# Model building
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thumb|right|A builder working on a model
'''Model building''' is a [hobby](/source/hobby) and career[{{Cite web |title=Model Builder: What Is It? and How to Become One? |url=https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Career/Model-Builder/What-Is-How-to-Become |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=ZipRecruiter |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=How to become a model maker - CareerExplorer |url=https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/model-maker/how-to-become/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=www.careerexplorer.com}}] that involves the creation of [physical model](/source/physical_model)s either from kits or from materials and components acquired by the builder. The kits contain several pieces that need to be assembled in order to make a final model. Most model-building categories have a range of common [scales](/source/scale_model) that make them manageable for the average person both to complete and display.[{{Cite web |url=https://hobbyandtoycentral.com/?q=blog/beginner%E2%80%99s-guide-model-building-part-1-4-part-series |title=A Beginner's Guide to Model Building - Part 1 of a 4 part series {{!}} Hobby and Toy Central |website=hobbyandtoycentral.com |language=en |access-date=2018-07-20}}] A model is generally considered a physical representation of an [object](/source/physical_object) and maintains accurate relationships between all of its aspects.[{{Cite book |title=Building Model Boats - Including Sailing and Steam Vessels |last=Hasluck |first=Paul |publisher=Read Books Ltd. |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4733-4741-0 }}]
The model building kits can be classified according to skill levels that represent the degree of difficulty for the hobbyist. These include skill level 1 with snap-together pieces that do not require glue or paint; skill level 2, which requires glue and paint; and, skill level 3 kits that include smaller and more detailed parts.[{{Cite web |title=Model Making for Film & Theatre |url=https://www.secondhomestudios.com/services/model-making/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=Second Home Animation Studios |language=en-GB}}] There are, for instance, those who build models/props to commemorate historic events, employed to construct models using past events as a basis to predict future events of high commercial interest.[{{Cite journal |last1=Stevenson |first1=Lynne Warner |last2=Davis |first2=Roger B. |date=2016-08-01 |title=Model Building as an Educational Hobby |journal=Circulation: Heart Failure |language=en |volume=9 |issue=8 |article-number=e003457 |doi=10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003457 |issn=1941-3289 |pmid=27514752|doi-access=free }}]