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Same design concept as AFX Magna-Traction, but with larger rear wheels, and a longer chassis featuring four gears instead of three. 1976: G-Plus: Innovative in-line motor design that increased speed as well as magnetic exposure to the track rails. This chassis allowed for detailed open wheel Formula 1 style car bodies in its narrow version. 1976
In 2004, the new 1:48 scale series began, and World War items were released at a remarkable pace. A small-scale 1:700 Water Line Series proudly displayed Tamiya's skill. There are many kits in this series. Kihachiro Ueda handled most of the box art for the Water Line Series. It includes: Sports Car Series; Grand Prix Series; Motorcycle Series
It is based on the Mainline model with revised body tooling to complement a completely new chassis design that allows the boiler backhead to be modelled. In British N gauge , the first model was the Langley whitemetal kit, designed to fit the Graham Farish 94xx/general purpose tank chassis.
The Japanese Zero fighter was the first to be produced in 1/48 scale and the first prop fighter added to the larger 1/32 scale in 2006 is once again the Japanese Zero. In 2023, Tamiya caught everyone by surprise with its announcement of a 1/48 F-35A Lightning II. [21] Tamiya has designed various kits and versions of the following airplanes in 1/48:
The company began in the 1960s manufacturing metal chassis for slotcar racing; 1978 saw the introduction of the RX1200, a 1:12 scale on-road racer, which was the start of the RX series of 1/12-scale on-road chassis.
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An electric version, dubbed E-Savage, is a 1/10 scale version similar in design to the original. It is powered by two HPI "GT550" 14.4v electric motors and competes in the market defined by models such as the Traxxas E-Maxx and Kyosho Twin Force. It shares no parts at all with the full size Savage because it is simply a rebadged Hot Bodies E-Zilla.
Tamiya currently (2005) markets a completely updated model called the "Blackfoot Xtreme." The "Xtreme" has a totally different chassis design than previous versions, but retains the body of the King Blackfoot, just mildly modified with a hood scoop, a modernized grill and new decals. The BX is the final incarnation of the Blackfoot name.