Valley Con model cars We all grew up building scale models of our favorite cars (then blowing them up with firecrackers). Some of us kept building them. The best of those gather each year at the ...

Collecting scaled-down models of vehicles is one of the most popular and biggest hobbies in the world, with literally something at every price point and for every demographic. From trucks, trains and ...

Model cars accompanied real cars early on in the history of automobiles. Released as children’s toys, they soon became the focus of collectors of all ages. Car enthusiasts love seeing the real thing ...

Building scale model cars is a wonderful way for enthusiasts to pass the time and "own" the cars of their dreams. They're usually built from plastic kits, but one jeweler took his love affair for the ...

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 ...

Its getting a bit late in the holiday season to add new items to your wish list, but there's no shortage of tempting options thanks to scale model-makers like Autoart and Automodello. Here's a look at ...

When nightmares and flashbacks awaken Jim Brown in the predawn darkness, the 66-year-old Vietnam War veteran pulls back an Army logo bedspread, shuffles past bedroom bookshelves packed with hundreds ...

John Cowell can easily remember visiting his cousin Wooley's house in 1962, back when John was just 8 years old. It had an impact because his cousin had acquired a hobby: building scale model cars.

There’s a natural progression for most young gearheads, anxious to get their hands on totemic representation of the cars and trucks they covet, but are still too young to legally own. It usually ...