From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmodel aircraft/train/car etcmodel aircraft/train/car etcDHTCOPYa small copy of an aircraft, train etc, especially one that a child can play with or put together from separate parts He is playing with his model railway. She builds model aeroplanes in her spare time. → model
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model aircraft/train/car etc• Loafers that looked more like model cars.• A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!• The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.• Corgi sent a full range of their model cars, including Rolls Royces and Porsches.• Andrew has been prompted to make a model car like his dad's.• Some people like model trains or football.• Genghis, assembled out of model car parts, weighed only 3. 6 pounds.• I built model cars when I was younger. 