Morbean

The sheet of decals Tamiya supply you with to adorn their model cars with would look nice in a frame on your wall (if you like that kind of thing...).

I stumbled across this after my wife brought me a Tamiya Boomerang last year for my birthday. Alright! I know. Too old, waste of money rah rah rah! But I’ve wanted one since I was a kid and it seems my wife is a softer touch than my folks who, through their irritatingly accurate gift of foresight, predicted hundreds of pounds of toy car being assembled badly, driven into a wall and condemned to the top of a cupboard to gather dust. Booo!

All was not lost though, at the bottom of the surprisingly large box of colourful lumps of plastic and tiny metal thingies, rested a sheet of decals. Neatly and symmetrically arranged on to a single page the collection of logos, stripes and numbers created a layout that I couldn’t bring myself to disrupt (and not just because you had to cut the bastards out with a scalpel).

I came across these examples of 'vintage' Tamiya decals when trying to find a spare set for mine (geek). They are available to purchase from The Tamiya Club.

Tamiya 'Wild Willy' decals

Tamiya B2B Racing Sidecar decals

Tamiya Ford Ranger XLT decals

Tamiya Special Racing Buggies decals