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 ...

As an Autopian reader and former child, you probably at some point assembled at least one or two plastic model-kits with hopes to bring your four-wheeled fantasies into three-dimensional reality, even ...

Model cars accompanied real cars early on in the history of automobiles. Released as children’s toys, they soon became the focus of collectors of all ages. Car enthusiasts love seeing the real thing ...

There’s a natural progression for most young gearheads, anxious to get their hands on totemic representation of the cars and trucks they covet, but are still too young to legally own. It usually ...

Less than two years after it was completed, the Dodge Deora became a legendary custom, an official Crysler concept, an AMT plastic scale-model kit, and one of the very first Hot Wheels die-cast toy ...

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 ...

“A fine car model is like a song. It can take you back to a specific point in your life, like a race,” says Kurt Carlson, of Gig Harbor, Wash. “To me, models are more than an object. They are an ...

It seems like only yesterday we took our hats off for the brand-new Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette Z06 at the Detroit Auto Show.->ke222 Either 2014 passed in the blink of an eye or we had so much ...

Besides full-size Model S EVs, Tesla Motors is also selling diecast models replicating their successful sedan. For $210, you can have a 1:18 scale Tesla Model S diecast mini car, but if your mind and ...