Assembling a plastic model kit is a rewarding hobby and it makes a welcome change from digital activities. No other pastime allows you to recreate scale models of real-life or imaginary items with ...

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 started on a new undertaking this past March when he became a research adviser specializing in the history of plastic toy kits, a new post created at leading plastic model maker Tamiya Inc.

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 ...

Kotobukiya hosted its Collection Online 2022 Winter event and had an exciting reveal for Ace Combat fans, a plastic model kit of the Nosferatu.

What’s a Gunpla? Gunpla are action figure-sized plastic model kits based on the long-running giant robot anime and manga series Gundam.

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 ...

An Expert's Guide to the Best Model Kits For Adults in 2025 It’s time to get your hands dirty (and possibly stuck together).

Bandai is opening a new museum dedicated to its Mobile Suit Gundam plastic model kits on September 2, 2025 in Shizuoka, Japan. The museum will not only allow visitors to learn about everything ...