Model car kit box art from the '60s is one of the most overlooked styles of American illustration—except by hot rodders. The level of model building has never been higher than it is today. The ...

When you were a kid, chances are you couldn’t afford a real Chaparral 2E, Porsche 906 or Rat Fink Beatnik Bandit. But you could afford a Revell, Monogram, Etsy or AMT model of them. While most of us ...

It's a safe bet everyone reading this magazine has built at least one model car kit in their lifetime. If you're over 40, the likelihood goes way up. Regardless of age, it's a fact that many car ...

Which metal model-car kit is best? Metal model-car kits combine problem-solving, hand-eye coordination, automotive design, mechanical engineering, and arts and crafts into an engaging exercise for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — About 55,000 model car kits have been recalled because of a potentially fatal ingestion hazard to children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced. The ...

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, ...

Most of the kits found on the toy floor of the Akiba Yodobashi aren't even cars; if you seek to build a room-sized diorama of, say, the Battle of Tsushima, this place offers all the ship kits you'd ...

Start your engines . . . or at least, start building them. The Long Island Auto Replica Society, catering to a small but passionate crowd of hobbyists who enjoy building model cars to scale, hosts its ...