Hackaday

Building A Dead-On-Accurate Model Ford Pickup From Scratch

In a world filled with 3D printed this and CNC machined that, it’s always nice to see someone who still does things the old-fashioned way. [Headquake137] built a radio controlled truck body (YouTube ...
Flying

The Labor of Love That Gave a ‘Graf Zeppelin II’ Model Lift

John Mellberg spent 17 years meticulously scratch-building a 1:36 scale model of the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, beginning his extensive research and design in the late 1960s. The complex construction ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Truck Driver Spent 20 Years Making This Astonishing Scale Model of Every Single Building in New York City

In 2004, truck driver Joe Macken created a miniature replica of New York City’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza out of balsa wood. Although he had intended to stop there, he realized he was hooked. “Then the ...
Polygon

3 things I learned about the 40K hobby by building a scale model airplane

Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...