Shadow Shark

* Original
* Yellow SP
* Italia SP
* Red Metallic

The **Shadow Shark** (Japanese: シャドウシャーク, *Shadou Shāku*) is a Mini 4WD REV car released by Tamiya on October 19, 2013.

## General info

The Shadow Shark features the F1-like aerodynamic, open-wheel body design, with the long high-nose and the vertical 'shark fin' that extends backwards from the rear of the cockpit. On the front, a pair of bargeboards are covering the front part the chassis and on the rear, there's a F1-styled rear spoiler. The overall body design was inspired by the shark.

All variants features the stripe-styled body decals with various coloring, with the Tamiya logo decals, the 'AR Chassis' decals and the 'Shadow Shark' decals presented. On the original model and some variants, the decals depicts the shark's 'mouth' can be found on the sides, just behind the bargeboard..

All but the Yellow Special and Italia Special were equipped with the small-diameter 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels with low-profile slick tires.

### Shadow Shark and the Steel Metallic

The original Shadow Shark and its Steel Metallic variants features the metallic silver base color (gray plated on the Steel Metallic variant), cyan highlights, black lines, blue cockpit.

The original model was equipped with the matte blue silver plated wheels and black tires, while the Steel Metallic variant was equipped with the matte gold plated wheels and black tires. Both the chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black.

### Yellow Special variant

The limited yellow-colored variant features the yellow body color, with the red, silver and black stripe-styled decals.

It was equipped with the dark silver, small diameter fin-type low profile wheels, paired with the red hard-compound low-profile tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in smoke and yellow respectively.

### Italia Special variant

The once-Italy-exclusive Italia Special features the Italy red body color, with the green and white stripe-styled decals.

It was equipped with the carbon-mixed nylon, large diameter 3-spoke MS I wheels, paired with the green, hard-compound Avante-type slick tires. It was equipped with white, polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and white A parts.

### Red Metallic variant

The limited red-plated variant features the red plate bodyshell, with the base decals applied.

It was equipped with the matte blue silver plated wheels and black tires.

Later, a variant of Red Metallic, which was bundled with the small-diameter carbon-reinforced 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels, was released on October 1, 2016.

### Advan Limted variant

The special variant, made in collaboration with the Yokohama Rubber Company, features the dark smoke body color with special body decal. The box features the Dallara SF19, a race car used in the Super Formula racing series, as Advan is the sole tire supplier for the championship; this also doubles as reference to Shadow Shark's formula car shape.

It was equipped with the black plated wheels paired with the the side-printed, black super-hard low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and red respectively.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Shadow Shark.Boxart of Yellow Special.Boxart of Italia Special.Boxart of Red Metallic (with carbon reinforced wheels).Boxart of Advan Limited variant.
## Trivia

* The Shadow Shark is the first Mini 4WD REV car in the lineup that is not based on any previous Mini 4WD car.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Shadow Shark at Tamiya Japan
* Shadow Shark Yellow Special at Tamiya Japan
* Shadow Shark Italia Special at Tamiya Japan
* Shadow Shark Red Metallic (with carbon reinforced wheels) at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)

### Tamiya America

* Shadow Shark at Tamiya America
* Shadow Shark Yellow Special at Tamiya America