So much so that in the early days of Popular Aviation Magazine (which would later become FLYING Magazine), there were pages dedicated to instructions for building a scale-model aircraft.

Marriott recalled how much he had enjoyed building model airplanes as a child and teenager. "I decided to start building scale model aircraft and ships," he said.

Even so, seeing the airplane taxing, taking off and flying through the skies makes you look twice to realize that it is in fact a scale model and not a real Emirates A380-800, also courtesy of the ...

After a few years back in the 40K hobby, we tried building a scale model airplane. Here are the three biggest takeaways, including new tools and techniques that might speed up your next build.

Scale model building and designing requires time, patience—and the appropriate tools. The first step is finding the right kits, the bare-bones of objects like aircraft.

Following NASA’s recent results with truss-braced wing airplanes and the benefits this could bring to full-sized airplanes, [Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perha… ...