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How Shunsaku Tamiya Made His Namesake Plastic Model Company 'First In Quality Around The World'

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 ...
Hackaday

Farewell Shunsaku Tamiya: The Man Who Gave Us The Best Things To Build

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 ...
The New York Times

Shunsaku Tamiya, Who Brought Perfection to Plastic Models, Dies at 90

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 ...
Car and Driver

Tamiya Wild One Max Is Like an RC Toy Come to Full-Size Life

The Little Car Company in the U.K. is building a full-size version of the 1:10-scale Tamiya Wild One RC car. Its eight swappable battery packs will offer a claimed 124 miles of range. The Wild One ...