Large-scale rolling stock decals: Unlike modeling scales with specific definitions like HO scale (1:87.1) or N scale (1:160), the term “large scale” actually encompasses a variety of modeling ...

The unusual-looking helium tank car might seem like a fantasy model to some, but it’s based on a real prototype. General American, American Car & Foundry, and Magor built about 200 ­helium cars from ...

I used to build scale models when I was a kid. Dad knew that I loved them so much, he’d surreptitiously buy kits for me after I had begged and pleaded. Back in the '80s, these plastic scale models ...

When I was a child, I built models as a child, I blew them up as a child, but when I became a man, I put away cheap plastic models. And firecrackers. When you were a kid you glued together countless ...