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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 ...

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 ...

Model car contests are alive and well and held at custom car shows from California to Michigan. Here we have photos from the recent model car contest held at the 2020 Detroit Autorama. How to enter a ...

Which lowrider model car kits are best? When you think of a lowrider, do you think of the song? Or do you think of the car scene that developed in Los Angeles back in the ’40s and still lives on today ...

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 ...

Explore the outstanding Tamiya Sauber Mercedes C9 model kit, known for its sharp detailing, precise engineering, and faithful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...