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 ...

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, ...

Can you imagine spending all day building model cars, five days a week, and gettingpaidfor it? That was an idle fantasy of mine as a youth. But that's exactly what Warren Riggs does for a living.

Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...

While fans of Warhammer 40,000 and other miniatures games like to spend a lot of time on their tiny little war machines, their commitment to the craft pales in comparison to dedicated scale modelers.

Using the skills of a military strategist combined with the artistry of recreating a battle scene, John Ford creates such scenes in small-scale models as dioramas. They are now on display under glass ...