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 ...

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 ...

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.

Model citizens: hobbyists explain why putting together plastic kits is hardly kids’ stuff Plastic model makers say they are living through the hobby’s golden age Feb. 27, 2022 4 min read ...

Shunsaku Tamiya, who transformed his father’s former sawmill into a leading manufacturer of plastic model kits, with a passion for detail that once led him to buy and disassemble a Porsche to ...

He has been a plastic model hobbyist for more than 50 years. When he was living in Toyama Prefecture as a youngster, Matsui was fascinated by the complexity of plastic model kits, marketed as kids ...

I’d long been Gunpla (a portmanteau of “Gundam plastic model”) curious: I was a fan of many of the anime and manga on which the models are based. I love building Lego sets.

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.