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 ...

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 ...

Model car kit box art from the '60s is one of the most overlooked styles of American illustration—except by hot rodders. Back then, the outsides of model kit boxes featured fabulous and exciting ...

If you're a hot rodder today, chances are your first car was a 1:24 scale model kit. For young gearheads not ready to turn a wrench or climb behind the wheel of a full-scale hot rod, model kits ...

[I'll try not to repost too much stuff from other well-read geek sites, but this one, via BoingBoing, was irresistible. --ca] These guys took a full size 1940 Ford hot rod, and turned it into a ...

When you were a kid, chances are you couldn’t afford a real Chaparral 2E, Porsche 906 or Rat Fink Beatnik Bandit. But you could afford a Revell, Monogram, Etsy or AMT model of them. While most of us ...

Start your engines . . . or at least, start building them. The Long Island Auto Replica Society, catering to a small but passionate crowd of hobbyists who enjoy building model cars to scale, hosts its ...