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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Which Tamiya model airplane kits are best? Building model aircraft is a serious business, and there are several companies around the world competing to be the best. From World War II classics to ...

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 ...

The upcoming "Wild One Max" is an 8/10th scale replica of the 1985 model built by The Little Car Company in partnership with its original manufacturer, Tamiya. According to autoblog, the buggy ...

"It was around 55 years ago that my father made a business trip to Japan, he'd seen Tamiya products in America and he arrived in Japan with an appointment to visit the current Mr Tamiya and his father ...

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 ...

We begin this week's automotive hobbies section with one of the true pioneers of remote-control cars: Tamiya. Founded in the mid-1940s, the company initially focused on woodworking before moving into ...