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26th Vintage machine show – Historische Machineclub Kempen, Belgium

August 25, 2014
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Yesterday we went to the 26th edition of Kempen’s vintage machine show. This show takes place every year at the old military airport “Vliegveld Weelde” in Turnhout, Belgium. It’s difficult to estimate how many tractors and vehicles were present, but believe me the show is HUGE. Several hundred vehicles are there every year, most of […]

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3 Vintage Neon Sign Blueprints that you have to see!

June 5, 2014
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Lately I’ve been working on various sets of Vintage Neon Sign Blueprints. This blueprints are available as PDF-files in two paper sizes: DIN-A4 and US-Letter. You can also choose between the most common modeling scales: 1/18, 1/25, 1/32, 1/43, 1/64 and 1/87. Each set of blueprints includes: Front view Back view Side views 3D drawings Graphics […]

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Kustom Kulture Forever Show 2014 – BIKES [100+ pics ]

May 31, 2014
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On my previous post I published all car pictures from the Kustom Kulture Forever 2014 show. Now here you have the bikes. Needles to say, you could spend hours watching all details on this great bikes! There were some very rare and vintage Harley Davidson, and as far as I could see I could find only […]

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Kustom Kulture Forever Show 2014 – CARS [200+ pics ]

May 30, 2014
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Last weekend we went to the Kustom Kulture Forever Show, one of the biggest kustom kuture shows in Europe. Hundreds of cars and bikes were present, also lots of artists, stores and rock bands. Enough stuff to see and enjoy. I will keep this post short as the pictures speak for themselves. Check out the official Kustom […]

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Launching a Ford Mustang model car to space [video]

May 18, 2014
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Launching a Ford Mustang model car to space and watching it return to earth. I’ve seen lots of crazy things being done with scale models, but this guys went -literally- really far. They attached a Ford Mustang scale model to a weather balloon with two video cameras. At a 21 miles of altitude, they let […]

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Vintage gas station turned into a junkyard in Bernardo Larroude, La Pampa, Argentina

April 25, 2014
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During my recent holidays in Argentina we went to visit our grandma on the countryside. On the way we made a short stop to take some pictures of this vintage gas station turned into a junkyard (desarmadero), tire repair shop (gomería) and garage (taller). As it’s normal in Argentina, I’ve found an interesting mix of […]

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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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Vintage model kits at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [7]

March 29, 2014
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Another thing I really enjoyed at Jabbeke’s 2014 model car show are the great amount of vintage model kits available. I met a guy from Belgium who claims to have more than 2000 vintage kits at home (from the 50’s to the 80’s). Can you imagine that? I took a few pictures of some of […]

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Follow ModelJunkyard on google+

March 28, 2014
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This week I created the ModelJunkyard page in google+. This item was already a long time on my “to do” list, it was about time to do it. We already have more than thousand followers in Facebook but I know some people prefer google+, so now you have this option too.

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Dioramas at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [6]

March 27, 2014
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I love diorama’s and I’m happy I had the opportunity to see some great stuff at Jabbeke this year. From modern to vintage, all themes were present. It’s a shame that dioramas are no that common among model car enthusiasts. I wish we had a strong diorama culture like the  war vehicle guys! As always, […]

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Bikes at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [5]

March 25, 2014
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There were also several bike scale models at Jabbeke’s 2014 model car show. It’s a long time since I’ve built my last motorcycle scale model. But that’s going to change. I’ve recently bought two Harley Davidson model kits. In the meanwhile I enjoy the pictures of the model car show, and of course I invite […]

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Pickups, Trucks & Machines at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [4]

March 23, 2014
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If there is a main theme for Jabbeke’s model car show that is trucks, trucks and more trucks. This model car show started as a group of truck scale model enthusiast many years ago. Somehow it went out control and it turned into one of the best model car shows in Europe, but you can […]

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Rally and Racing Cars at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [3]

March 22, 2014
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One of the things I admire the most about racing and rally model cars are the paint jobs. Some guys must spend more time painting the cars than building them. Specially the rally cars. Of course there are always many decals involved but I can recognize a great paint job when I see it, and […]

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European & Asian Cars at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [2]

March 21, 2014
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Although I prefer american cars, there are many european cars that I really like. I can not say the same for asian cars, they are really not for me. But this blog is not only about me, but also about what you folks like. So, for those of you loving european and/or asian cars, here […]

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American Cars at Jabbeke 2014 model car show [1]

March 17, 2014
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Last weekend I went to Jabbeke’s model car show. The show takes place every year in Jabbeke (near Brugge) in Belgium. The show is getting bigger each year and the location is just great, a very modern sports centre, big enough to house this great event. The organizers are really friendly people, it’s always a […]

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Old scale model slides from the 80’s and 90’s

February 28, 2014
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As I told you in my previous post, a few weeks ago I went to Argentina and finally had the opportunity to open our accidental time capsule. Among other things, I’ve found this old slides of our scale models. the picture were taken by a friend of mine who had a reflex camera. The pictures […]

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Opening our accidental time capsule and finding all our scale models and vintage stuff after 13 years

February 24, 2014
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It was december 2001. Argentina was going through a deep economic crisis. Iggy and I had come from Germany to visit our family during Christmas. What we didn’t know was that it was going to be last time for more than a decade that we would see our apartment in Buenos Aires and all our […]

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Joep’s classic Ford Taunus collection

August 28, 2013
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At the Ford Taunus M Club Nederland I met Joep, a 70+ year old guy who seems like being in his 30s. Last year he and two 80+ year old friends traveled across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Brasil in a VW T3 Transporter. That gives you an idea of how young this guy feels. […]

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Ford Taunus M Club Nederland

August 22, 2013
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During the Framer’s Day in Alphen (The Netherlands) I met the guys from the “Taunus M Club Nederland“. A group of very friendly and enthusiastic classic Ford fans. The club focus mainly on the Ford Taunus models, (specialy the “M” series) but as the Taunus was the basis for many other Ford models, owners of […]

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Farmer’s Day in The Netherlands (Boerendag Alphen 2013)

August 18, 2013
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I must admit, this summer is a great summer in The Netherlands. We are enjoying great weather, and with this great weather I can really enjoy visiting open air events like the one I went to last saturday: “Farmer’s Day” ( in dutch “Boerendag”) in Alphen. It was actually a double event as there was also […]

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ModelJunkyard’s new shop is online!

August 15, 2013
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We have been working very hard lately on a new site for our online shop, and now it’s finally online! This was a major project. Those of you with web design experience know what I mean. Now you can combine hardcopy books and ebooks on the same order. You’ll find a a more detailed product description […]

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Visiting the 24 Hours of Le Mans Museum

July 1, 2013
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My brother and I spent some days close to Le Mans, France. So we had the chance to visit the 24 Hours of Le Mans Museum. Although we expected a bit more of the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans races, the museum was cool anyway. They have lots of historic race cars, […]

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Why Cars & Parts Magazine used to be my favorite subscription

June 21, 2013
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Back in the 80’s and 90’s I subscribed to Cars & Parts magazine. I immediately liked the magazine because of the great articles about car restoration, car history, car auctions, swap mets, etc. But there was a series of articles that I enjoyed most: junkyards. On almost every issue they used to bring an article […]

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