Chairman of Tamiya’s board dies, 18 July 2025
Jul 22, 2025 · Quoted from Tamiya’s social media. “Our company's Chairman of the Board, Shunsaku Tamiya, passed away on July 18, 2025, at the age of 90. We hereby express our deep gratitude for …
Do you clear coat over Tamiya metallic lacquer paints?
Mar 22, 2025 · Always had a phobia about BM finishes. Always used acrylics. Thought the Vallejo metallic series was the answer, but paint lift when masking was constant. Now I tried the Tamiya …
Tamiya 1/35 M41 Walker Bulldog - Non-LSP Works - Large Scale Planes
Feb 18, 2025 · The Tamiya one is very easy to build but very basic. Skybow (purchased by AFV-Club) and AFV-Club made two very good M41 1/35 models. The fun consequence is the fact AFV has now …
How does Tamiya XF 71 compare to RAF interior green?
Jun 1, 2011 · I was wondering your thoughts are on the color Tamiya calls out for the cockpit and engine bay of their great 1/32 spitfire kits? They call for unmodified XF 71 for both the cockpit and engine …
F-15C 1:32 Tamiya - Works in Progress - Large Scale Planes
Dec 26, 2023 · Lately I've been flipping between props and jets, so since my last build was the 1/32 Trumpeter P-38L Lightning, I think I'll do the 1/32 Tamiya F-15C next, but as an Aggressor.
Tamiya 1/32 A6M5 zero converting to A6M3 Type 22
Dec 3, 2012 · A couple of years ago I got my hands on Tamiya's beautiful A6M5 Type 52 kit. However the I couldn't really find any schemes that rocked my boat, so it stayed in my stash for some time. …
Which spitfire to recommend? - Large Scale Planes
Feb 5, 2024 · A fellow modeller asked my advice yesterday on the airfix Spitfire 1/24 scale. I told him from comments on here, it's a good kit. However I told him for roughly the same cash not to rule out …
Tamiya’s Sublime F-35 Kit - Non-LSP Works - Large Scale Planes
Jul 3, 2024 · The Tamiya kit is definitely on my to get list, as is a Phantom and Tomcat. As you can well imagine the fit of the these kits is impressive, but for the F-35 kit in particular it is phenomenal. It …
Tamiya Navy & Intemediate Blue - Large Scale Planes
Oct 1, 2009 · Tamiya XF-17 Sea Blue straight from the bottle is to dark and has a greenish tint, that is why the mixing formula. The AS-8 Navy Blue is very close to the US Navy Sea Blue of the WWII and …
Tips for applying tamiya extra thin cement - Large Scale Planes
Aug 27, 2021 · Using the EXTRA THIN Tamiya cement (light green cap) is different from using the THIN (green cap) variety. When using the EXTRA THIN variety, the two plastic parts must be in firm …