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Yukio Inami (model railway model)

Last Updated March 7, 2024

Yukio Inami Meister Face photo

Inami (Yukio)
Model of railway model

Selected in FY2023 (28th term)
Lives in Kanagawa Ward

Born in Tokyo in 1951
1976 Joined the Inami Works, the predecessor of Inami Railway Model Manufacturing Works.

It expresses a model that leads to the real thing in a shrinking world.

　"I try to take care of the sense that the model looks real, called a model. Make it with a good balance while making subtle arrangements. "It's most difficult to express a model that leads to the real thing in a shrinking world," says Inami. Because the range that can be expressed is widened, I strongly feel the goodness of 1/45 size of a real railway vehicle while manufacturing, and he wants to protect the large goodness. In addition, railway models have the major elements of collecting, seeing, making, running, and playing, and I want to be a place to teach how to make and tools.
　We are also focusing on activities to convey the technology and appeal of railway models, such as participating in the Japan Railway Model Show held in Tokyo every year.

Meister's skill

Work by Yukio Inami Meister

We manufacture railway models (mainly made of brass) such as steam and electric locomotives, from design to completion. Taking advantage of the size of OJ gauges [1/150 size, rail width 24.0 mm] and O gauge [1/150 size, rail width 9 mm], which is much larger than the typical railway model N gauge [mainly 1/150 size, rail width 9 mm], which is much larger than the typical railway model N gauge [mainly 1/150 size, rail width 9 mm], rail width 9 mm], rail width 9 mm]. Based on accurate machining such as lathes, milling, pressing, shirring, and ballboard processing, we conduct assembly by soldering and screws, etc., and obtain hints on processing methods from other industries such as medical device manufacturing and optical equipment manufacturing. While getting, we propose new expression methods for each product.

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Work scene of Meister Yukio Inami 2

After graduating from university, he joined the Inami Seisakusho, which was run by his father, the predecessor of the Inami Railway Model Factory, in 1976. Beginning with subcontracting models for overseas railways, since around 1985, he has been producing orders for original products and selling parts mainly for Japan.

Model railway model of Yukio Inami Meister