While autos are in a sales slump during the coronavirus shutdown, build-it-yourself plastic versions at 1/25th the size are flying off the shelves. Revell, the 77-year-old model kit-maker that was ...

Flexiscale, the company that crowdsources and crowdfunds model kits, made a showing at the World Maker Faire. We’ve seen their work before, but this time we got to touch base with [Chris Thor… ...

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 ...

He has been a plastic model hobbyist for more than 50 years. When he was living in Toyama Prefecture as a youngster, Matsui was fascinated by the complexity of plastic model kits, marketed as kids ...

Kadokawa will launch its own series of plastic model kits featuring popular anime characters, starting with a KonoSuba Megumin figure.

A recent Bandai presentation revealed that the next step in the evolution of Gundam model kits involved a glowingly cool ...

Kotobukiya hosted its Collection Online 2022 Winter event and had an exciting reveal for Ace Combat fans, a plastic model kit of the Nosferatu.

An Expert's Guide to the Best Model Kits For Adults in 2025 It’s time to get your hands dirty (and possibly stuck together).

Model citizens: hobbyists explain why putting together plastic kits is hardly kids’ stuff Plastic model makers say they are living through the hobby’s golden age Feb. 27, 2022 4 min read ...

Plastic kits were initially much more expensive for Tamiya to build than its traditional wood models, but a technological shift from metal moulds to injection moulding in the 1960s levelled the ...

Weathering model kits really helps set them off and makes even the most detailed plastic models look even more realistic. Here's how to weather your own model kits.