When I tell people that I am a modeler, they look at my clothes and general lack of fashion sense and their eyes say, "nuh-uh." When I clarify that I am a multi-scale modeler, I sometimes add, "no I ...

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, ...

Miniatures are full of bite-sized portions of our world and lives. By transcending spatial norms, models envision and measure real-world size and performance. They help to understand the cultural and ...

Almost all computer simulations face the same trade-off: larger models can be more realistic and therefore more useful, but they also take longer to run. Engineers and scientists are therefore faced ...