Watched this and the years fell away until I was 14 again, long hair and flares stood in my local 'Beatties' hobby shop weighing up if I could afford the 1 /35 th Tiger. lol. Thanks for posting.

@MOS6510Models

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I've enjoyed building my colect of old catalogues and can imagine the thrill of seeing old kits from your youth If you have a minute, can you please subscribe to the channel.. It really helps us with the youtube algorithm.. Happy Modelling

I don't know why more regular viewers don't subscribe. Literally, one click. Really high quality catalogue.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Hi W Kelly you can watch more catalogues by clicking here - kzread.info/head/PLc2bfNWiJAEm7ZtPBf3057CZbcCVSs1s6 Thank you for subscribing too :D

Great to see. Thanks for sharing

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Wow, I never knew Tamiya had so many 1/25 scale armor kits. I remember the Tiger, Centurion, Panther, J.panther and T34, but never knew they produced a StuG, Pz3, M4, M40 or 155 Howitzer. Too bad they never reissued them, they look quite cool.

@MOS6510Models

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they had a massive range even back then

That brought back some memories, the first Tamiya catalogue me and my brother had may have been the following year's edition as it was very similar. The catalogue we had a big section about their new release, the East African rally Datsun 280ZX. We made several Tamiya kits including the S.A.S. Jeep, U.S. Willy's jeep, Morris quad gun tractor and 25 pounder, Centurion tank and a M3A2 half track. Happy days. Thankyou for sharing.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

I firmly believe You are not a Tamiya Head unless you have built that jeep lol.. Thanks for sharing

Very cool, thanks for sharing my friend!

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Nice premiere! Really good!

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming

And on the 1/35 Centurion tank, my copy has a date of 1971 on the sprues. The original 1/35 M-60A1 was from 1970. The original M-551 Sheridan is from that same era, 1970-1971. Their current M-551 is so much better. By the way, the excellence of the 1/35 Tamiya armor led to that scale being standardized over 1/35. I wish we still had 1972 prices...

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

yes.. Some of them are pennies lol

The Japanese have a storied tradition of paper art, calligraphy, origami, ink drawing. Shows in the quality of this catalog.

@MOS6510Models

2 жыл бұрын

They most definitely do... If you have a minute, can you please subscribe to the channel.. It really helps us with the youtube algorithm.. Happy Modelling

@paulfrantizek102

2 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models Subscribed!

Looking forward to this one!

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it!

@pyoung168

3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Really brings back memories! First REALLY tough model I built was their Lotus 49. It was so expensive compared to everything I had previously built. It took me a couple of months to finish because I was petrified I would mess it up! I think I subsequently built maybe 7 or 8 of their models over the next ten years or so. Thanks!!

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

@@pyoung168 yep I know that feeling lol

Sorry, I don't want to spoil the party, but there was one catalogue preceding that one in the now typical Tamiya square style in late 1970/early 1971. And before that they had a brochure of approximately A5-format. The foldout in black/brown/grey and white you showed was included many kits in the late 1970s and into the 1980s as a bonus, as others have already pointed out. Nevertheless: many thanks for sharing that gem with the community.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Ah but apparently they call them Brochures.. or leaflets, they never had the entire range in a book before 1972.. or so i was told. But im always here to learn :)

Those leaflets you showed used to come in the kit boxes that's why there's no dates, they're not actual yearly catalogues as such, it's a forerunner to the the kit advertisemnets you see in some kit boxes at the bottom of the boxes. The ones I had somewhere were catalogues but A5 booklets. Love the old models and the nostalgia with the catalogues :)

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Send me some pics of them on instagram so i can have a look.. i do have a5 booklets but they are glossy photo ones :) be great to see them.. Thaks for the info and supporting the channel

@Sarah-JaneR32

3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models I haven't a clue where they are at present unfortunately. I had a quick look online as I'm sure they came out in the 70's, but all catalogues seem to be the standard Tamiya size, I think they might have been quarterly ones, I'll have to do some research :) I only have from 1983 onwards, I stopped getting them at around 2008 I think as they took a lot of room up which I need for my model mountain :)

It's a beautiful catalogue and I only realized now that some of their old kits went that far back. I also have that fold up catalogue but can't remember where I got it. I got the 1/18 Nissan R381 when I was a kid for Christmas and now I realized it was that old. I think they are making it again but not motorized like the original.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Yes some are from the 70's that they still churn out and the quality is still there

On the magazine like catalog, probably like you said. The 1/100 scale models were the first Tamiya models that I bought around 1973..

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Yes after asking around no one could proactively say their were catalogs this in depth..

The first catalog from Tamiya was from 1964, but the 1st one with this dimension was from 1970 !

@MOS6510Models

2 жыл бұрын

Some said that before.. but ive never seen it matey, I believe it was a brochure not a catalog as it didnt have everything they did..... have you a copy?

@mp44tom

2 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models Hi! Yes, I’ve got a copy of the 1970, and the 1971 catalogue ! Btw i made a typo, actually the 1st Tamiya catalogue is from 1965 (not 64… my mistake)

@MOS6510Models

2 жыл бұрын

@@mp44tom brilliant... i have the full set from 1972 and through research it was always 1972.. like i said the other ones before then were brochures, not a catalog.. thats what i was told but please feel free to email picks of them please, email in the about section on my channel

Built a couple of 1/35 tanks as Airfix only done 1/72. One I do remember (It was a long time ago 75ish ) was the Tiger with the 2 motors in it. You had a 2ft wire coming out the back to massive hand held controller with 4 huge batteries in it. It was in my parents loft for years then my sisters kids got hold of it and the rest of best kits. needless to say they did`nt last long !! The kits I mean. I had a couple of Tamiya Kits, Must of been just after yours. The cover was similar... By the way, It`s post decimal.... £1.99 for the Harrier was quite expensive back then, Twice as much as a similar Airfix kit. It was worth it though, As the kit had more details, fitted perfectly and NO FLASH !!!

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Tamiya deffo brought us into a understanding of what no flash meant to a scale modeller lol

On that folding paper catalog that you first showed, it was from the middle 1980's, judging from the M2 Bradley on the cover. Those were included with the kits at the time.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.. i assumed that was their marketing brochure..:)

My first Tamiya kit had a 'leaflet' in it in full color back in 1981. Seems like they kept those smaller less glossy 'catalogs' they put into their boxes in production into the 1980s based on the Audi Quattro and Ford Sierra on them. They had some pretty unusual scales then as well, like 50th and 21st scale, for some of their models, but the quality of the product could be seen as far back as then.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I think i remember seeing the glossy ones in a formula one cars kits

Miss those 1:25 scale tanks, much better scale for today's models with its much finer details/interior…

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.. Never built them but i assume they are out there if you search for them

@dorakid2008

3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models My cousin had an entire collection of them; they were the top-end kits of the day… First to offer interior details

I liked the video and subscribed to your channel. A high value video for me, but the music is way too loud in relation to the spoken words.

@MOS6510Models

3 жыл бұрын

Apologies.. luckily there is a volume control on YT.. i dont know why but it sounds right in my ear the when uploaded it tends to put levels up.. apologies

How could a folded sheet with an 80's Sierra be an earlier edition???????

@MOS6510Models

Жыл бұрын

I assumed,, Thank you Guy Poole for leaving a comment. Please subscribe if you haven't as yet.. It really helps the channel grow.