Dave Klanica and his two sons, Patrick and Benjamin, roamed from table to table observing the model planes, ships, tanks and cars on display at the recent 19th annual Flying Tigers Scale Model ...

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 ...

If you’re setting out to build a cabin or building a shed, take the time to create a scale model first. It’s the single biggest advantage you can give yourself when it comes to saving money and ...

Scale-model builders can't help but sweat the small stuff. Hobbyists spend hours—days even—sanding, gluing, painting and polishing bits and pieces of plastic to create miniature facsimiles of their ...

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 ...

A scale model figure of the HAL Ajeet. To ensure accuracy in his models — including armaments and cockpits — Roy hunts for reference photographs of aircraft online.(Courtesy: Basu Roy) Seven years ago ...