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Hanomag K55 crawler tractor – Info, specifications and a few survivors [video]

by Seb on May 18, 2012

While looking for pictures and info about the Hanomag K55 crawler tractor I found lots of cool video and other cool websites that I want to share with you. Hanomag is(was) a german company, and they built almost everything: locomotives, trucks, tractors, cars, military vehicles, etc. For those of you interested in learning more about [...]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#2 front grill] [video]

by Seb on May 15, 2012

Here is the second part of Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor in 1/25 scale. This time I’m adding more detail to the front grill. First of all i had to cut the gas tank, hood and front grill in separate pieces as they were molded all together in one piece. Soon after starting cutting and [...]

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Argentina Road Trip – Last Batch – Trucks

by Iggy on May 11, 2012

So, I went through my road trip pictures one last time and came up with a few images I haven’t shown you yet. These are the last ones, though. Now, I will have to make a new road trip before I show you more of this kind of pics. The title pic is some Motorhome [...]

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From Our Readers – Some great models from John, Gary and Robin

by Iggy on May 8, 2012

We get a lot of emails from our readers, some send back greetings or comments – others send us pics of their builds and projects. So my brother and I thought, it would be great to show everybody the cool stuff our readers send us. Of course, we asked for permission first. The title pic is a [...]

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My lastest pick, a Grundig TV Super Color 1630 from 1976 [1]

by Seb on May 4, 2012

A few months ago I started searching for old television sets for a project that I want to make. Finally I’ve found this one which I think will fit perfectly for what I have in mind. I’m not gonna tell you what is going to be! Just stay tuned! (Never a truer word spoken!) The [...]

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Torino paintings for Iggy’s birthday

by Seb on May 2, 2012

This year I wanted to make something special for Iggy’s birthday, so I decided to make a pair of paintings of one of his favorites cars, the argentine TORINO, built by IKA and Renault in argentina from the 60s to the 80s. The car is based on the american Rambler with a customized body by [...]

Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane

April 27, 2012
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I’ve told you that I started the Black Widow from Revell. Of course, the idea wasn’t to build the car just out of the box. Thanks to the hints and tips given by some of you, I found some really cool insights. So there is some scratch building involved here. But while talking about the [...]

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55, 56 & 57 Chevy Bel Air automotive paintings

April 21, 2012
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Last week I just finished this series of Chevy Bel Air paintings. The tri-chevys are among my favorite cars since I was a kid. Unluckily I’m not the only one…  and in the meanwhile the prices of this great Chevys are beyond most people’s reach. As you might notice by now I do not limit [...]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#1 crawler tracks] [video]

April 17, 2012
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If your favorite scale is 1/25 and you were looking for a tractor, you might have already noticed that there are not so many options available. Most of the farm and land machinery scale models are available rather in smaller (1/32) or bigger (1/16) scales. Not so long ago I was looking for scale models [...]

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57 Chevrolet 150 – Black Widow Project – Building Tips, Facts and Questions

April 15, 2012
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I wrote a kit review about this Revell model some time ago. I really liked the kit right from the start. So, when my brother and discussed about our next project, an instruction DVD tutorial, I suggested to build this car in the racer stock car version. By the way, we will be filming this [...]

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Argentina Road Trip – Cool Rides

April 10, 2012
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Sharing these pics with you is like making the road trip once more. Every time I look for pics to add into this post series, all those awesome road trip feelings come back to me. Every mile or kilometer was a discovery. In this post, I want to show you some of the coolest rides [...]

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1980 Ford Granada [europe] – customizing, or not?

April 6, 2012
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Around 10 years ago I bought this 1980 Ford Granada. I was studying in Germany and I was looking for a big cool car but had a very low budget. After searching for months I finally found this Ford Granada which was owned by an 90 year old gentleman, an ex-Ford engineer at the Ford [...]

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Recycling soup cans for vintage oil can replicas [How to & oil can template for download]

April 3, 2012
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A few weeks ago, we still had freezing weather here in The Netherlands. Following the dutch tradition we were eating tomato soup in the evening. While eating my soup I thought, hey! why not making a vintage oil can replica out of the coup cans? Said, done! I took measurements of the cans, designed the [...]

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Making a Picture Frame with an Old Window

March 30, 2012
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I was walking around a flea market some weekends ago. I saw this old window for a couple of bucks and I though: great thing for a picture frame! This is what I started with. An old window, with just one piece of glass. As the window was pretty well built, and the glas looked [...]

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Argentina Road Trip – Road, Lanscapes and Road Signs

March 27, 2012
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For those who have not been following this post series, this is the third post about my Road Trip in Argentina. The previous posts where about a very cool Toy Museum and Junkers I’ve found long the way. If you haven’t seen them already, check them out! The title picture was taken on road, getting [...]

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The winter is over, it’s time for the car wash!

March 26, 2012
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This is one of my easiest projects, but one of my favorites. It turned out a beautiful piece not only good for a diorama but also great as a decoration piece. I  just love the way it looks on my desk next to my computer and enjoy every day looking at it. Here you see the [...]

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3 cool antiques I picked lately – radio, television and typewriter

March 22, 2012
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As might have already realized this blog is not only about model cars but about all stuff we are passionate about, and yes model cars and dioramas are somehow the epicenter of this passion but if have been following us for a while now you must have realized that it does not end there. Well, [...]

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62 Ford Ranchero Beater – 1/25 Scale from AMT

March 17, 2012
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I’ve built this one a long time ago. It was just a quick build. I was thinking for a while if this build was worth a blog post – and today I thought: although it isn’t one of the greatest builds around, maybe it can be of some inspiration for some of you. This model [...]

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