modelmaking

English

Etymology

From model +‎ making.

Noun

modelmaking (uncountable)

1. The creation of models, especially scale models.

   Synonym: modelbuilding

   • 1990, The Woodenboat - Issues 92-97, page 60:

     But if modelmaking is not art, why is it that, in the upper reaches of modeldom, where the best do their work, there is an identifiable difference in "feel" between the work of one modelmaker and another?

Related terms

• modeler
• modeling
• modelmaker
• patternmaking
• scale modeler