For years, many families have a model train display as part of the Christmas season’s decorations. Do you have fond memories ...

Clifton Park, New York — In the spring of 2004, a truck driver named Joe Macken descended his basement stairs in Clifton Park, New York, with a simple idea: to see if he could build something cool out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beginning in 2004, Joe Macken carved all five boroughs of New York City out of balsa wood, every site and stadium, and every ...

Some of Donald Trump's handpicked appointees who have a say in his White House ballroom project asked questions Thursday about its "immense" design and scale, even as they broadly endorsed the ...

Not wanting Lego to have all the money, er, fun, Mattel introduced its own line of build-it-yourself model cars last year. Mattel is well acquainted with the world of automotive scale models, as one ...

Katherine “Kate” Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy, died on Dec. 8, 2025, surrounded by family. She was 53. A memorial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27, ...

Nvidia has made a fortune supplying chips to companies working on artificial intelligence, but today the chipmaker took a step toward becoming a more serious model maker itself by releasing a series ...

Amalgam, a well-known hand-built model cars maker, has unveiled limited 1:8 scale models of the McLaren MCL39, as well as a new 1:18 scale model, and a full-size replica steering wheel. The new ...

Upstate trucker Joe Macken’s TikTok-famous scale model of New York City will be displayed at the Museum of the City of New York this winter, Gothamist can exclusively report. “He Built This City: Joe ...

Data-labeling startup Scale AI is launching a new public benchmarking system to rank the best-performing artificial intelligence models for different regions, professions and age groups. The ranking ...

Reno may be “the biggest little city in the world,” but it's got some serious competition from the miniature New York City that hobbyist Joseph Macken built in his upstate New York basement over two ...

Once your business model is validated, scaling becomes the next significant challenge. Scaling involves expanding your business sustainably while maintaining or improving profit margins. The ...