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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 ...

It's been nearly 60 years and the 1:25-scale plastic model industry is still going strong. From the many all-new kits being released each year, it looks like the hobby will be around for another 60 ...

Front Range graphic designer and model car builder Joel Klassen will display a lifetime of work at the Orphanage between July 31 and Aug. 29. Klassen is no ordinary model builder. In 2017, Klassen’s ...

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, ...

Sure, building a car model is fun, but putting together a life-size, working version of a car you can actually drive is so much more satisfying. Kit cars are essentially prefabricated parts you ...

Inspiration strikes unexpectedly and sometimes paves the path for future success. For an 8-year-old Armando Avila it was just another day sitting at the bus stop with his mother, Delia, when a fleet ...

Which model car kit is best? Models that you assemble yourself are a great way to learn about engineering, arts and crafts at the same time. Along with model airplanes, model cars are one of the top ...

Some said it was just a fad, but when the first wave of 1:25-scale plastic model kits appeared around 1960, demand was so huge, the owners of plastic kit makers like AMT, Aurora, IMC, JoHan, Lindberg, ...

Front Range graphic designer and model car builder Joel Klassen will display a lifetime of work at the Orphanage between July 31 and Aug. 29. Klassen is no ordinary model builder. In 2017, Klassen’s ...