As injection-molded plastic rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s, Tamiya made the move to the new technology, and the first plastic Tamiya kits began to appear on store shelves in Japan.

Shunsaku Tamiya, who turned his family’s plastic model business into a global brand, held a scale replica of a German World War II Tiger tank at the hobby show in Shizuoka, Japan, in 2003 ...

Bandai Spirits Co. on Wednesday unveiled a hands-on museum set to open Sept. 2 inside its plastic model production plant in Shizuoka, central Japan, showcasing the latest manufacturing technologies.