Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assembling a plastic model kit is a rewarding hobby and it makes a welcome change from digital activities. No other pastime allows ...

Scale model builders, here's a classic! This is Tamiya's 1:48 scale plastic model kit of the Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero fighter from WWII, often called the \\Hamp.\\ Tamiya ...

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 ...

Dive into historical modelling with this Zvezda snap-together kit! This 1/72 scale set lets you build five WWII German ...

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 ...

During the 1930s, the Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod vehicle manufacturer in the Soviet Union arranged with the Ford Motor Company to build Model As under license. By 1936, GAZ had also licensed the ...

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 ...

The builder keeps applying glue gingerly to the various components until construction is complete and a fine motor car, ocean-going vessel or aeroplane is created in miniature. Plastic modelling is a ...