Vintage Tamiya Poster from 1964 !

Tamiya’s current confidence is not just a model not only the body but it’s good, and not in the building. After-sales service, public relations, market research, study and try to look astonishingly dense activities. It also turned as a manufacturer of plastic model from the beginning. This is our laboratory’s oldest save the poster to the public.

1 / 35 Panther tank’s success since its sold-selling lineup of tanks, 1 / 21, 1 / 35, World Series and the tank is divided into three classes done. Experts also rating higher than 1 / 50 series and Japan Aircraft moving gimmick combined sum of imposing automatic Jaguar lineup.

A highlight is 1 / 35 series of new products as “light tank American Destroyer” is being introduced. Carefully 1 / 35 as a model dimensions and “TKK25 motors, C battery x2” written in so far as the model of apparently was trying to file. In fact, this comprehensive catalog describing the 1964 version of it. However instead of being released, and the blank kit No. 10 has a speed contest M41 is a last minute as previously reported. New collection of the museum will be a huge problem, pocket Destroyer T92 series are utilized. It is not just a typographic error in the World Series of Stalin tanks and Crusader’s name is printed on the coming and going wrong.

It is difficult to understand in this photo, but Patton bulldog and as far away as polychlorinated caterpillar! (Of course the original rubber caterpillar). By the way, the bottom of the illustration is Japan’s Shigeru Komatsuzaki soldiers artist, but the ride is the right person in a stream that had been released, but this person is left after a 10-year wait for further vehicles.

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Thunder Shot Mk. II Momoi-Halko Special & future Tamiya releases

Update July 5th: further new items added (highlighted in yellow)
Momoi Halko’s song Thunder Shot has been out for a while, and recently Tamiya announced the Mini 4WD model Thunder Shot Mk. II Momoi-Halko Special (item number 92190).

Momoi Halko (real name: Haruko Momoi) is an immensely popular singer, idol and dub voice actress in Japan and her song “Thunder Shot” is cut number 11 on her album “Sunday Early Morning”, and the video can be seen here:

The model itself is identical to item number 18620 Thunder Shot Mk. II, based on the modular Mini 4WD PRO chassis, except that the parts are molded in completely different colours and the Sakura-themed (cherry blossom) sticker sheet. The sakura season is extensively celebrated in Japan, and is one of Japan‘s most important symbols, and also the official plant of Tokyo. It’s associated with aesthetics and volatileness, but is also a symbol of frail female beauty, and combined with the light pink colour scheme, a very appropriate theme for the sticker sheet of the Momoi-Halko Special. Momoi Halko is a lifelong anime-fan, and often refered to as the “Queen of Akihabara” because she used to spend a lot of time with other anime-, manga- und game-otakuses (fanatic enthusiasts) in the Akihabara district. This further justifys the connection between her and Tamiya manga-inspired Mini 4WD models like the Thunder Shot. In other words, the Momoi-Halko Special has a lot more substance than just a marketing gag.

As a sidenote, the Momoi-Halko Special with its feminine style, is an appropriate counterpart to another Thunder Shot Mk. II limited model released earlier this year, the quite masculine “Black Special”:



Further new items that haven’t been widely announced yet:

49497 4×4 Racing Truck TRF801XT:


94660 Thunder Shot Mk.II Pink Special (no picture) (very similar to the Momoi-Halko Special, but with white fibre reinforced chassis and slightly different decals)
94661 PRO MS Chassis Evo. I (no picture) (for Mini 4WD PRO)

71121 2-Legged Walking Robot w/Wind-Up Generator:

71122 4-Legged Walking Robot w/Wind-Up Generator:

71123 Sumo Wrestler Robot w/Wind-Up Generator:

89773 1/48 F-117A Nighthawk and U.S. Modern 4×4 Utility Vehicle :

21201 1/12 Repsol RC211V ’06 Parts Panel :

