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 ...

It’s been an unexpectedly lengthy and expansive journey for The Little Car Company’s Tamiya Wild One Max battery-electric UTV. Announced in 2021 and planned for sale in 2022, the pre-production ...

Honda's RC166 was an absolutely bonkers racing motorcycle. Campaigned by the one and only Mike Hailwood in 1966 and 1967, the tiny, mighty GP bike was powered by an air-cooled, four-stroke, 250cc, ...

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 ...

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 – yep, the folk responsible for the brilliant 55mph, all-electric Bugatti Baby II – is collaborating with Tamiya to launch a fantastic-looking 8/10th scale Wild One MAX that ...

Have you ever sent an R/C car ripping across the dirt or asphalt and wondered what it would be like to shrink down and ride inside of it? Well, don’t be silly, that’s impossible. But don’t give up ...

The upcoming "Wild One Max" is an 8/10th scale replica of the 1985 model built by The Little Car Company in partnership with its original manufacturer, Tamiya. According to autoblog, the buggy ...

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 ...