The ‘Automotive Design Workshop’ conducted at IIT Guwahati provided us with an opportunity to explore our potential in the vast arena of automotive design. Working with PU foam was a good experience in model making, as it is very easy to carve with blades and knives and also to abrade with sand paper. However, the use of simple tools enabled me to produce a model with greater speed and accuracy. The easiest way to make my own tools was by using sandpaper and wood, especially soft wood. This allowed me to work on flat surfaces, contours, etc. with equal ease. By using different grades of sandpaper, one can achieve better results than by using the sandpaper by hand. Templates are needed for the front and side profiles to check the maximum dimensions. These are made from either wood or styrene sheets with drawings on graph paper.