When I was a kid, there was nothing more relaxing than sitting down for an afternoon with a model kit. Snipping the parts off the board, patiently gluing everything together, painting each careful ...

I've been into scale models for a little while now, and as far as hobbies go, I find it both fun and relaxing. Now, the hobby isn't for everyone, because it's basically a constant uphill process of ...

There's an uncontested rule that giant robots make everything better, from film and television to video games and quickly settling disputes with your neighbors. Until the technology to make a massive ...

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Everybody knows about Lego sets, but not everyone can afford them. Thankfully, there are other brands that also produce high-quality building sets. For instance, this Mould King model engine kit is ...

Ah, the humble art of model-making: flexing your patience, creativity, and precision motor skills to render your favorite vintage cars, trains, planes, and giant anime robots at 1/1000 scale. Model ...

Inside a Hong Kong shopping centre store that doubles as his hobby room and workshop, Manson Ng is working on an unfinished model kit. This 250 sq ft (23 square metre) space, crammed full of Gundam ...

As a child growing up near the Bovington Camp military base in Dorset, England, in the 1960s, Sandy McRorie frequented its tank museum. With his keen interest in military vehicles, McRorie remembers ...