Next Tamiya F1...???

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Next Tamiya F1...???

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Sooo, Watching the race this weekend and it occurred to me that we now have a car with a Honda engine, their last year in F1, with a Japanese driver.

Is it too soon to start getting excited about a 2021 Alpha Tauri???

Make it happen Tamiya, You know you want to!!!!!!!

The relationship with RB is already in place, Who knows!! I for one would be all in!!!
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That would be a must get, those white rims.....😍😍😍
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It would be great to know the production and sales figures for Tamiya’s F1 kits over the years. We are obviously a pretty biased sample of consumers, but comparisons with their other kits and products would be fascinating.
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I never heard of them and have absolutely interest in today's F1 so I had to do a search to see what you are talking about, That was a extremely ugly looking car with a awful livery.
But being a Honda, wouldn't it be more in the line of Ebbro instead of Tamiya?
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I'd like to see "beautiful" Alpine F1 from Tamiya, with the bulky Airbox.

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I seriously doubt we will see major activity from Tamiya on the F1 front. Re pop of old kits would be most likely occurrence.
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Agreed...I think its unlikely that Tamiya will release new F1 kits anytime soon.

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SBEST wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:18 am I seriously doubt we will see major activity from Tamiya on the F1 front. Re pop of old kits would be most likely occurrence.
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SBEST wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:18 am I seriously doubt we will see major activity from Tamiya on the F1 front. Re pop of old kits would be most likely occurrence.
That wouldn't be a bad thing either and would push the currently sometimes outrageous prices down a bit ...
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F1Xena wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:58 pm It would be great to know the production and sales figures for Tamiya’s F1 kits over the years. We are obviously a pretty biased sample of consumers, but comparisons with their other kits and products would be fascinating.
As far as I remember, somebody on the forum posted some numbers at some point to show that the military/aircraft numbers are way bigger in terms of production and sales, so the car department and F1 especially for tamiya seems like a niche, like only for some fans without making a margin on it.
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I've counted 6 wins from 2019 and 2020 by cars with Honda engines (RBR - 5, AT - 1). If there was a desire from Tamiya or Ebbro to release one of those cars, we would have heard about it by now.
Still I don't see why there is no desire. Isn't F1 still popular in Japan ? Don't they like Honda winning ? Puzzles me.
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