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 ...

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 ...

The Little Car Company in the U.K. is building a full-size version of the 1:10-scale Tamiya Wild One RC car. Its eight swappable battery packs will offer a claimed 124 miles of range. The Wild One ...

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 ...

Building and racing radio controlled cars is a strong and vivid childhood memory for me. Now my kids are getting a little older I've been keen to get them as enthused about these super-fast model kit ...

The Little Car Company is taking a brief break from shrinking vintage cars into incredible (and exorbitantly expensive) kid-size creations to do the exact opposite: grow a kiddie car into an ...

View post: Geely Already Has The U.S. Foothold Other Chinese Automakers Want Does anyone remember the Willy’s Wheeler RC car from the ’80s, also known as the Honda City Turbo? The originals are tough ...

Tamiya’s Mini 4WD, only sold in Japan and Asia, was a flop in the ’80s before becoming a huge craze. In 1997, 15% of all AA batteries sold in Japan were used in them. In total, 150 million were sold.