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Monument Valley Diorama – Roswell incident & Classic cars

November 8, 2014
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On my previous post I already shared with you some pictures about the making and delivery of the king-bed sized monument valley diorama. On this post I want to share with you more cool pictures of this very singular project. Monument Valley Diorama – The Roswell incident scenario One of HorizonHobby‘s request was to create some kind […]

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HorizonHobby ‘s monument valley diorama for MediaMarkt

November 6, 2014
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Several weeks ago I was contacted by HorizonHobby with a very unusual request: Building a monument valley diorama in king bed size (2×2 meter or 76×76 inches) with a mountain in the middle (80 cm/31 inches high). Those of you that have been following our blog for a while now know that I always embark in every […]

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Dioramas at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [6]

March 27, 2014
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I love diorama’s and I’m happy I had the opportunity to see some great stuff at Jabbeke this year. From modern to vintage, all themes were present. It’s a shame that dioramas are no that common among model car enthusiasts. I wish we had a strong diorama culture like the  war vehicle guys! As always, […]

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Grundig 3D TV – Scale model display case – Step 3: Barn find & American Pickers diorama

March 26, 2013
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This is the third and last step of the 3D TV display case project. As I already mentioned on my last post, I wanted to make a barn find and “American Pickers” diorama. American Pickers is one of my favorites TV shows, on History Channel. If you know that my grandpa used to be also […]

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Old Gas Station Diorama – #5 & #6 – Vintage furniture and Oil Rack – Styrene scratch building [blueprints + video]

February 22, 2013
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I’m making progress building the details of my gas station diorama, this time the office furniture and an old oil rack. All pieces seem more complicated than they really are. It took me only a few hours to complete all pieces (3 chairs, one table, one oil rack). The most difficult part is bending the […]

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Beyond the hobby – Professional use of dioramas and scale models in Hollywood and advertising

November 14, 2012
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The other day I came across this great examples of professional scale models. Scale models are mostly known as a hobby or as a presentation object used mostly by architects and designers, but in fact, there are lots of situations where using scale models can offer great results compared to other options. I love to […]

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From our Readers – Victor Ortiz’s 1/43 and 1/12 scale dioramas

September 18, 2012
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Victor Ortiz is one of our readers from Mexico. He have been building scale models and dioramas for almost all his life and has an extensive model car collection. He recently shared some of his work with us. As he builds in many different scales You’ll find from 1/8 scale highly detailed cars to 1/43 […]

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From our Readers – Rods Dioramas

September 11, 2012
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Rod, from Australia, sent me some pics from his dioramas. His stuff is really great! Specially his pictures are really cool, check them out! Rod got inspired by our Texaco Gas Station diorama and built himself one. Not only he paid attention to many usual details, like the ice fridge or the coke machine but […]

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Old Gas Station Diorama – #4 Pylon Sign – Styrene scratch building [video]

September 7, 2012
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This time I’ll be adding a nice detail to the Gas Station Diorama: a pylon sign. Somehow I love pylon signs and neon signs. There will be more signs coming in the future. That’s for sure! Anyway, here you have a few pictures of the sign, but I recommend you to watch the video to […]

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From our Readers – Doug Wilson’s 1:10 scale Radio Control outdoor diorama will blow your mind!

September 4, 2012
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We love to stay in touch with our readers. Doug Wilson is one of our truest followers. He is not only a passionate scale model builder, but also a radio control fan. He combined all his passions in building his great -one of a kind- 1:10 scale outdoor diorama called: Wolf Creek Radio Control Scale […]

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Old Gas Station Diorama – #3 Garage doors hinges [video]

August 23, 2012
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One more and last step to make the garage doors: the hinges. The challenge here is handling the small pieces, the accuracy needed in order to make the hinges work properly and look right, and finally the amount of hinges you’ll need. Take it easy and try first making a few hinges before making the […]

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Old Gas Station Diorama – #2 Garage doors tracks [video]

August 20, 2012
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Here I’m again with more details on how to build your vintage gas station diorama. This time it’s about the tracks for the overhead garage door. This looks more complicated than it really is. If you watch the video carefully a few times you’ll realize it’s only a few steps and only a few pieces. […]

