A model of a Lockheed Constellation built from a non-standard scales nearly 60 years old. Back then, most models were designed to fit a very specific box size. [Courtesy: Terry Moore] This holiday ...

As injection-molded plastic rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s, Tamiya made the move to the new technology, and the first plastic Tamiya kits began to appear on store shelves in Japan.