21202 1/12 Konica Minolta RC211V ’06 Parts Panel (no picture)
21203 1/12 Honda RC211V ’06 Parts Panel (no picture)
21204 1/12 LCR Honda RC211V ’06 Parts Panel (no picture)
12626 1/24 Porsche 962C Photo Etched Parts Set (no picture)
89774 1/35 IJA Type 95 Light Tank & Infantry Set (no picture)
89775 1/35 IJA Type I SPG & Crew Set (no picture)
89776 1/350 IJN Submarine I-400 (Special Edition) (no picture)
94666 Dash 1 Emperor Special Kit (no picture)
94667 Dash 01 Super Emperor Special Kit (no picture)

70179 Mini Submarine Motor with Float (no picture)

89913 Submarine Motor (Clear Blue) (no picture)

50, a magic number at Tamiya these days


It has been known among insiders and modellers in Japan since the Shizuoka fair a couple of weeks ago, but most Tamiya enthusiasts outside Japan probably still don’t know; So despite not being really breaking news anymore, we would like to forward the news that Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya has handed over the presidency of the Tamiya company to Mr. Masayuki Tamiya, his 50 year old son-in-law, after working 50 years for the company himself.

Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya remains Chairman of the Board, and has announced that he will still have an active role in the daily business of the company. Mr. Masayuki Tamiya has worked for the Tamiya company since 1990, since 2004 as Senior Executive Director, and surely has the experience and skills needed. Also, like Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya, he’s a very enthusiastic modeller, and this should ensure that the choice of subjects and the quality remain as good as ever.

At Tamiyablog, we would like express our deepfelt gratitude to Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya for all the fantastic products he and his staff have created during his half a century in the business, and wish him a long and happy life as a “retiree”. Likewise, our gratulations and best wishes go to Mr. Masayuki Tamiya for his new position in the Tamiya company and for the continued success and flood of fantastic new products.

1962 Tamiya US Army T92 Destroyer (remote controlled, one of the first plastic Tamiya tank kits)

Tamiya’s first plastic model tank to be released at the end of’61 is 1/35 Panther tanks, but the price of 400 yen is not the time for children is not a cheap price. So grab Tamiya is a text box. ’62, – Only 100 yen motorized War Tank – to start in the Series.

The series is only one year out of six different kits (No.5 and 6 accompanying article is coming and going. Crusader is not the No.5), and complete. In addition type remote control will also be released as a deluxe edition. Series remote control baby named series shine kit No. This is a Destroyer.

Originally a small TKK13 motor vehicle in two pilot a remote control that is currently also look at impressive. Tamiya is at least for the next 35 years old today, this small remote control from the tank were released. Register metal gear one by one like we are just the current mini-founder of four-wheel drive. Cypress, Morimoto studio model to HP’s place in it.

Initially it was released at 300 yen, but immediately the price was reduced to 250 yen. Remote control box was also the first lever is the middle of a push-button type change for the two exists. And the old logo still quietly stopped production this year.

World Series of the former tank is on the way, the new logo is changing all the new package. Price of 100 yen over the contents of the kit is almost unchanged, but the expression on one side of the gearbox, the motor bilateral system has been improved.

By the way, this World Tank Series was quietly stopped manufactured at December of ’67, a whole new 1/50 began a series of pocket museum with kit No. 1, Destroyer of the T92.

The series is also unique for Tamiya. Japan is a plastic model tank motorized prevailed at that time was overseas, the display is precisely that of the mainstream, are designed for overseas markets, American companies throughout the world Hawk sale. Fans found out that domestic demand in Japan was also released. Kon Shin-kit full display, quite honestly military miniatures of the original series.

White is a novel package, and now I look at well worthy of admiration, but the whole kit, kit No. Release 2 crusader is not only the’70 edition of the catalog has already stopped production.

Similar size of the same name from the tanks, tank series and the World Series to be confused with the Museum of pocket than I think is a completely different thing in common parts is one. Caterpillar of a new mold.

Series pocket museum is 1/50, but had been released at the World Series is non-scale tank. But the scale of things. The T92 1/55 that, there is a pocket museum this series 1/50 from Takashi Megumi is one of the largest around.


