Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya

[DavidB1126]

Chairman of the Board of Representative at Tamiya, Director and president, passed away Friday (July 18th) at the age of 90.

https://tamiyablog.com/2025/07/in-memoriam-mr-shunsaku-tamiya/

 

[9x19]

RIP

Maybe they'll finally stop with the Phillips-head screws!

 

[DavidB1126]

Maybe they'll finally stop with the Phillips-head screws!

Actually I believe it's JIS screws.

They'll never do that anyways.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

when they're on a Tamiya they are "vintage screws"

 

[RustlerTrucker]

A sad event indeed, my first hobby grade rc was in fact a Tamiya. A micro builder kit , as well as my first 1/10th scale stadium truck , which is the vehicle for my entry into rc racing . At a point in time where there were no esc's that weren't open resistors with a servo controlled wiper, parts were not something you looked up online, but had to either buy at a hobby shop ( usually ordered) because they weren't stocked or you had to make something work out of a different car/truck that either you or a friend had.
Yes as a true pioneer of what we now know as the rc world , your impact on our lives will be felt well into the future, as well as embedded into our collective childhood memories .

 

[CertifiedMike]

OMG!!!
Thank you sir!!! Your little toys changed my life!

 

[Willy0942]

King pin of rc right there, I don’t own a tamiya now but did as a kid, may have to get one just in appreciation to a legend!!!!

 

[RustlerTrucker]

King pin of rc right there, I don’t own a tamiya now but did as a kid, may have to get one just in appreciation to a legend!!!!

looking at getting one myself, just to honor Mr. Tamiya and build it as a shelf queen , but I'll have to run at least one battery thru it

 

[Willy0942]

looking at getting one myself, just to honor Mr. Tamiya and build it as a shelf queen , but I'll have to run at least one battery thru it

Definitely have to run one through it

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Definitely have to run it

fixed it for you.

Tamiya's are cars that don't handle the best, don't go the fastest, aren't the most durable, but you can't drive them without grinning like an idiot the entire time.