Visit To Tamiya Headquarters In Japan - Part 2 

What a company. I'm so happy the modeling hobby is alive and stronger than ever. ART is great.

The Frog! Had one in 87! Thanks for pointing it out. So cool to see it so many years later in that glass case. Good memories! Thanks!

Nice Dave, that Baja in the foyer I had as an RC in 82, as a beetle fan I built a 1:1 version of it in the early 80's. Sadly sold both. Loved the tour, thanks

Great videos, Dave. Yousa one lucky dog. I really dig that kind of dtuff... lots of history and some really nice models. Too bad one couldn't tour the manufacturing part of Tamiya (if they do any onsite.) Thanks for posting, and looking forward to more!

Absolutely amazing walkthrough. Felt like a giddy child watching. Can't imagine being there in person. Saw so many things I would have grabbed. Probably should never go there myself for that reason. Hope your holiday is going well Dave!

你好！……個人來自中華民國(R. O. C.) 的台灣省，有機會藉由網路方式瀏覽到此影片，也得知 TAMIYA 公司的模型享譽全球之外在展示間所羅列了許多經典的各類模型也相當的有價值感……！個人在15歲時曾組合過 TAMIYA 公司生產的模型，現已沒在搜集或玩模型了，但對 TAMIYA 公司的產品品質留有極佳的好印象到至今……！

Wow..had memories of the same trip watching that..I did the very same tour in June this year and also there couple hrs(my poor girlfriend lol) also did see another soul , loved the historical model room and also the real cars and bikes up on the upper deck there,..the Carp were very friendly and hungry ..and huge.. also did Hobby square same day also awesome perhaps better, much better shop.. but a bit pricy .was worth the trip on the Shinkansen there.cheers Dave love all your work bro, learn alot...fellow Aussie !

Thanks for sharing mate, that was very interesting to watch.📹👍

Cool, thanks for share this

Everything Tamiya do is so detailed & done properly. There box art is the best. 👍

Great video Dave. Really cool to see all that Tamiya history. So jealous dude!

sweet tour,am jealous ,would love to tour the factory,too!just an interesting side note,the shep paine diorama featuring the 88mm anti tank gun in a church,was actually banned from a model show,i dont remember where,possibly germany,because the idea of German soldiers using a church as an ambush point was considered "obscene"at the time of its reveal.just something i read somewhere.thanks again for the tour,was kind of church quiet in there,huh?

Thanks for posting this. Very cool! I've always loved Tamiya stuff.

Fantastic video. Thanks for taking the time to create this. Had I been there, we would have giggled like little school girls. 😃😃 - Jeff

Falcon, 959,bigwig 1986 what a year!

going there tomorrow... your visit was a lot of help... thanks from a fellow aussie

Nice video Dave! I would feel like a kid in a candy shop myself!

I would LOVE to see the shop floor where they are made and what goes in to developing a new model at Tamiya. Any ideas ?

Super cool, thanks for sharing.

That was really neat. I think I saw at least 6 kits I know I have, maybe a few more in the bikes and ships sections.

This was an example of Japanese customer service. I went a bit nuts in the hobby shop there and the sales clerk was trying to let us know about an offer we could redeem if we paid for items separately. She called the upstairs offices and a young Japanese/Hawaiian guy named Paul came down who translated for us. Interestingly enough he was one of the staff writers that translated kit instructions from Japanese to English. Had a fantastic chat with him.

Am so jealous, nice video. Be cool that you are the only who runs around, lucky. Thanks for sharing this experience.

Once again thank you so much Dave is there an chance that we could see an actual model being made and packaged??

That "new" Panhard is just a reboxed ICM kit but the ICM kit was excellent.

The 50% discount appeals to me!

Are discontinued Tamiya products found there?

Cool Vid! 👍👍👍👍👍

This is really great thanks a lot, now You must pay a visit at hasegawa as well😀

Very cool! Did you create an international incident by demanding that they start making more FS and RLM paint colors? Beats mixing!!😜

i started breathing very heavy when i saw the super gt nsx

Two great looks at the HQ. I was wondering, could you tell me when you were there and at what time? Most of the other videos I have seen of Tamiya HQ the place was packed. Did you get a private tour? Thanks for the vids....:-)

this is awesome! but why i didnt see any mini 4wd?

i agree amazing walk through but what is the mumbling audio is not clear,

Was that building handicapped accessible. Looking to visit there next year but am wheelchair bound.

Do they sell Tamiya RC tanks there?

I love Japanese people. They are so tidy and serious about their job. Would like to go there.

Is the price cheaper than other hobby shops?

1:23 - is that a see-thru ME-262? Wasn't aware that even existed!

thanks dude. now i don't have to go!

Dave, please next time you go to the effort of a models builders Mecca, can you please do a clean audio dub or start with a good audio recording. it would be really cool to hear all your comments, Keep the faith.

Must be a fun job if you're a developer of models for these companies.

I wish I could hear what you're saying Dave, sounds very bassy, but thanks for sharing!

Waiting for the 1/10+ scale rc,wanted see if they got a clodbuster collection,lunchbox etc

Awesome

13:28 aren't RC stuff. They're Mini 4WD stuff. Very unfortunate Mini 4WD isn't popular in AUS, there's no track to play around AUS, no shops selling Mini 4WD spare parts. I had to buy everything online and build my own track. Mini 4WD is very popular in JPN, SG, MAL, INA, and the US. It's a cheaper solution for those who can't afford to buy RCs.

great vid. Where are the RC's?

No 1/35 scale Pumas, or did i miss it :) ?.

Do they sell their products there?

Japanese customer service? At one time I used to make a lot of the 1/32 aircraft. Lovely precisely molded kits - a joy to make. But then I bought one and there were bits missing. Eventually did get these but at quite a cost whereas Airfix always supplied missing bits for free. Think TAMIYA could learn something from Airfix,

Ah australian hell yeah, me 2,great vid thanks

You probably should have re-recorded your in-store audio commentary after the fact.

I have a big question, in one moth ill visit tamiya HQ, and i will travel Mexico city - Tokyo - Tokyo Mexico city. I want buy a lot of tools, and some paint. Can I put the acrilic paint, the enamel paint, or the new lacquer paint in my lugage? did you?

WOW!!!!

You saved meANOTHERtrip&I'll try to💸theirCO 👕; your trip was a neat48th🎂🎉🎁present to meToo;just wish it was2hoursLonger🎅MerryXmas/HappyBirthday🎅

Thanks so much for sharing your visit. I often wondered what Tamiya is really like. Too bad we can't tour the factory. I love Tamiya products

There is no B29

Most of my kits that I build are all Tamiya.

Ok, I'm jelly.

Neat! The BV-238 diorama is tits!

99% WAR!

Where is everybody ?

Can you just walk in there or do you beed some sort of permission Ps: sorry for the bad english

I would be creaming my jeans!!

Sounds like he has a mouthful of somthing

That's the best porn film I've seen for years !!

Dream´s II....

Tooooooools

Why are you whispering, are you in a Library?

All that way and he wouldn't put the camera on a motorcycle kit. Thumbs down.

Video kept pissing me off . i hate that you give close ups of tanks and planes but anytime it was car models you would just pan across . . you seem to favor tsnks and planes over cars and thats not cool ..

Ok, I'm jelly.