World Series tank

World Series 2 version of the tank with the new Tamiya logo

Pocket Museum Series

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Tamiya 47th Shizuoka Hobby Show 2008 New Releases

12037 Lotus Type 78 – w/Photo Etched Parts

14111 Kawasaki ZZR 1400

18624 JR Hotshot Jr. MS Chassis

23211 Ferrari GTO Semi Assembled

24300 Nissan GT-R

42107 TB Evolution 5 MS – Chassis Kit

48206 German Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.J 1/35

49491 TA05-IFS R Chassis Kit

49496 DF-03 MS

56025 German Panzer IV Ausf.J full operation

57104 TamTech-Gear Porsche 935 Turbo Martini

58408 Suzuki SSX4 WRC TT-01E

58409 Arta Garaiya TB-03

58410 VW Golf GTI Cup Car TT-01E

58411 Nissan GT-R TT-01E

60401 Space Shuttle Orbiter

61102 F-16C Thunderbirds

84031 F103 RM T Body

Source: Tamiya, INC.

Tamiya 1st and 2nd at 2008 IFMAR IST Pre-World Touring Car Championship

Results IFMAR ISTC OnRoad WM Warm Up 2008:
1. Viktor Wilck – 20pts / Sweden (Tamiya)
2. Marc Rheinard – 18pts / Germany (Tamiya)
3. Masami Hirosaka – 15pts / Japan (Yokomo)
4. Hayato Matsuzaki – 15pts / Japan (Hot Bodies)
5. Billy Easton – 15pt / USA (Serpent)
6. Jilles Groskamp – 13pts / Holland (Tamiya)
7. Surikarn C. – 11pts / Thailand (Hot Bodies)
8. Atsushi Hara – 8pts / Japan (Hot Bodies)
9. Meen Vejrak – 7pts / Thailand (Xray)
10. Hupo Honigl – 5pts / Austria (Tamiya)

Tamiya Modified Motor History Part 4

The 21st century: insatiable and powerful to further diversification

In the 21st century the battery RC 2400 as a successor to the 3000’s finally MH cell Ni-MH pack “V 7.2 Advanced RC3000MH Pack” (Item55075, 7800 yen, released in November 1900) appeared. Consideration of environmental issues from the European NiCD batteries banned the manufacture and sale of the essential use (such as special-purpose cryogenic environment) except that after three to four years and that a total ban was decided in the RC electric car in the world, Ni-MH cell migration and the flow is inevitable.
This is however, and the 4000 mAh and 5000 mAh, only five years ago, during the mid-1990s as an unimaginable appearance of a large-capacity battery is held road. In fact, between 2005 to 1906, the cell Ni-MH 4200 to 4300 mAh nominal capacity is reached, the RC-06 electric car for the first time as lithium polymer battery pack (5000 mAh) from the sale of Orion. In addition to 07 from entering or INTEREKUTO GP series from 4500 to 4600 in cell division has been announced. The page first published in 2002 is forecast at the time it is amazing to realize that the pace of development is frighteningly speed is it? High-capacity Ni-MH cell separator is the film is really the limit, but the shape is still lithium polymer is not standardized, so the future of the fluid. Orion standard size is smaller than the size would decrease capacity. Still, it is expected, circa 2010 to about 7,000 in 6000 to expand the capacity or even higher. Runtime race does not change as long as the battery capacity can be expanded, it devours its capacity goal as a new motor is always evolving. Power loss and motor fits into full development, will continue.

Behind these times, and they made tuned motor Tamiya’s first century as a “stock Dyna Run” came after the “Super T stock 23” series. “Oak bell for the end and irresolvable by motor type” to “stock motor” defined as the introduction of this site is that to be strange, but “black motor” since it flows from the tuned motor fine also, in that, a series of motor modified lineage included Tamiya.

