What you need to know about making car models [Famous cars of the Showa era]

I want to build a plastic model of a classic car, a famous Showa-era car, but I'm not sure I can do it well..." We'll answer all your questions and worries in one go! If you build your own plastic model car, you can get a finished car model with greater precision than commercially available miniature cars. However, car modeling requires unique techniques, such as gloss finishes, which can be intimidating, or some people may worry that they won't be able to produce a satisfactory finished product. This book introduces the appeal of "famous Showa-era cars" from Japan and abroad that are still popular as classic cars today. The construction section uses a 1/24 scale plastic model (made by Hasegawa) of the Toyota 2000GT, the most popular Japanese classic car, as its subject, and provides detailed explanations from tool selection to finished examples. We also introduce numerous build examples, including the Skyline 2000GT-R and Lamborghini Miura.