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Tamiya has put out an average of 1 new kit a month since the launch of the series as a way of blocking entry into the 1/48 scale market for Chinese makers. As of 2015, over 80 models are available from Tamiya in 1/48 scale, representing mainly the popular World War II tanks and vehicles. HobbyBoss, another Chinese maker, offers 1/48 tanks with ...
Tamiya have also revived their 1:350 ship series, beginning with an all new tooling of the Japanese battleship Yamato in November 2011. The kit can be built as a full-hull or waterline model. Companies from outside Japan such as Revell and Airfix have begun to produce various 1:350 scale ships as well. Trumpeter have released a large series of ...
Tamiya actually purchased a real Porsche 911 Turbo, dismantled it, and rebuilt it in order to better understand the car. Tamiya diverted the die to make a radio-controlled car (RC car) version of the Porsche 934. Although sale of the plastic model of the 1:12 Porsche 934 was poor, the RC car version was a great success. In 2006, Tamiya choose ...
Granbury is located along US Route 377 approximately 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The Brazos River flows past the east side of the city within Lake Granbury. [9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.99 sq mi (36.23 km 2), of which 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km 2) is covered by water. [citation needed]
Tamiya's first nitro truck, and the company's first nitro vehicle, was TR-15t, released in 1994. TR-15t, a 2-wheel drive stadium truck, had 0.15 in³ (2½ cm³) engine. RC electric vehicles offered the more popular 4 by 4 system. TR-15t was not popular. Tamiya released its second nitro vehicle, Mad Bison, in 2000.
The Mini 4WD originated in Japan in 1982, when toy manufacturer Tamiya introduced Mini 4WD race cars. A Mini 4WD race car is a 1:32 scale kit featuring four-wheel drive powered by an electric motor using a pair of AA batteries. A single electric motor turns both axles. These kits snap and screw together without the need for glue. [2]
The Water Line Series was created by the Shizuoka Plastic Model Manufacturers Association in May 1971. It is a collaborative effort by three manufacturers to produce constant scale models of most of the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, [5] in their first series, and then an ongoing collection of 1/700-scale kits of warships of the world. [6]
Tamiya may refer to: Tamiya Corporation , a Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, radio-controlled cars and related products Tamiya-ryū (disambiguation) , several iaijutsu ryūgi