Now, this “super stock 23 T” came in June 2001. Tamiya motor really is a new product in five years, is also largely inside evolution. The manufacturer has not been revealed, is being used in various parts of it, as long as other OEM manufacturers for many micro-projects in Sagami made that clear. JMRCA rotor is to comply with the provisions of 23 T stock diameter was 0.80 mm 23 T common single winding, 20 advancer in the same degree it is, as the first Tamiya motor adopted Type R (op.476, 2,600 yen), the standard adopted Super Stock Racing Type T (op.477 2600 yen) that is available for innovation.
The performance of the motor, motor laboratory already “18” is introduced in detail below. 23 turns is the same over the past 10 years between the “original T 23” RS-540 more than 30 percent more powerful than sport tuned plays. Such performance is up greatly contributed to the recent rapid rate of performance improvement of magnet materials. Magnet material for small motors, such as PC HDD motor for development, with almost every year since the late 1990s as evolution progressed rapidly and, thanks to the magnet for RC, stronger and more heat strong as a year out. In addition, brush and materials from a soft, high-performance, high-current to sink more easily. Instead, the brush is extremely short life, and 5 to 10 packs must be exchanged. Also, a soft brush also increases the amount of friction. Tamiya GP, qualifying only two minutes of time, “Darre heat” in the second half of the qualifying time will never run dry, not once did anyone think that the real problem now. In addition, over 4,000 T stock of batteries in 23 minutes 8 run, the motor is 150 degrees inside often exceed the bell to end shottky diods installed and the guarantee element temperature of 105 degrees and heat damage away from the motor, touring IFMAR rules modified ran 5 minutes 07 TITC’s Motor (Thailand international race), Code of solder is melted in the heat of an accident drop out Bell secondary end to your code you had to screw or not, although an extreme example, the recent story is pretty tough to come out to be more. None of this is the amount of current consumption and brush friction caused a sharp increase. Calorific value and durability of high-performance tradeoff is that the relationship is known While it is a mixed blessing.

Now, “Super 23 T stock” has been out of the same end-use Bell Kang possible to disassemble and “11 super modified motor T” (op.485, 5,200 yen, released in October 2001). Bell was 5 × 4mm Super Stock Racing end, the same standard specifications. Roll Double-11T (perhaps unknown wire diameter 0.85 mm) and the high-end model as the “TRF acto power tune” Since the very first time in eight years have become hot model. As a little story, as spare brush, is still a fixture at the time was not part of “round-T” sign brush (op.581 later years as a staple) has been included, and so do nearly 10 percent more powerful.

Was a little disappointing, Ni-MH cells spread in the world touring car no-load 40,000 to 50,000 RPM, 540-size motors to test the physical limits of the mainstream and is thicker motor, which becomes 11T is a pretty half-hearted setting, in the end there was most active in the field. Tamiya GP but only a 1 to 2 times only did I have had the opportunity to participate. And, surprisingly thin and torque, turn 11 and 13 are essentially saying turn much power it was anticlimax. Eventually, 02 H dyna tech exceed “the strongest motor Tamiya” star performer, released in December 2004, “Transpeed MS (9T),” had to wait.

“MS Transpeed” series, in July 1999 Tamiya is “TRF414X” released in America, “the title game of the World Touring Car Abduction” Works goal since returning to work flow, the highest peak pure motor racing. ISTC 2004 “3600 cell battery 5 minutes +6 race, the” single optimized format specifications Item 49347 T 9 is Dec. 14, 1904, 06 experts JMRCA class of “Cell 4 minutes 8” format of more than 4200 Using cell premise that the specifications of the single Item 49386 T 10 is March 29, 1906 has been released. The biggest feature is the Team Orion has developed a “V2 technology” to be known as Bell & brush-end technology to set point.

“Technology V2” is the brush at a 45-degree unsold placed in a V-shaped layout adopted for the brush shape, “cylindrical” adopt an entirely new form of the power and fuel economy, the end of the cooling efficiency Bell raised new dimension to a series of end-handed Bell system technology. It is just a “sham” that is not, Mark Rheinhard players in the 2004 ISTC TRF415MS victory to prove it has been sufficient. However, the actual visibility of the race earlier scene, circa 2003 from Orion already have OEM and the end-V2 is equipped with a bell in a series of motor input, and have become more popular.

