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 ...

The Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California, has a nicely restored '49 Mercury woodie wagon on display, in the same color as the shots Revell used to depict their assembled kit. An ...