Model kits first appeared in the 1930s and became increasingly popular in the 1950s. Today almost any prototype car, lorry, train. plane or shop can be found as a plastic kit.

Mark Lewis: "This 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix kit by AMT [kit T322-200] is one of the rarest model car kits in existence. When I say that, I'm not talking about the plastic parts inside—they've been ...

Related: Classic '60s Model Car Box Art, Part 1 Steve Magnante, the well-known hot-rod journalist and TV host, was one of those model-building kids who's still enthusiastic about plastic.