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 ...

Any visitor to the city of Shizuoka, a medium-sized city in the belly of Japan’s main island of Honshu, might turn a corner at random and instantly feel a smile on their face. With its clean, bustling ...

Did you ever build a Tamiya remote control car as a child and wish you could somehow shrink yourself to its 1/10th scale and drive it for real? Well now you can, thanks to the new Tamiya Wild One Max.

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 ...

Every once in a while Toyota lets its engineers have some fun. The last time that happened, we got the rather excellent GR Yaris hot hatchback. This time, though, the brand’s boffins have downsized ...

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 build and drive the Tamiya BT-01 Porsche 911 RSR 2.8, a mid-motor rear-wheel drive 1/10th touring car with two other possible drivetrain configurations. Clever ...

The build The Lunch Box comes with a four-way wrench for nuts and bolts and a 1.5mm allen key, but you’ll need a crosshead screwdriver (a standard Ikea one works pretty well), pliers, a craft knife ...

Along with 49th Shizuoka Hobby Show, plastic model giant Tamiya opened their headquarter building to public. They showed their offices, factories, history museums...everything we fans love to see and ...

Every once in a while Toyota lets its engineers have some fun. The last time that happened, we got the rather excellent GR Yaris hot hatchback. This time, though, the brand’s boffins have downsized ...