Iggy Perez

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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School Bus Inspiration

November 20, 2012
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I’ve seen this school bus some weeks ago close to where I live. I must say, that we don’t see much of these busses around here. So it was surely quite a surprise. My brother and I have talked about this topic for a while. We think it should be very well possible to scratch […]

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1956 Ford Sunliner – Glenn Fireball Roberts – Weathered

November 10, 2012
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So, I think this is it. I’ve finished the 1956 Ford Fairlane Sunliner driven by Glenn Fireball Roberts. The weathering is done, I’ve added the ropes holding the hood and the trunk lid and finished some details. All in all, I’m happy with the car. Some  other details I’ve added are the brakets holding the […]

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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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57 Black Widow Weathering Done and 56 Sunliner Fireball Roberts Decals Done

October 26, 2012
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This is the final lap, ladies and gentlemen! I’ve finally finished the weathering on the 57 Black Widow. One important detail on this build is the driver’s door. It has suffered a small racing crash and I tried to add some fresh scratching there. I actually painted over the paint and the decal. Another option would […]

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57 Chevy Black Widow Stock Car – Decals on and some weathering tests

October 12, 2012
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I’ve been working again on the Black Widow. It doesn’t seem like much work has been done, but if you see in detail, there is indeed some progress compared to the last post about the Black Widow. I’ve placed all the chromed parts and trims. Not only that, I’ve been working on the decals as […]

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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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Fireball Robert’s 56 Sunliner Update

September 30, 2012
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I took time this weekend to dedicate some attention to Fireball’s ride. The Sunliner is taking shape and I have finished basically all the big work – now it is time for the details. As you may see on the pic above, I took the chance to correct one thing. At first the car had […]

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57 Chevy Black Widow and 56 Ford Sunliner Fireball Roberts

September 14, 2012
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It has been a while since I’ve last posted something about these two racers. As you may remember from the previous posts, I had some trouble with the 1957 Chevrolet Black Widow. I had a small accident that ruined the whole paint and I had to start all over again. The paint looks pretty neat […]

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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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Kit Review – 1959 Ford Fairlane Skyliner by Revell in 1/25 scale

September 1, 2012
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I remember that my brother bought this very same kit a long time ago (15 years ago, I guess). It was an antique kit, the box was actually smaller than this re-edition for Revell 50th anniversary. I saw the re issue one day while checking out the local hobby store and bought it… just because […]

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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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Kit Review – Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

August 18, 2012
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The real car was actually based on a Formula 1 car from the 50s – not on the well known 300 SL. It was specially developed for racing in the 1956 season, but it never came to the tracks. As it seems, the reason why it is called “Uhlenhaut” is because the designer back then […]

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Fireball Roberts 56 Fairlane Sunliner

August 5, 2012
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You may know that I had a little accident with the paint of the 57 Chevy Black Widow. So, I decided to move on with the 56 Sunliner driven by Glenn Fireball Roberts. As you can see on the title pic, I painted the body as well as most of the parts. I fitted the […]

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Summer Sun and Old Cars

July 31, 2012
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Some weeks ago, I went to this classic cars meeting close to where I live. It was a nice warm day, perfect to check out some old cars! This Volkswagen Rat Rod is rather unusual in this area and therefore really special. It was one of two rat rods in this meeting.   This was […]

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Gauges for your dashboard

July 22, 2012
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As you know, we are working on two Stock Cars from the 50s – the 1957 Chevrolet Black Widow and the 1955 Ford Fairlane Sunliner driven by Fireball Roberts. While working on the 57 Black Widow, I scratched built a small panel for the auxiliary gauges (as seen on the the Black Widows from that […]

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Kit Review – 55 Chrysler 300 Tim Flock’s Stock Car by Moebius Models

July 8, 2012
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I’ve never shown you a kit by Moebious Models before. I’m sure many of you have seen them and even built them already. Still, I wanted to catch up with that this time. I picked the 1955 Chrysler Stock Car driven by Tim Flock. You can also buy this kit as a regular street car. […]

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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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57 Chevy Black Widow – Fuel Lines, Chasis and Interior

June 23, 2012
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Revell did a great job on this kit, but once you get started, you can see that there is so much more you can do while building the 57 Black Widow Stock Car. On the last post, I’ve shown you some home made details for the Fireball Robert’s Fairlane engine. I used the same details […]

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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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Kit Review – Dodge LT 700 & Ford 40 Coupe

June 10, 2012
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I bought this kit for my brother as a Christmas present last year. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect, but the kit wasn’t really expensive anyway – 23 USD is just a little more than a single car kit and we are talking about a truck, a semi and a car here. […]

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Kit Review – Lindberg Ford Model T Pickup

June 5, 2012
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I bought this kit pretty much blind from a catalogue. There wasn’t much information there other than it was a Model T pickup and in scale 1/24. The reason I wanted a Model T Pickup was because of the one Model T in my Grandpa’s junkyard. I loved that little truck (there is a picture […]

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Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane – Engine Details Home Made

May 25, 2012
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As I’ve told you some weeks ago, we started working on this double project to make a DVD out of it. The idea is to show you how to build classic stock cars. We got inspired by Revell’s Black Widow kit – but that wasn’t enough. Although the kit is great, you can still make […]

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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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