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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#2 front grill] [video]

May 15, 2012
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Here is the second part of Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor in 1/25 scale. This time I’m adding more detail to the front grill. First of all i had to cut the gas tank, hood and front grill in separate pieces as they were molded all together in one piece. Soon after starting cutting and [...]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#1 crawler tracks] [video]

April 17, 2012
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If your favorite scale is 1/25 and you were looking for a tractor, you might have already noticed that there are not so many options available. Most of the farm and land machinery scale models are available rather in smaller (1/32) or bigger (1/16) scales. Not so long ago I was looking for scale models [...]

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Recycling soup cans for vintage oil can replicas [How to & oil can template for download]

April 3, 2012
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A few weeks ago, we still had freezing weather here in The Netherlands. Following the dutch tradition we were eating tomato soup in the evening. While eating my soup I thought, hey! why not making a vintage oil can replica out of the coup cans? Said, done! I took measurements of the cans, designed the [...]

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The winter is over, it’s time for the car wash!

March 26, 2012
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This is one of my easiest projects, but one of my favorites. It turned out a beautiful piece not only good for a diorama but also great as a decoration piece. I  just love the way it looks on my desk next to my computer and enjoy every day looking at it. Here you see the [...]

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Ford Taurus, you’re in the army now! – The 24 hs of Le Junk #2 [video]

February 22, 2012
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Turning one of the most boring kits ever into something cool can also be a challenge. The Ford Taurus was released several times by AMT/Ertl during the past 20 years. My brother got this kit as part of a big deal including many kits. Initially he did not know what to with this one. It [...]

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’32 Ford Rat Rod – The 24 hs of Le Junk #1 [video]

January 29, 2012
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Our first Episode of “The 24 hours of Le Junk” is finally here! Iggy has boxes and boxes full of parts, incomplete kits, etc. A real junkyard in scale. We decided to make something out of it and picked a few pieces for this rat rod. Then we thought, why not making it also in [...]

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air [4] – Engine details

August 8, 2011
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Last week I continued adding a few details to the engine. After painting I started wiring the engine and detailing the carburetor. The easiest way to attach the cables was to drill little holes on the distributor and the engine block. I used an old telephone wire to do the wire. For the black plugs [...]

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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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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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Tokheim 39 – Gas Pump scratch build scale model

March 24, 2011
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I don’t know why I always had a fascination for gas pumps, specially old and rusted ones. I originally wanted to build a 1:1 scale replica, but not having enough time and tools to do it, the project was frozen. Many years later, when starting our junkyard diorama project, I decided I must had a gas [...]

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How to make doors open and close

December 30, 2010
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I made an ebook some time ago on request of one of your customers, showing how to make doors open and some more details too. The PDF is available for free to our newsletter subscribers. Subscribe to the newsletter for this, other free ebooks and discounts on our products! Besides showing how to make the door [...]

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How to make rust

December 10, 2010
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One important part of junk model cars is the rust. I use three different techniques for the different kinds of rust and weathering effects you may find on real junk cars. One of them is based on real rust powder that I make by myself.  You can use this rust to make the car look [...]

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Book on model car weathering

November 18, 2010
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After the great success with the eBook ‘Underhaulin – How to make a junk model car’, we decided to publish it as a real printed book version of Underhaulin featuring all the basics on how to build a junk model car. Check it out here. This book features over 60 pictures explaining how to make [...]

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Restore wasted model cars

November 7, 2010
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Shoot! That painjob turned out a real mess! What to do now? Throw the model away, put it on ebay for a buck, finish it as-is and live with it? No way! Life is all about second chances! And so it is with model cars. The trick is called “caustic soda” also known as lye or [...]

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