Model airplane kits often include details, but they don’t always include paint, lacquer, glue and other tools. The best kits have all the tools you need to build your model aircraft.

Most model airplane kits state the scale ratio they are made to, like 1:18 or 1:72. A 1:18 model airplane is built on a scale where one foot on the model airplane equals 18 feet on the real airplane.

Today, Guillow’s is one of the largest model airplane manufacturers in the U.S., producing over 80 model kits and 14 glider types, all from their original Wakefield facility.

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The two most popular scales for model aircraft are 1/48 and 1/72. 1/48 scale is sometimes referred to as “quarter-inch” scale because 1/4 of an inch on the model equals 1 foot on the real ...

We found the experts in Mrs. Hyde’s third grade class. Right out of the box, this toy had them confused. It’s called the Powerup 4.0, and it’s a smartphone-controlled paper airplane.

The factory, located at 44 Cherry Valley Ave. until it shuttered in 1977, was a toy wonderland of sorts to kids in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. A model kit from Thomas Vaccina's collection. Credit ...

At last, inspiration came from a surprising place: “I flash back to facing the same dilemma when painting my plastic Aurora monster model of ‘Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde’ when I was a kid ...