A model of a Lockheed Constellation built from a non-standard scales nearly 60 years old. Back then, most models were designed to fit a very specific box size. [Courtesy: Terry Moore] Scale modeling, ...

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 ...

When I was a teenager, I used to build model airplanes. I spent all my pocket money on kits full of unpainted, unassembled plastic. I wasn’t very good at that hobby, but at least I can appreciate the ...

Richard Marriott is one of Harahan's most model citizens. When you enter his quaint shotgun style home, located about three blocks from the Mississippi River levee, you at once notice a three foot ...

The scene is set in deep space: The Romulan starship, bent on destroying the USS Enterprise, is spoiling for a fight. But this “Star Trek” battle is playing out on planet Earth in a converted garage ...

An Ariel Atom V8 costs over $200,000, although that probably doesn’t matter because Ariel Motors->ke563 only produced 25 units and all 25 units have been scooped up a long time ago. So what is it that ...

This article was published 08/02/2021 (1687 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Two upcoming model-building workshops will encourage veterans to try their hand at a new hobby.