04 to finally end of the year “Transpeed” issued Tamiya, motor OEM V2 series as a group in the last rounds. Fixed price of 12,800 yen and the record for one sitting Tamiya motor repainting so expensive, as it was used Tamiya GP because it is not OK. First of all, this motor is premised on a high-end chassis (especially TRF415MSX, including the latest model) is currently active in the field is extremely limited GP Tamiya that it is also the high price of motor supply is also limited because it is being. At this time, GP Tamiya inconsistent with the use and the judge may be. From circa 2006 brushed motor is gradually beginning of the lifting of the ban, since 07 is now completely mainstream brushless with it, now active in the field of MS Transpeed virtually disappeared state.

JMRCA Touring Car in 2006 is a Class 4 cell expert eight minutes to introduce regulations that because, since the use 23T stock motor modified motor sport classes and class expert in the use of the needs of the growing divergence. Tamiya, the HV 3300, and lasted 3600HV “immediately after the release of the latest cell products to” a stream is lost, released in May 2006 by the latest battery pack is a very late second-generation cell technology to the GP3700. Tamiya GP in terms of actual operations as well, since November 2006, a mini-class sports, the traditional “zapping until 2400” to strengthen the regulation of the battery, released in July 2006 SP 1600, specify the battery pack “detune” make up phenomena. Sales in the bold decision, I think, is a user-specified low battery is very welcome. Sport Tuned motor to 540 degrees, in 1600 SP battery performance is sufficient.

Tamiya GP motor to be used as well, “two steps drawn from the high-end” “Super-stock”. Since its release Tamiya GP motor used in the highest class of 23 T stock, the style is completely settled. In addition circa 2004 from the fixed-gear ratio rules also phases, and the further condition of equality and promote the entry cost of suppression.

Nevertheless, the battery is more powerful every year, which is the Intermediate class participants in the race’s 23 T stock situation is uncontrollable power is out. Still, the “under” and that motor sport tuned only the Kole Kole is involved in the short-lived brush from the performance and roses and with a lot of points from Tamiya fans unpopular it was also a fact. Also, a little away from Tamiya GP light look at the demographics and trends of the recent turn of 25 to 35, rather than the number of low-turn tuned motor (stock motor replaceable brush, etc.) have realized that selling within PHP. Especially noticeable is the “drift” Tamiya motor to buy a multi-user applications rise. These new users because of the spread of the traditional, 540 and Sport Tuned area has been covered 5 × 4mm motor brush opt to release them as there have been.

GT Tuned
Such has emerged from the background of the new turn of the 25-turn made a number of criteria, “GT tune,” 5 × 4mm Tamiya Motor 27 specifications of the brush as a primer for the new standards and tuned motor “GT Tuned”, Shizuoka Hobby 07 more have been added in the show’s 28-turn “Dirt Tuned”

Type BZ
Meanwhile, the stock of the fast-evolving 23 T also update progress on the spot. July 2006 is “Type BZ” appeared. It will continue in 4500 to 4600 and appeared in 07-degree battery JMRCA season from provisions in the revised specifications Super Stock Racing motor advancer stock liberalization is set by the new model has emerged to support it is not a mistake.

That Dirt Tuned both, “Super Stock”, “GT tune” “Dirt Tuned” “Light Tuned” a series of line-up completed by the GP Tamiya is quite used to reduce the motor went smoothly. The kit included 540 motor SH/540J as it will remain, for some time now, these motor GP Tamiya “motor control,” so as to play an important role.

GP Tamiya standard specification motor as a long-term change is not expected to “tune GT / Dirt Tuned” series and the race scenes to suit changing trends, “Transpeed” and the series “Two polar differentiation” will increasingly it would beat (which is not anything wrong). To fill the gap in the form of “Tamiya GP in the high-end” as a class JMRCA sports consciousness for the needs of people with years of evolution “Super T stock 23” system has expanded in the future to get interesting again feeling . Already former “2 WD acto power” is beyond the power and where it will be up to? And Bell’s end advance liberalization and the real difference between the motor is no longer modified (bearing only have different specifications), the specifications of the rotor variations what comes out of deployment?

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