February 2012

Argentina Road Trip – Toy Museum

February 28, 2012
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I took some time off in January and made a road trip through Argentina, including the northern part of Patagonia, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. All in all, it was a 5555.3 km or 3459.1 miles long ride and I don’t regret any little bit (actually, I want more road trips!). It was awesome. The first stop [...]

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Ford Taurus, you’re in the army now! – The 24 hs of Le Junk #2 [video]

February 22, 2012
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Turning one of the most boring kits ever into something cool can also be a challenge. The Ford Taurus was released several times by AMT/Ertl during the past 20 years. My brother got this kit as part of a big deal including many kits. Initially he did not know what to with this one. It [...]

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Funny road signs across Argentina

February 20, 2012
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I already told you about my trip across the patagonia. Well, on the way I’ve not only met family, friends, junk cars and cows but also a few curious road signs that I want to share with you now. It seems like when you drive off the cliff here, you have to jump out of [...]

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Dodge Monaco Dukes of Hazzard Roco`s Police Car by MPC – Kit Review

February 11, 2012
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I bought this kit as a Christmas present for my brother – who always got just shirts, socks and scarfs and was finally hoping for the rest of us to think of something else (hands up if you feel the same). This is one of the kits I always wanted to buy but still passed [...]

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Grandpa’s 1942 WWII Chevrolet G506 / GMC Tow Truck – junker

February 7, 2012
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How this 1942 Chevrolet G506 army truck from WWII ended up in our grandpa’s junkyard in Argentina we’ll probably never know. One thing is for sure, it was a cool truck. It was functioning and our grandpa build a tow truck out of it for the junkyard. As I told you before, I used to [...]

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Gas Pumps for Old Barn Gas Station Project

February 3, 2012
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  As I’m making a gas station, I think it is about time to start with the gas pumps and do some styrene work besides all the woodwork I’m doing, right? I stared by printing the scaled templates out of the bonus material coming with our book “Gas Pump – Making a Gas Pump model [...]

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Grandpa’s old Fords – 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937

February 1, 2012
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Our grandpa was a great Ford T fan. The Ford T was by far one of his favorite cars, together with the ’39 Chevrolet. He used to tell us lots of funny stories about the first motorized days. I wish I could travel back in time to have fun with those cars with him. He [...]

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