournament” held at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse on Saturday, April 2nd. You can see the incandescent final race while many galleries are watching. ・ Introducing the RC car released in 1994 at Tamiya RC History. “Nissan 300ZX IMSA-GTS”, “Promarkt Zakspeed AMG Mercedes C Class DTM”, “Shevy S-10” will be released.
Starring Tamiya Satoshi Maezumi, Riku Sunahara

Tamiyaclubs 20th birthday


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

Tamiya RC Live – Tamiya RC Condele 2 announcement of winning works part 2 and Tamiya RC History 39


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 Live – Tamiya RC Condele 2 announcement of winning works part 1 and Tamiya RC History 38


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 Live – Tamiya RC Rally Car Special and Tamiya RC History 37


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 RC Live – Tamiya Circuit Off-Road Course Renewal Special and Tamiya RC History 36


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

Original drawings by Shigeru Komatsuzaki, the illustrator who created Tamiya’s box art, are on art exhibition display

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