Model Products Corporation
Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.
1:20 scale kit of a McLaren Mk-8b Can Am race car
The 1977 Dode Monaco was one of the models produced by MPC in 1:25 scale
Chevrolet Monza was another promotional model released by MPC
A model car, or toy car, is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in this general category. Because many miniature vehicles were originally aimed at children as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model car and a toy car, yet the word 'model' implies either assembly required or the accurate rendering of an actual vehicle at smaller scale. The kit building hobby became popular through the 1950s, while the collecting of miniatures by adults started to gain momentum around 1970. Precision-detailed miniatures made specifically for adults are a significant part of the market since the mid-1980s.
A diecast 1:10 scale Doepke Toys Jaguar XK120 from 1955. One of two car models the company made, this model is 17.5 in (440 mm) long. In The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
A model of a 1962 BMW 700 LS Luxus.
Austin toy pedal cars being manufactured at the Longbridge plant.
Citroen Ami 6 pressed tin toy.