Model kits first appeared in the 1930s and became increasingly popular in the 1950s. Today almost any prototype car, lorry, train. plane or shop can be found as a plastic kit.

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, then, that you can also still buy and build the Visible V8 model engine kit, first sold by Renwal in 1958 and one of the longest-selling plastic model ...

Weathering model kits really helps set them off and makes even the most detailed plastic models look even more realistic. Here's how to weather your own model kits.

What’s a Gunpla? Gunpla are action figure-sized plastic model kits based on the long-running giant robot anime and manga series Gundam.

The brand is releasing two plastic model kits of the iconic CFA-44 Nosferatu fighter, which debuted in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation and has recently been featured as a DLC in Ace Combat 7 ...

He started on a new undertaking this past March when he became a research adviser specializing in the history of plastic toy kits, a new post created at leading plastic model maker Tamiya Inc.