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From our readers – Civil (hot) vehicles by Hakan Guney

April 19, 2014
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In my previous post I already told you about Hakan Guney’s work. It was too much stuff to squeeze into one post, so here you have more. I’m sure you didn’t have enough, right? Among his most “traditional” civil vehicles, you’ll find 2 great hot rods: a ’27 Ford and a ’36 Ford Coupe . Another great project is […]

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From our readers – Doomsday vehicles by Hakan Guney

April 4, 2014
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The other day I just discovered Hakan Guney’s work. I was stunned by the high quality of his models, the realistic details and the doomsday phantasy vehicles. He aloud me to post some of his work on our blog. Thank you Hakan! If you go through his entire blog (which I did) you’ll soon find […]

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From our Readers – Gerhard and Tom

May 25, 2013
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One of our readers, Gerhard, follows us from South Africa. He sent me a few lines some time ago, along with some pics of this build. It is a Ford 5 Window Coupe by Revell. As Gerhard explains, the car is built mostly out of the box, but with some modifications such as the chopped […]

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From our Readers – Mark and John

February 26, 2013
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I really like this Model T. It reminds me of that old Model T pickup at my grandpa´s junkyard back in the day when my brother and I were kids. It looks like the AMT kit i recently reviewed. I can’t wait to build this as a junker too!  I like the way Mark made […]

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From our Readers – Eric, Joos, Paul and Rod

February 2, 2013
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As you know, you can always send us your best pics showing us your builds. From time to time, we post them here for all the other readers to see what others are building. The title picture is from a build by Eric. I loved that picture the moment I saw it. The set up […]

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From our Readers – Hal

November 23, 2012
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A while ago, Hal sent me some pics of his work. I was quite impressed about how diverse his models are! The title pic is a Ford Woody he built – he calls it Grannies Ride. That isn’t the only woody he has built. The one above has quite some serious scratch building, as well […]

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From our Readers Cliff and Joan

November 7, 2012
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Cliff sent me some pics of his Rat Rod Cadillac Town Car. I was really impressed about the look of this ride. I guess what I liked the most were the welding seams on the roof from chopping it. The military details are pretty cool! Check out the shovel. The color of the chasis makes a great […]

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From our readers – Rob and Claudio

October 9, 2012
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This time, I want to show the work of two of our readers. The first one is Rob. He wrote me a while ago, showing me his 70 Dodge Challenger. A real junker! I must say I was totally impressed with his work. On the pic above, you can see that Rob really put attention […]

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From our Readers – Denny, Clayton and Kerry

September 27, 2012
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Denny sent us a sample of his racers – all junked. Really cool work! I liked the one covered – it has some kind of “barn find” spirit… if you know what I mean – could be a great theme for an old school stock car.   Clayton sent me an email a while ago […]

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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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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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From our Readers – John and Marc

August 28, 2012
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  In this post, I will show you the work of two of our readers: John and Marc. To start with, I would like to show you John’s wooden gas station. He likes visible gas pumps. as he told me. He used one he purchased for this diorama, and weathered it himself to make to […]

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From our Readers – Kerry’s Racers

July 3, 2012
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You know how we like junkers and rusty scale models! We also like old school race cars, as you may have noticed from our latest combined project: the 56 Sunliner from Fireball Roberts and the 57 Chevy Black Widow. Well, Kerry got both topics into one build with this 57 Ford. As he explained to […]

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From our Readers – Robert and Roland

June 19, 2012
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  Robert sent me an email not so long ago, asking if I had a hint on how to make a vinyl top. I wrote back, saying that he should try the good old masking tape trick. So he did, and I must say, he did it great! He first shared this pic with me […]

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From our readers – Marco’s 1/16 1917 Fordson Model F tractor

June 1, 2012
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It’s only about us in this blog, but also about you, the readers. Marco, from France, has been working on his 1/16 1917 Fordson Model F diecast tractor (Universal Hobbies) and made a terrific job rusting and weathering the model. He removed the paint with stripper, applied Sophisticated finishes for the rust and a few pigments […]

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From our Readers – Yannick, Vincent and John

May 22, 2012
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On the title pic you can see Yannick’s Ford 32 Rat Rod. As Yannick explained me, he started with a Revell kit, but did a lot of kit bashing and scratch building himself. To make the ride real low, he scratch built the chasis. Note the details in the engine: the cables and the exhaust […]

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

May 8, 2012
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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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Vintage farm & aermotor windmill • Molino de viento y casa de campo

September 26, 2013
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[ENGLISH] I grew up in the center of Buenos Aires a multi million inhabitant city, but every holiday I used to visit my family on the countryside, in La Pampa province. It was always great to switch from the stressful and noisy metropolis to the quite and relaxed countryside. Old readers of this blog already […]

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Antique Machinery Junkyard by Tom

February 12, 2013
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One of your readers, Tom, sent me a lot of pics of a junkyard close to where he lives. Thanks Tom! I would like to share these pics with you. I personally like the title picture a lot! In Tom’s own words: “These were used to plow fields as well as power other machinery like […]

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1/25 1937 Studebaker Bus Resin Kit

January 9, 2013
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One of our readers, Tom, sent me some pics of this Studebaker bus from 1937 as a 1/25 scale resin body. As Tom says, the kit includes the body, complete interior with seats and dash plus headlights and frame – but no window glass. The moulding looks pretty good – but that logo on the fron […]

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Coolest reality show ever! Desert Car Kings on Discovery Channel

June 5, 2011
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On our ModelJunkyard blog we want to share with you not only model car related stuff, but our complete passion and lifestyle, what we do every day, things that we find here and there that we enjoy and know you, our readers, will like, like this new Discovery Channel reality show: “Desert Car Kings” Today on […]

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