Welcome to CGTI Skewbid It is metal powder coated wire with LED's shining from the base of the model. It had me fooled until closer inspection. The pink powder coat looks to be some kind of UV paint.
haha, i thought scalextric at first glance..... lol excelent photo, would make a nice wall hanging....
cheers, it's a fake tilt - shift. Here's the original A few more like this in this thread http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215187&highlight=tilt+shift
Let the Restoration Begin! by SiCrit, on Flickr amazing what you find under the paint when you start stripping things back
found a few more pics to go with the above one: http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/zinni24/1002883s.jpg http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/zinni24/1002884w.jpg http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/zinni24/1002887.jpg http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/zinni24/1002888n.jpg