Flexiscale, the company that crowdsources and crowdfunds model ... kits. Right now there are over one hundred proposals for what Flexiscale should do next. They’re mostly narrow gauge railroad ...

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. The plastic is ...

Plastic kits usually have all the pieces organized ... rivets would have been hammered in. Along with the train’s main engine car, the model kit also includes a gondola car filled with coal ...

highly specialized model train kits. Using laser scanners, they can accurately document real-life locomotives and rail cars. Using CAD software and 3-D printers they can print the parts as kits at ...

Model making is a great hobby ... Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, and there are kits of everything from military vehicles to sports cars and ...

(KPLC) - If you grew up putting together plastic model kits, you’ll want to check out ... This year, there will also be additional awards for best railroad subject, best model built by a veteran ...

Star Wars Day can be every day, if your heart is full of magic. Do you believe in magic? Even model kits have magic inside of them, metaphorically. There's no sorcery inside this Bandai Hobby 1/ ...

typically made from materials like plastic, wood or metal, require assembly and often painting to achieve a finished model that mirrors its real-life counterpart. To ensure builders select kits ...

With his keen interest in military vehicles, McRorie remembers buying his first model kit for a dollar and building it at home in a single afternoon. “That’s what kids did back in those days ...