Such models are apt to go to the wall (3-2)
I believe the answer is:
pin-up
'wall' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pin-up that I've seen before include "Alluring poster" , "picture of heart-throb?" , "Attractive figure" , "Object of (sexual) admiration" , "Poster of an attractive person" .)