If you’re reading this and you were born after about 1945, it’s a near-certainty that you spent much of your youth building plastic scale model kits, probably including the timeless Visible V-8 or ...

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, ...

If you’re a car fanatic and you enjoy building things, chances are you’re also an avid model car kit hobbyist—or want to try your hand at the DIY craft. The cooler months are the perfect time to dive ...

For the 1970 model year, American Motors created a muscled-up version of the Rebel hardtop coupe known as The Machine. It was a wild-looking car and reasonably quick for the era, so Detroit's Jo-Han ...

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 ...

I used to put together plastic scale models when I was a wee lad, but it's been a long time and I want to get back into that, slowly. Any Arsians have such a hobby? Talking about the plastic types you ...

A man once bought and completely dismantled a Porsche 911 just to ensure his plastic model kit captured every detail perfectly. This dedication to accuracy exemplified Shunsaku Tamiya's approach to ...

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If you’re a car fanatic and you enjoy building things, chances are you’re also an avid model car kit hobbyist—or want to try your hand at the DIY craft. The cooler months are the perfect time to dive ...