Tamiya Box Art Artists - who are they?

[WW-nut 0]

Last week I got a Tamiya VW Wheelie and noticed that the artwork on the front of the box is signed -> http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...4&sid=19158

I can't remember seeing any other box artwork signed before so just wondered what other kit artwork is signed? And anybody know anything with regards who this artist is??

[GregM 1109]

I don't know a definitive answer to your question, but you may find this article interesting:

http://tamiyablog.com/2012/01/tamiya-58512...d-built-photos/

[taliesin 260]

I would read that as "F.u.k.i.m.u.r.a".

I have to use periods or the editing function blanks out the artist's name, so that's why the P.e.r.i.o.d.s are there.

Or possibly Takamura? Takimura?

You could do some research maybe under those names?

[Jonny Retro 12]

Mr Tamiya's autobiography "Master Modeller" drops a few names of artists that did box art at some point - Shigeru Komatsuzaki, Yoshiyuki Takani, Shin Ueda, Masami Onishi - though with the possible excpetion of Onishi, I think all predate RC cars & what I'd recognise as Tamiya's box art "style"

[WW-nut 0]

I don't know a definitive answer to your question, but you may find this article interesting:

http://tamiyablog.com/2012/01/tamiya-58512...d-built-photos/

Thanks, had missed this article on Tamiyablog.com

So is the Tamiya VW Wheelie the only kit which the artwork is signed by the artist, making it unique??????