While fans of Warhammer 40,000 and other miniatures games like to spend a lot of time on their tiny little war machines, their commitment to the craft pales in comparison to dedicated scale modelers.

Closing up the remotely controlled 1:150 scale model car. (credit: diorama111) For many people having a miniature version of something like a car is already a miracle in itself, but there’s always the ...

Sometimes the best way to figure out how something works is to make a model of it. 3D-modeling software makes it possible to do the job in silico, and sometimes that’s enough. But to really get inside ...

Scientists built a scale model of Stonehenge, the famous megalithic structure of stones in Wiltshire, England, and used it to recreate how sound would have been reflected off the surfaces of the ...