Technology has made most modern kits easier to assemble ... Model kits first appeared in the 1930s and became increasingly popular in the 1950s. Today almost any prototype car, lorry, train.

(AP) - A model kit-maker located outside Chicago that emerged ... Revell’s product line includes cars, planes and ships made of plastic and glued together, painted and covered with decals.

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 ...

typically made from materials like plastic, wood or metal, require assembly and often painting to achieve a finished model that mirrors its real-life counterpart. To ensure builders select kits ...