Model glue dries opaque. “It is a hobby and supposed to be fun,” said 50-something Tim Nelson from Seattle. Nelson has been building models since he was around 7 years old.

Likewise, the 39-year-old former stencil artist turned miniaturist Joshua Smith, who is based in South Australia, wheat pastes his petite abandoned buildings with matchbox-size concert posters for ...

Mylyn Nguyen is an artist who creates scale models of buildings from her hometown. She makes these replicas out of paper and boxboard.