Charles Spencer's fascination with scale aircraft models started during his childhood in the 1950s when he received a kit as a Christmas present. At age 63, the retired Mundelein man has rediscovered ...

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 ...

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy. By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

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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, ...

As a child growing up near the Bovington Camp military base in Dorset, England, in the 1960s, Sandy McRorie frequented its tank museum. With his keen interest in military vehicles, McRorie remembers ...

Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, has been grounded by a combination of debt and supply… Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, ...

Kotobukiya revealed that it will restock its Mega Man X plastic model kits of X and Zero. The kits originally came out in 2019 and 2020, respectively. People who missed the initial batches will have ...

The Stealth Fighter That Never Went in the Air: In the 1980s, Testor released a model kit of the “F-19 Stealth Fighter,” a fictional aircraft that caused a stir among lawmakers and the public. Rumors: ...