My family bought the movie Super 8 this weekend. The cool thing about this movie (besides being a good family film) is that the main actor, a young boy is a modeler. He builds model trains and sci-fi stuff. In one scene in the movie he talks about his models and explains to his female love about the different shades of model paint greys and dry brushing. Very COOL!!!
I can think of several films that show model building. Wesley Snipes had a full battle field diarama in his apartment in the film where he played a cop that investigated a murder at the White House. And let's not foget the classic Close incounters of the third kind movie where the guy builds a mountain in his living room.
This should be fun. Lets see how many films you guys can come up with that had someone or something about modeling in it.