While autos are in a sales slump during the coronavirus shutdown, build-it-yourself plastic versions at 1/25th the size are flying off the shelves. Revell, the 77-year-old model kit-maker that was ...

If you’re reading this and you were born after about 1945, it’s a near-certainty that you spent much of your youth building plastic scale model kits, probably including the timeless Visible V-8 or ...

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, ...

Which flying model airplane kit is best? There are plenty of flying model airplane kits out there for everyone from enthusiastic adults to small kids, and it can be fun to put one together as a child ...

When I was a kid, there was nothing more relaxing than sitting down for an afternoon with a model kit. Snipping the parts off the board, patiently gluing everything together, painting each careful ...

I've been into scale models for a little while now, and as far as hobbies go, I find it both fun and relaxing. Now, the hobby isn't for everyone, because it's basically a constant uphill process of ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s been a little over a year since Bandai Namco acquired a large ...

One of the most important parts to the sprawling business empire that surrounds Gundam is its model kits. Called Gunpla, these have acted as the backbone in Gundam’s enduring success by making the ...

With Pokémon partnering with Lego to bring out collaborative sets in 2026, there's bound to be a ton of new people jumping into the world of figure building. To help get them prepared for a whole new ...

Gunpla, or Gundam plastic models, have captivated fans worldwide, with more than 800 million kits sold to date. On September 2, a new hands-on museum opened inside Bandai Hobby Center’s newest factory ...