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How Shunsaku Tamiya Made His Namesake Plastic Model Company 'First In Quality Around The World'

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 ...

UK’s largest one-day model show returns to Bolton this weekend

More than 1,000 scale models will be on display this Sunday as the UK’s largest one-day plastic model show returns. The Bolton IPMS Model Show will take place on January 25 at the ToughSheet Community ...
The New York Times

Shunsaku Tamiya, Who Brought Perfection to Plastic Models, Dies at 90

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy. By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...