As an Autopian reader and former child, you probably at some point assembled at least one or two plastic model-kits with hopes to bring your four-wheeled fantasies into three-dimensional reality, even ...

Take a deep dive into the Tamiya Ferrari F1-2000 model kit, a beautifully detailed tribute to Michael Schumacher’s ...

Many car enthusiasts grew up playing with smaller versions of the cars they couldn't yet drive or afford, and so surely most know of Tamiya. The Japanese model toy company sells some of the coolest ...

There’s a natural progression for most young gearheads, anxious to get their hands on totemic representation of the cars and trucks they covet, but are still too young to legally own. It usually ...

The Little Car Company has followed up its DB5 Junior and Bugatti Baby II with a creation few could have predicted: a life-sized, officially backed Tamiya Wild One MAX. This small-car-made-big ...

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy. By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

In the formative experiences of most Hackaday readers there will almost certainly be a number of common threads, for example the ownership of a particular game console, or being inspired into ...

If you're an automotive enthusiast "of a certain age," then it's likely that you went through a remote-controlled car phase, and if you did that, then the name Tamiya likely looms large in your memory ...

SHIZUOKA (Japan): Chairman of the Japanese plastic model kit maker Tamiya Inc., Shunsaku Tamiya, known for its radio-controlled cars and Mini 4WD models, has died, the company has announced. He was 90 ...