Cars have always appealed as model subjects as - unlike aeroplanes or military subjects - the real thing is likely to be sitting outside the modeller's house. From the first car kits produced in the early 1950s, mainly dominated by American machinery, we now have a choice of automotive examples from around the world. The joint scale of 1:24/1:25 dominates car models, and it is these scales that will mostly be found in this book, from stock builds to race cars to wild customs. In addition, although injection styrene is the main material of choice, there are specialist builds using resin, white metal and photo-etched parts. The book includes detailed step-by-step guides for: .Building 'out of the box' .Customs and conversions .Applying decals .Dealing with resin .Wiring and engine .Salvaging old kits .A dented ride for 007 .NASA's Hot Road .Dirtying a dirt track racer .An alien homage to Roth AUTHOR: Mat Irvine has been building spacecraft in miniature for many years, both as a hobby and for television. He has spent most of a varied life associated with many aspects of the media. Mat was for many years with the BBC, as a Visual Effects Designer, working on programmes as diverse as Doctor Who and Blake's 7 to Tomorrow's World, QED, Horizon and The Sky at Night. ILLUSTRATIONS: 150 colour photographs