Marking the July passing of Tamiya chair Shunsaku Tamiya by looking at how his passion for accuracy shaped his scale-model ...

This was my very first 1:25-scale plastic model kit—ever. The year was 1972, I was eight years old and Mom wasn't convinced I was ready for stinky (and toxic) model cement just yet.

This 1:24-scale model kit features a steering wheel that can be built on the left or right side, an opening front hood, and a detailed 1500-cc-rear-mounted engine.

For the '49 Mercury woodie kit, you'd need to include a big stack of the "Pink Sheet" flyers that doomed Nixon's 1950 opponent… in 1/25 scale, of course.

It's possible that not all builders of scale model cars appreciate Soviet knockoffs of prewar German cars as we do, but you won't find many that don't like the Datsun 240Z. Better still, how about ...

These guys took a full size 1940 Ford hot rod, and turned it into a full-size version of a 1:25 scale 60's AMT "3 In 1" model kit, including parts trees, Testors paint and glue, and a giant X-Acto ...

A 1/24 scale model Bronco means 1 inch on the model car is equal to 24 inches on the full-sized car it’s modeled after. Scales are expressed in simple fractions, but also in ratios, like 1:24.