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Old Gas Station Diorama – #1 Garage doors [video]

August 9, 2012
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Hello guys, a few weeks ago we released our new ebook on hot to build an old gas station diorama from scratch. Now I’m working on the bonus material with more info and tips on how to build many details of the diorama. On this video you’ll see how to build the garage door panels […]

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Merry Christmas – Awesome Diorama with tricks

December 25, 2011
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Merry Christmas, specially for those of you celebrating these days! Besides merry wishes, I would like to show you this awesome “Christas Diorama” I found some weeks ago and share with you some of the tricks this smart builder made (this is not our work)   How about this tree? Check it out and have […]

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ModelJunkyard with the Texaco diorama on MotorManiacs Magazine #12

November 21, 2011
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  [English] As you already know, Motor-Maniacs is our favorite german Magazine. The cool thing about this magazine is that they are really open minded and that they respect all kinds of car related passions. From the hardcore traditional Hot-Rod Scene to the low budget guy driving a european classic car including the perfectionist restorer. This […]

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The Old Barn Diorama – Finished project!

October 29, 2011
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Here it is! It took lots of work, but we finally did it! Finishing this project has been a new milestone for me. The barn find is one of the greatest dreams for any classic car fanatic like us. I always thought, an Old Barn model is a MUST-HAVE. I think I prefer to let the […]

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Easy Rider – 1969 – Lot’s of diorama inspiration [the full movie]

October 15, 2011
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The other day I was looking for a few cool scenes of classic movies such as “Bullit”, “60 Seconds”, “Dirty Harry” and many others and casually I found Easy Rider on YouTube, not only a few scenes, but the full length movie. The movie is a road trip classic and is full of inspiring scenes […]

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Our latest projects are taking shape – Gas Station diorama

August 1, 2011
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Hey guys! Last week my brother and I met to finish some of our latest projects. On the one hand, I was working on the triplet Mustang project and on the other hand my brother was working on the TEXACO gas station diorama. We also took some time to build a “one day rat rod” […]

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1/24 Junkyard diorama project

February 4, 2011
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As you might already have realized by now, we are really passionate about junk cars, junkyards and everything that looks old and rusty. One of our greatest dreams is to own a junkyard full of great classic cars… but how do you do that when you live and work in a big city and you […]

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YPSI-ARBOR BOWL Sign – Vintage neon sign [blueprints]

May 29, 2014
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The YPSI-ARBOR Bowl Sign is not only a great vintage neon sign, but it became hot news as it went up for auction when the YPSI-ARBOR lanes closed on May 2011 after 40 years in business. The auction became even more popular as Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, famous for their TV show “American Pickers“,  expressed interest […]

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Vintage gas station turned into a junkyard in Bernardo Larroude, La Pampa, Argentina

April 25, 2014
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During my recent holidays in Argentina we went to visit our grandma on the countryside. On the way we made a short stop to take some pictures of this vintage gas station turned into a junkyard (desarmadero), tire repair shop (gomería) and garage (taller). As it’s normal in Argentina, I’ve found an interesting mix of […]

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American Cars at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [1]

March 17, 2014
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Last weekend I went to Jabbeke’s model car show. The show takes place every year in Jabbeke (near Brugge) in Belgium. The show is getting bigger each year and the location is just great, a very modern sports centre, big enough to house this great event. The organizers are really friendly people, it’s always a […]

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Vintage soda crate templates [ download ] Scales 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:16, 1:18, 1:25, 1:32, 1:43, 1:64, 1:87

January 18, 2014
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Some of you have been asking several times for the soda crate templates that I announce many months ago in my post on making the 3D-TV Scale Model Display Barn Find Diorama. Making this templates took me several days of full time work (I would say at least a week). I searched and selected approximately […]

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’64 Chevy Pickup Fleetside – Revell kit – doors [1]

January 13, 2014
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After a break of several weeks, I’m back. This time with a new (sub)project which will be part of the farm diorama I’m working on. This is going to be an old farm pickup, based on a ’64 Chevy C10 Pickup Fleetside in 1:25 scale from Revell. I decided to improve many things on this kit, […]

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