168 pages, over 350 color and b / w photos, including many unpublished photographs and valuable reprints of historical advertising material. Size 28.5 x 26.5 cm, bound with dust jacket Historical photo rarities and rare collector's perspectives They stand in showcases, pile up in dusty cigar boxes or decorate authentic model railway landscapes - WIKING cars have become a model myth to this day! Once you have closed your heart, your aura will not let go of your life for a lifetime. "My WIKING Cars" tells the true stories of how these legendary models are created, collected and staged. This representatively bound book with dust jacket is an indispensable standard work for all collectors. More than 450 color and black-and-white photos can be viewed on 168 pages - a real oasis for those who love car models and whom WIKING is particularly fond of. WIKING's miniaturized worlds of life begin to unfold their fascinating power in impressive picture series. Contemporary traffic appears as tangible as in reality. Numerous previously unpublished photographs from the private archives of WIKING employees show how it was in the model workshops "Unter den Eichen 101" or at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in the 1960s. Nowhere else is such an impressive variety of precious model rarities to be seen - this work opens up a new WIKING perspective for the viewer. With many unknown backgrounds about people and models, but also photographic rarities, which can be seen for the first time, this book conveys new, passionate facets of this unique model brand. "My WIKING Cars" is a book to dive into the chronology of the miniaturized automotive history of post-war Germany.