Fixing the scale Building a model with LEGO is fun, but you always have to consider the limited number of existing parts.

For their latest project, To Scale: Time, Overstreet and Gorosh decided to build a scale model of time. All 13.8 billion years of it. The 140 million miles between Earth and Mars became 302 feet.

Learn how to make a scale model of the Sun and the Earth with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

For their latest project, To Scale: Time, Overstreet and Gorosh decided to build a scale model of time. All 13.8 billion years of it. The challenge of visualizing things like light-years and eons, ...

In this activity, created in partnership with the Royal Opera House, you and your child can make your own stage model at a 1:100 scale.

Suppose you were to build a scale model of the Death Star out of Lego pieces. How much would it cost?

His latest project is a scale model of VelociCoaster, a Jurassic Park -themed ride in Universal’s Islands of Adventure, that simulates the coaster’s ride without using any moving parts.

Scale models are built and collected for many reasons including, in engineering, for testing the likely performance of a design object at an early stage without the expense of building a full ...