On the hottest days of summer 2021, I was looking for a good hobby to pass the time in the great indoors, preferably something that didn’t require me to stare at another screen. I’d long been Gunpla ...

Model making is a great hobby, but knowing how and where to start is another story. It can be overwhelming for novices: Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, ...

For enthusiasts of a certain age, building a model-car kit—or multiple kits—was a rite of passage. But regardless of when you were born, it's a fact that many car fanatics from Detroit designers to ...

There's an uncontested rule that giant robots make everything better, from film and television to video games and quickly settling disputes with your neighbors. Until the technology to make a massive ...

Building scale model cars is a wonderful way for enthusiasts to pass the time and "own" the cars of their dreams. They're usually built from plastic kits, but one jeweler took his love affair for the ...

Richard Marriott is one of Harahan's most model citizens. When you enter his quaint shotgun style home, located about three blocks from the Mississippi River levee, you at once notice a three foot ...

This 1/8th scale 1967 Ford Mustang “Eleanor” is 22.9-inches long and weighs 17.6 pounds when completed. Based on a weekly subscription model, this kit is broken up into 110 smaller kits that make ...

It's almost time to send your kids back to school, and if your child has an interest in mechanical engineering or model building, there are several model engine kits to help them get started with ...

From classic American muscle to sleek modern sports cars, model car kits offer a hands-on way to connect with automotive history. Brands like AMT, Revell, MPC, and Tamiya each bring their own ...