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 ...

Many car enthusiasts grew up playing with smaller versions of the cars they couldn't yet drive or afford, and so surely most know of Tamiya. The Japanese model toy company sells some of the coolest ...

From the popular Chinese science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, the Earth-side space battleship “Natural Selection” commanded by Zhang Beihai is now available as a plastic model kit. [Thanks, ...

Building model kits is a cherished hobby for numerous people, offering a gateway to express their creativity and a feeling of gratification after finishing the task. The traditional link between model ...

Shunsaku Tamiya, chairman of the Japanese plastic model assembly kit maker Tamiya Inc., has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 90. Tamiya, who died Friday of undisclosed causes, was known for ...