The Cross Spear 01 (Japanese: クロススピアー01, Kurosu Supiā 01) is a Racing Mini 4WD car by released by Tamiya on May 18, 2024.
It was designed by Takayuki Yamazaki of pdc_designworks.
General info[]
The Cross Spear 01 features an open-wheel body design, with the side cowls attached to the center body through a series of truss-like structures for both lightness and rigidity. On the rear of the car is a flat half-rectangular spoiler. Like many of Yamazaki's designs, it features a user-removable canopy, which is usually molded in different color than the main bodyshell. Underneath the canopy is an integrated driver figurine, which can be removed by cutting off three sections around it.
Standard model[]
The standard model features a light gray body color with black and green stripes. The canopy is molded in smoke.
It was equipped with the fluorescent green, small diameter low-profile spiral-type wheels paired with the black, low-profile super hard slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and white respectively.
About the designer and the company[]
Born in 1972 in Nagano Prefecture, Takayuki Yamazaki (Japanese: やまざきたかゆき, Yamazaki Takayuki, formely as 山崎隆之 before leaving Honda R&D) is a designer and the founder of the Japanese design company pdc_designworks. He is also a former Honda employee, also working as a designer from 1995 to 2012.
In 2012, after leaving Honda R&D, Yamazaki founded his own design company, which not only focuses on creating designs for cars and bikes, but also fashion, hobby toys and gadgets.
Yamazaki start designing products for Tamiya, with the first being 1/10 scale R/C buggy Dual Ridge (based upon the TT-02B Chassis and the one the Dual Ridge Jr. is based on), which was released on October 1, 2014.[1] He later designed the DCR-01, DCR-02 and Ray Spear. The Cross Spear 01 is the 5th Mini 4WD car he designed.
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Light Gray, Smoke |
Type: VZ |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 158 |
3.5:1 |
Gallery[]
See also[]
Cars designed by Takayuki Yamazaki[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Cross Spear 01 at Tamiya Japan
Tamiya America[]
- Cross Spear 01 at Tamiya America
- ↑ 1/10 scale R/C buggy Dual Ridge (TT-02B) at Tamiya Japan