Company President Shunsaku Tamiya's novel, Tamiya Mokei No Shigoto, has at last been translated into English. The book traces Tamiya's development from its humble origins as a small wooden-model maker to its expansion into the production of plastic models, R/C models, and Mini-4WD models. The author takes the reader through the various episodes of Tamiya history while delving into the facts behind the development of the Waterline Series, F-1 Series and other hit product lines. The book also features beautiful colour photographs of classic products from the Tamiya archives. Shunsaku Tamiya is president of Tamiya, the world's foremost model manufacturer. Now in his late sixties, he started working in a world of models almost fifty years ago. He has set new standards of quality for plastic models and personally invented several entirely new genres. EMaster Modeler, Creating the Tamiya StyleE encapsultes Mr TamiyaEs philosophies and is a must have for any fan of this most famous of model companies. 248 pages hard backed. 8 colour pages of photos and many black and white photos.
Photos include model classics such as the 1/12 scale Honda F-1 and the Porsche 934 turbo R/C car. The book also includes photos of recently popular models such as the Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighter and the 1/16 scale Tiger I Early Production. These pictures capture the best of the old and the new.
