Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Every time I go to Wonder Festival there is always one little ...

People new to building model kits might wonder how much experience they might need going into a project. Do you need any tools? Will glue or paint be involved? Is it something they can actually do?

BILLINGS – Building model cars and airplanes from kits once was as much a part of an American boyhood as baseball. “In 1960, a lot of kids had a ball, glove, baseball cards and a model kit,” said ...

The builder keeps applying glue gingerly to the various components until construction is complete and a fine motor car, ocean-going vessel or aeroplane is created in miniature. Plastic modelling is a ...

Model making is a great hobby, but knowing how and where to start is another story. It can be overwhelming for novices: Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, ...