Iggy Perez

New England’s Rusted Gems – Pics By Bruce

November 13, 2011
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Since we started with Modeljunkyard and specially with this blog, we got to know many new people who share the same passion for cars, and in many cases, junk cars. Bruce has been sharing his pics with me a while now and now, I want to share them with the rest of you.   This […]

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AMT 55 Chevy Pickup – Street Machine Beater

November 4, 2011
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The first time I saw this kit was a real long time ago. My brother and I were still teenagers. We had picked the kit in one of our favorites stores back then. At home, we were really amazed about it. My brother built that one pretty much the same as shown on the box. […]

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AMT’s Studebaker Avanti 1/25

October 21, 2011
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Although this kit isn’t the most modern one and the car isn’t the most “muscle-like” one, I sill thing it is kind of special – both as a kit and as car. For the junker fans: this car has a fiber glass body, so hold back your junk model car weathering here The body is […]

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Jerry’s Resin Realm – Find almost any car you can imagine

October 1, 2011
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One day, surfing the net, I found a forum discussion about resin bodies from somewhere called Resin Realm by Jerry. As I visited the site, I was stunned! Jerry has a variety of bodies that could make any junkyard diorama look like out of this world! Let me show you a few examples:   This is a […]

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1/25 Revell – 1957 Chevy 150 Utility Sedan & BlackWidow Race Car

September 23, 2011
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This kit is labeled “Special Edition Series”. And in comparison with the average scale kit, this one is surely special. I wanted to buy since I first saw it! This kit features a 150 Chevy Utlity Sedan (which you can also build as the Black Widow Stock Car). The 150 Chevy Utility Sedan – also called Handyman […]

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Making a Scale Model Display out of Old Bumper Parts

September 9, 2011
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As you know from the posts related to the Gas Station, the Mustang Triplet Project and others, my brother visited me for a Modeljunkyard Week in summer. We had quite a few busy days and to take a rest from all the model building and photo shootings, my brother started to put a display out […]

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Texaco Gas Station photo shooting in Switzerland [3rd location]

September 3, 2011
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One of the best features of this photo shooting is the waterfall you see on the upper left of the title pic. I see that waterfall everyday while driving back from work. My brother Seb was totally amazed about it. Thanks to the rainy days before the photo shooting, there was more than enough water […]

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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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Mustang Triplet Project – DONE

July 26, 2011
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My brother came over to visit to work on Modeljunkyard. We have just finished our projects, mine was the Mustangs. The idea behind this project was to build one brand new Mustang, one used (slightly weathered) and one junker (heavily weathered). The first Mustang above is the junker (I guess you noticed). One special feature […]

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64 Mustang Convertible Tripplet Project & some building tips

July 10, 2011
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  So, I’ve started this projet yesterday. It is about building three “almost” identical Mustangs. This project is based on the 64 1/2 Mustang Kit from Revell Monogram (I wrote a review on this kit a while ago). While building this kit, I realized some things that you may want to pay attention to. Generally, […]

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57 Ford Fairlane 500 Junker – Some Building Tips

June 25, 2011
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Those who have been following us for a while now may know this build. In this post, I want to give you some new insights of this junk model car – so if I already told you about it, it is still worth it to read this post! The scale model was inspired by a […]

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Mack R685ST AMT 1/25 Kit Review

June 11, 2011
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This is a nice AMT Kit, with a few extras but no big surprises. I tried to figure out which year this truck could be, but Mack manufactured pretty much the same R685ST for several years (at least mid seventies to mid eighties) – so I couldn’t find out the year this truck is supposed […]

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Free Tutorial: Making Road Signs

May 28, 2011
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I was on the phone with my brother the other day and he said something like: “would be cool to write a tutorial on how to make road signs out of soda cans”. I was so amazed about the idea, that I couldn’t let it wait more – so I started to experiment. The process […]

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1/24 Barn Instructions: Progress

May 22, 2011
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Many of you know that we are working on a few other projects right now, and many of you may know that one of them is a 1/24 or 1/25 scale barn for a junkyard diorama. It can also be used a a small diorama element too. After our first experiences with the Underhaulin and […]

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58 Chevy Impala Revell Lowrider Series 1/25

April 23, 2011
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As the title says, this is a lowrider kit. Hoever, you can build the car stock too. Although there are some low rider kits around, they aren’t that many, so this may be great feature to build this kit or to take parts for kit bashing. But that is not the only thing that makes […]

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36 Ford Hot Rod Junker 1/25 scale from AMT

April 17, 2011
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This 36 Ford is based on the 3-in-1 AMT kit many of you know. It took me some time to figure out how I wanted to build this car – specially while thinking about the question “fenders / no fenders”. I went for “no fenders”, as you can see. I saved the fenders for the […]

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Collector’s Kit: 54, 55 and 57 Chevy Revell HOTROD Series

April 8, 2011
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As the name tells you, you get three classic chevys in one box – now, if that isn’t already a good start!! And wait for the rest to come! Although you may not find this kit very often (it was made in 1985), I thought of making a review anyway – just because this kit […]

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1948 Ford Convertible Junker Model – Barn Find

March 19, 2011
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I built this car a long while ago, after pausing it for almost a year. I had started this junker but it was let undone in a box, forgotten. After I re-started it, I had a “barn find kind of build” in mind, as if someone would have just found it and pumped air in […]

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Hot Rod Poetry – When car had fins

March 11, 2011
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If you don’t know this guy, then you have been missing something! Richard Peek (rpeek on youtube) has been posting some great videos on youtube about his music, his projects and his love for good old cars. This video is a slide show of some cool rides with a poem written by him and recited […]

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64 Ford Mustang Convertible 1/25 from Revell Monogram

March 4, 2011
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I love this kit. Not only because it is 64 Ford Mustang, which is my favorite car, but also because of the kit itself. First of all, the box is just awesome. It comes in a full color sheet metal box. The box alone, with the art work on top, is already worth the purchase. […]

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Modeljunkyard on Motor Maniacs / Modeljunkyard auf Motor Maniacs

February 16, 2011
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ENGLISH Last Friday I went to the news stand and got the latest issue of one my favorites magazines: Motor Maniacs. It is a German publication about Oldtimers, Youngtimers, Custom Cars and all styles related to that. Every two months a new issue comes out packed with awesome pics and stories about cool cars and […]

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56 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria 1/25 from AMT

February 11, 2011
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The Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria surely is a charming car. You know by now that this car means something to us at Modeljunkyard. My brother wrote about his real 55 Vicky some time ago.  Now it is time to check out the kit. This kit is one of AMT’s finest, in my opinion. It has […]

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63 Chevy Nova 1/25 from Trumpeter

January 20, 2011
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I bough this kit back in 2004 and it was one of the biggest surprises I ever had with a model kit. I didn’t know much about Trumpeter. They used to make airplanes and other military model kits, that was all I knew. This kit is one of the few cars they made so far. The […]

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1960 Junkyard Dog Chevy Pick up

January 8, 2011
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I bough this model as part of a lot on ebay. I had to unpaint it before staring with it (see how to restore a in this post). The idea was to build this pick up truck as a junkyard dog – or maybe a beat up farmer pick up, likes those I saw every […]

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