The first plastic model cars

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Per a discussion at last night's Moonlight Modelers meeting, I did a little research on what were the first plastic model cars. An exhaustive (OK, 15 minutes) of searching on Google led to this:

The first plastic models were made in England in 1952.
www.airfix.com/about-airfix/

The first plastic model cars were Revell's Highway Pioneers in 1953.
www.revell.com/news/about-us.html
See "Perfection in plastic."

AMT reportedly introduced the first 1/25th scale kits in 1957.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_car#Promo_beginnings

More modeling history from:

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