Collecting scale models of cars is a hobby collecting models of real or existing cars, close to car modeling. The most common scale is 1:43; scales 1:8, 1:12, 1:18, 1:24, 1:25, 1:35, 1:64, 1:72, 1:87, 1:120 are also used. , the last three came from aircraft and railway modeling. As a further development and spread of the practice of aircraft and ship modeling, prefabricated car models (so-called whales) appeared, which must be independently assembled from parts by adhesive, screwing, painting, etc.