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If you’re a car fanatic and you enjoy building things, chances are you’re also an avid model car kit hobbyist—or want to try your hand at the DIY craft. The cooler months are the perfect time to dive ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you’re reading this and you were born after about 1945, it’s a near-certainty that you spent much of your youth building plastic scale model kits, probably including the timeless Visible V-8 or ...

I have the utmost respect for people who are patient and skilled enough to build model car kits. I've chosen the more straightforward path of buying read-to-go vehicles. It takes a lot less time and ...

3D printing tiny cars isn't new, but this creator's work lets you print a Revell- or Tamiya-style kit you can assemble yourself, just like the good old days. The site is kind of like Etsy for folks ...

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 ...

For instance, this Mould King model engine kit is detailed, fun to build, and, perhaps best of all, just $30 at Amazon for a ...

The late '60s and early '70s was not just a great era for drag racing, it was also a great era for model car kits. Coincidence? Nope. Funny Cars and Pro Stockers were injecting more excitement into an ...

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 ...

Which Revell model car kits are best? Revell has been making plastic scale model car kits for more than 60 years. Their model car kits are a great introduction to automotive design and mechanical ...