Closing up the remotely controlled 1:150 scale model car. (credit: diorama111 ... Considering the 24.5 x 11.4 x 10.5 mm (LxWxH) size of the scale model, this is no small feat.

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 ...

Like full-size rigs, radio-controlled (RC) cars and trucks come in a varying ... RC crawler is smaller in comparison to the 1/10 scale. These models usually measure around 10-12 inches (25-30 ...

[I'll try not to repost too much stuff from other well-read geek sites, but this one, via BoingBoing, was irresistible. --ca] These guys took a full size 1940 Ford hot rod, and turned it into a ...

The cost for a typical 1:8 scale Amalgam model is up around $8000 to $10,000 ... exterior color and interior finishes of a full-size, real car. Amalgam experts will even paint the race number ...

For enthusiasts of a certain age, building a model-car kit ... it's a fact that many car fanatics from Detroit designers to local mechanics still slap together scale versions of their favorite ...

Scale models come in all shapes and sizes and yet while the 1:18 scale of ... We’ll start with the car itself, which shows a pleasing level of attention to detail - from the foldable windshield ...

Cars are more than an appliance ... to the store and buy a shirt with your favorite automaker’s logo, or a scale model that looks like the real deal. Automobiles became machines built to ...

Researchers had subjects play with scale-model rooms 1/6, 1/12, and 1/24th the size of full-size scale models. Participants were asked to imagine themselves at that scale and wander around the ...