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I got my first Twister as a built-up parts car at a model-car swap meet around 1981. But after Model King re-released the once-rare kit around 1999, anybody with $30 could build their very own ...

Posted: Mar 2, 2022 / 11:52 PM EST Updated: Sep 6, 2022 / 09:50 PM EDT The best car kit builders use small tools appropriate for the model’s scale, like craft knives and jeweler’s screwdrivers.

Motoring Hot Wheels Legends Tour: Car builders to compete to get their creation turned into scale model This exciting competition welcomes a diverse range of vehicles, from meticulously crafted ...

Last updated Aug 07, 2025 5 minute read Join the conversation A scale-model Porsche race car at the SprueFest 2022 scale-model exhibition, sponsored by Tamiya Photo by Tamiya ...

In 2000, Hot Wheels released a Deora II model, and three years later, Chip Foose was commissioned to build the real thing for the brand's 35th anniversary.

The best car kit builders use small tools appropriate for the model’s scale, like craft knives and jeweler’s screwdrivers.

Well, [ProfessorBoots] has just the build for you. The build, inspired by the Liebherr LTM 1300, isn’t just a little RC car that looks like a crane. It’s a real working crane, too!

Since then he has focused on building fully dressed dwarf cruisers with fenders, chrome and finished interiors. “I wanted to build street-legal cars,” Adams says. “There are no rules.

The biggest draw at the Lowrider Bike & Model Super Show had to be Down 2 Scale's Night at the Drive-In Diorama, a piece dedicated to Chris Hicks, featuring work by Willie Ramirez Jr., David Bayon ...

Posted: Mar 2, 2022 / 11:52 PM EST Updated: Aug 31, 2022 / 02:46 PM EDT The best car kit builders use small tools appropriate for the model’s scale, like craft knives and jeweler’s screwdrivers.