Besides the traditional solar system scaled model, you can use other models to compare sizes of astronomical objects.
For example, the following images were of a scaled model originally made to be the Sun (tiny yellow ball) and the Sun when it turns into a red giant (big red ball). There is a tiny magnet in the small yellow ball and another one in the side of the big red ball to keep them together.
![](http://nearspacescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9528-1.jpg)
![](http://nearspacescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9531.jpg)
This next model is of the relative sizes of the main sequence stars.
![](http://nearspacescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9542-1.jpg)
![](http://nearspacescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_9545.jpg)
The following is an artistic interpretation of the Milky Way, printed on both sides with cotton batting inside and coated with a waterproof sealer to make it solid. This makes it possible to feel the shape of the spiral arms.
![](http://nearspacescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_3798.jpg)