We all grew up building scale models of our favorite cars (then blowing them up with firecrackers). Some of us kept building them. The best of those gather each year at the Petersen Automotive Museum ...

Collecting scaled-down models of vehicles is one of the most popular and biggest hobbies in the world, with literally something at every price point and for every demographic. From trucks, trains and ...

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 ...

Building scale model cars is a wonderful way for enthusiasts to pass the time and "own" the cars of their dreams. They're usually built from plastic kits, but one jeweler took his love affair for the ...

Like essentially everyone else, race fans have gotten the short end of the stick in 2020 with nearly everything canceled or postponed due to coronavirus. That means no Monaco Grand Prix, no ...

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 ...

Toy cars are one of life’s simple automotive joys. Childhood is full of memories playing with Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars in the sandpit, riding Cozy Coupes down the neighbor's hill, ripping ...

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 ...

There’s a natural progression for most young gearheads, anxious to get their hands on totemic representation of the cars and trucks they covet, but are still too young to legally own. It usually ...

There is LEGO, and then there is CaDA. The Chinese toy company, still relatively new on the market (it was founded in 2016), is trying to make a name for itself by taking brick building scale models ...

John Cowell can easily remember visiting his cousin Wooley's house in 1962, back when John was just 8 years old. It had an impact because his cousin had acquired a hobby: building scale model cars.