— “An Exhibition of Illustrations for Aurora Model Kits and Others” opens with a reception on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Frank Burton and Sons, located at 333 W. Broad St., and runs through ...

You bought them at Korvette’s or Modell’s — boxed model kits of glue-it-yourself planes, trains and automobiles, monsters, spaceships and superheroes. And while many companies made model kits, the ...

Now, more men than boys build model cars and planes. The first plastic model kit was a Royal Air Force bomber made in England in 1936, Jessee said. After World War II, car kits began using plastics ...