Meet Joe Macken, the genius who’s spent 21 years building an insane 3D model of New York City (NYC) out of balsa wood. This New Yorker’s dedication is next level- he’s got nearly a million buildings ...

Ornithopters look silly. They look like something that shouldn’t work. An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy? No way that thing is going to fly. There are, however, a multitude ...

One thing I liked about our old model train layout at Christmas (yes, Yuletide is in the calendar’s on-deck circle) was the way the little streetlights in the town glowed in the dark. I have no idea ...

No problem group at Odyssey of the Mind touches people as deeply as the Structure or Building problem -- as our Geek Dad Commentors remind us. We spent this morning among the young builders picking up ...

What's your pandemic project? Have you used your time at home to tackle a project you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time? Build bookshelves? Create a chicken coop? Complete a room ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...

SCOTT, Ind. (AP) - Using little more than a bit of balsa wood, a couple sheets of plywood, paint, glue and an eye for detail, Murlyn Myers has re-created 175 years of LaGrange County history. A ...