MADHOUSE MINIATURES

Sometimes, a kit will outlive its original manufacturer and just keep coming back. Even if it's lackluster. Like the masked slasher in an...

Let's talk putties, shall we? No matter how well molded a kit may be, there might be a few areas that need attention. Specifically, body...

Why bring out an all new kit, when you can blow the dust off some existing tooling and rework it slightly? Almost every model kit...

When is an AMT/Ertl kit.... not an AMT/Ertl kit? When it's an Aoshima kit, with Aoshima decals, and an AMT/Ertl instruction sheet all...

You've heard of the old "sketch on a napkin", right? Well, that's how this unlikely Bugatti tribute came to be. None other than legendary...

Jo-Han (later on spelled as one word) was one of the plastic scale model kit industry pioneers, founded in 1947 by Detroit-based tool and...

The Ford Transit is Europe's equivalent of the domestic E-Series/Econoline line here in the US. They are full-sized, RWD vans (the...

In the late '70's, long before they took over the then-separate AMT and MPC product lines, Ertl decided to get into the plastic kit...

The simple, yet classy box art draws you in. Then you notice the logo. Hmmmmm.... isn't Arii a Japanese kit manufacturer? And arent' the...

Disclaimer- the following story contains some hard facts, a few unsubstantiated rumors, and a heaping helping of pure speculation......