Miniatures

Scale Modeling
Scale modeling involves designing miniatures of larger vehicles. Unlike toy building, they are also used to master engineering prior to actual vehicle and heavy machinery building and to generate mementos. Scale model vehicles are a delight to view and inspect...

Hobbyists Set Sail with Scale Model Replicas of Wooden Ships
For frustrated sea captains who wish they could spend hours at the helm of an oceangoing vessel traversing rough seas, a good alternative might be hours spent laboring over the intricate details of a scale model historical ship.

The Indian Miniature
The different schools of Indian miniatures - like the Pala, Orissa, Jain, Mughal, Rajasthani and Nepali -- did not spring up like mushrooms after isolated showers.

Scale Models: Scale Modeling Is Still Quite Popular Today
Not necessarily a hobby only to be indulged in by children, the constructing of scale models can just as much be an entertaining pastime for adults; as, indeed, it is.

Miniature Modern Classics - Decorate Your Child's Room in Style
Looking for tips on how to decorate your child's nursery or playroom? Some of the top modern furniture manufacturers including Herman Miller & Knoll have created pint-sized versions of some of their classic design masterpieces! Perfect for the stylish, sophisticated young ones in your life.

A Guide to Painting Fantasy Miniatures
Painting miniatures is a great hobby that overlaps both the gaming realm and the collecting realm. It is also a fundamental part of diorama making. This is a guide that shows you how to paint your fantasy miniatures.

Why You Should Only Buy Handmade Concorde Models
Concorde scale models are a pleasure worth pursuing, so make sure you get it right from the outset. Purchasing a quality hand built replica is something that should be done after careful research so you know you will be getting the best quality model.

5 Reasons To Buy Handcrafted Concorde Models
There are many Concorde models out there that you can buy, but in my opinion there is only one you should seriously be considering. It is a premium quality large-scale handcrafted replica.

Rod, I Salute Your Train Set
Annalisa Barbieri: As hard-living pop stars have long found, nothing can match the miniature buzz of a model railway.

The World of Miniature Warbirds
Discover how the aeromodelling community uses military airplanes of all nationalities as the basis of scale flying models. How modellers co-operate worldwide to produce realistic, life-like models able to re-create not only the appearance but also the flying qualities of the full size airplanes. Then what do you do with them after they're built....?

How to Start Flying Scale Model Airplanes
Flying scale model airplanes is perhaps the dream of every model airplane hobbyist.

Mini UAVs - a History
This is a short history of Mini UAV. Mini UAV stands for miniature unmanned aerial vehicle.

Building a 16 ft. Grand Banks Dory
As a kid I did a lot of boat building, mainly scale models that were not able to sail. Now I have decided to build the real thing, a 16 ft. Grand banks dory.

At Large: One Miniature Japanese Hopping Robot
A Japanese mission to drop a hopping robot on top of a speeding asteroid has ended in failure.