Seb Perez

Visiting the DAF Museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

April 20, 2013
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Last week my brother Iggy came to visit me. We decided to went to the DAF Museum, in Eindhoven. The DAF museum is small but very nice. The collection is well presented. You have not only cars and trucks, but also real size recreations of the old factory, the directors office and even a small […]

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Great guys, great model cars

March 29, 2013
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Two weeks ago I went to Jabbeke’s model car show “On The Road”. I met lots of great guys over there and I dare to ask some of them if they would agree with taking pictures of their models on my gas station. They are all really friendly guys, so they accepted. The cars were […]

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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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Grundig 3D TV – Scale model display case – Step 2: Display interior and screen

March 23, 2013
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Here is the second step in the process of making a 3D TV scale model display case. This time is not about thinking “out of the box” but thinking about “the box inside the box”. I want to use the 3D TV to display other dioramas, so I decided to make interchangeable diorama boxes. After […]

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On The Road 2013 – Jabbeke, Belgium – International civil vehicle model show

March 19, 2013
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Last weekend I went to the international civil vehicle model show “On The Road” in Jabbeke, Belgium. It was a great opportunity to personally meet lots of great model builders that I have only seen online until now. Many of them were present with their own scale models, others came as visitors.   The organizers […]

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Grundig 3D TV – Scale model display case – Step 1: TV disassembly

March 11, 2013
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A while back I bought an old Grundig TV Super Color 1630 from 1976. I already knew what I wanted to do with it but I wanted to keep it secret. Here is the first part of the process, disassembling and cleaning the old television set. I’ve been reading online about dissembling old television sets and I learned […]

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See you at the international exposition of scale models of civil vehicles in Jabbeke, Belgium, March 16 & 17

March 7, 2013
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I’m getting my stiff ready to go to Jabbeke’s international exposition of civil vehicles in Belgium, next weekend, (March 16 & 17). I think it is going to be a great time to meet many of you in person after so much “digital” exchange. For more info about the show check the event’s official website. […]

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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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Dutch Mc Dondald’s restaurant design inspired by first Mc Donald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois.

February 20, 2013
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A few weeks ago, Iggy was visiting me in The netherlands and we just went for a short ride to visit this new Mc Donald’s restaurant. The architecture is inspired by the first Mc Donald’s restaurant, located in Des Plaines Illinois. Although everything looks very retro, it was very surprising to see the new ultra […]

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The Jeep estanciera in Argentina – Willys Jeep Station Wagon

January 20, 2013
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I actually had totally forgotten the Jeep Estanciera until I was taking pictures at “Desarmadero El Nene” in Urdinarrain, Entre Rios, Argentina. There were lots of them resting there. I remebered also that one of my grandpa’s used to own one. If I recall correctly it was his first brand new car. After that, in […]

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European cars in Argentina during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s

January 18, 2013
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Ford was one of the first car industries to settle down in Argentina during the 1920s. We can say that during the first half of the 20th century, the market was primarily dominated by american car companies. During the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s european car companies became a serious competitor for the americans in Argentina. […]

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Happy new year 2013!

January 1, 2013
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2012 was a great year and we want to thank you all for the great feedback via our blog, email, social media, etc. We wish you all a great new year 2013! During 2013 the passion will continue, with lots of great new ideas that we’ll be sharing with you on our blog and newsletter. We […]

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Pickups from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s in Argentina

December 26, 2012
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In one of my previous posts I shared with you many pics of early century pickups, Fords and Chevys. Now I’ve been organizing my 400+ pictures from my trip to Argentina and I have more stuff to share with you. This time pickups from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. By the ’60s and 70’s, there […]

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Old Ford and Chevrolet pickups from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s at “Desarmadero El Nene” (junkyard The Child) in Argentina

December 19, 2012
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Oscar, the owner of Junkyard El Nene, has a great variety of cars in his junkyard. What caught my attention the most, were the great amount of pre-war pickups.   Of course, there are many A Fords, but some of them I can not identify. I guess most of them were not pickups initially, but […]

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The Ford Falcon in Argentina – Lots of survivors still around.

December 16, 2012
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The Ford Falcon was one of the most successful cars in the argentine car history, and that can be clearly seen on the streets. With 466,796 units made it was one of the most produced cars in Argentina. The car was produced from 1962 to 1991, a total of 19 years.  Six restyling were made […]

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Junkyard “The Child” (Desarmadero El Nene) in Urdinarrain Entre Ríos, Argentina

December 13, 2012
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Last week I went to one of the most unique junkyards in Argentina. A junkyard called “The child” (desarmadero el nene). This junkyard is located in Urdinarrain in the province of Entre Rios, only 280 km away from Buenos Aires. The owner, Oscar, is a very friendly guy with a deep passion for classic cars, […]

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Vintage Texaco commercials [videos]

December 6, 2012

Youtube is really a great place for every vintage/antiques fan. Without youtube we would never have access to thousands and thousands of hours of vintage footage, recorded by lots of people on tape over the decades. Now, lots of tapes are being discovered, digitized and uploaded. That’s why every now and then I love to […]

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South-American Pickers – Antiques dealers in Buenos Aires

December 2, 2012
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Argentina, and specially Buenos Aires, has a huge antiques Market. One of the advantages of Argentina is that many areas of the countryside are still “unexplored” and therefore there are still many hidden treasures out there. From classic cars to vintage gas station signs. Many of the discovered treasures end up in “San Telmo” a […]

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Welcome to Buenos Aires – The junker’s city

November 30, 2012
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Welcome to Buenos Aires, my city! The city where I was born and raised. Buenos Aires is one of the biggest cities in Latin America and as such, it is place where you can find almost everything, even junk cars parked around. If you live in a big city in Europe or the U.S. and […]

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Seeburg 1000 background music system from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s

November 27, 2012
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I love everything vintage and music is no exception. The other day I was looking for new background music for my videos and casually found the “Seeburg 1000” background music system. I don’t live in the US and I’m not old enough either to know the Seeburg 1000 system. Although very old, it’s totally new […]

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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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Professional use of junk model cars in Pimp My Ride promos [videos]

November 6, 2012
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I was having a look at the portfolio of a friend on behance.net when I suddenly came across this great promotion videos for the world famous series “Pimp My Ride” where they used model cars to make the videos. The result is great, and the usage of the forced perspective shots is just perfect combining […]

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Form our Reades – Victor Ortiz’s pocher 1/8 scale ’32 Alfa Romeo junker and project car

October 31, 2012
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If you like a model kit and can not decide how to build it, then buy a second kit and build both options such as Victor did with Pocher’s 1/8 scale 1932 Alfa Romeo Spyder Touring Gran Sport (Pocher K73) Restoration project diorama 1/8 scale – 1932 Alfa Romeo Spyder This diorama has won the […]

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air [6] – Engine details [video]

October 21, 2012
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We are slowly approaching the end of this project. Beeing it a 1/16 scale model I decided to add as much detail to the engine as possible. The first thing you’ll normally do is search for images online. Of course that’s always a great resource. But sometimes I just couldn’t find THE picture I was […]

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