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YPSI-ARBOR BOWL Sign – Vintage neon sign [blueprints]

May 29, 2014
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The YPSI-ARBOR Bowl Sign is not only a great vintage neon sign, but it became hot news as it went up for auction when the YPSI-ARBOR lanes closed on May 2011 after 40 years in business. The auction became even more popular as Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, famous for their TV show “American Pickers“,  expressed interest […]

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Welcome to Las Vegas sign – Vintage neon sign [blueprints]

May 21, 2014
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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon. The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada. In order for you to make your scale model […]

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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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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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Stock Cars photo shooting – 57 Chevy Black Widow and Fireball’s 56 Sunliner

February 2, 2014
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  Those following our blog may remember that we’ve been working on these two stock cars some time ago. The reason why I didn’t hear anything more about them, is because I was busy putting a DVD tutorial on how we’ve built these cars. Anyhow, while finishing the DVD, I took some time to do […]

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Vintage soda crate templates [ download ] Scales 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:16, 1:18, 1:25, 1:32, 1:43, 1:64, 1:87

January 18, 2014
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Some of you have been asking several times for the soda crate templates that I announce many months ago in my post on making the 3D-TV Scale Model Display Barn Find Diorama. Making this templates took me several days of full time work (I would say at least a week). I searched and selected approximately […]

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Making the facade of Miami’s Colony Hotel in 1:43 scale – #4 Windows and final assembly

August 9, 2013
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On my previous posts I shared with you the process of building Colony’s Hotel facade, painting an making minor details. Today I’ll show you how to make the windows, the doors, the venetian blinds and other small details. Making the windows is very easy but you have to have a lot of patience as there […]

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Making the facade of Miami’s Colony Hotel in 1:43 scale – #3 Painting

July 12, 2013
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The Colony Hotel in Miami is one of the most photographed buildings in the Deco district and in Miami in general. The Colony Hotel is not only iconic for it’s design but also for it’s color scheme. On this video you’ll see the process of painting this facade in the right colors. I used acrylic artist […]

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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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Kustom Kulture Forever 2013 – Zeche Ewald – Herten Germany

June 3, 2013
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Last weekend I went to one of the greatest custom car and bike shows in Europe, “Kustom Kulture Forever”. The event used to take place in Bottrop (Germany) at Schwarze Heide airport. Due to bad weather combined with lack of asphalt, among other reasons, the organizers decided to search for a new location where this […]

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Making the facade of Miami’s Colony Hotel in 1:43 scale – #2 Windows and details

May 19, 2013
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Here is the second step of this facade project. Here you can see the process of making many facade details such as cornice, moldings and windows. I used 1 and 2 mm thick grey cardboard for the facade and styrene profiles for the windows. As always, here you have video and pics of the process. […]

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Making the facade of Miami’s Colony Hotel in 1:43 scale – #1 Structure

May 4, 2013
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This time I’m starting a whole new project in a whole new scale. I needed a change. I’m building a facade of the world famous Colony Hotel (Miami Florida) in 1:43 scale to display a few die cast cars that I have. Many years ago, we went to Miami for holidays with the whole family. […]

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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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1/25 1937 Studebaker Bus Resin Kit

January 9, 2013
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One of our readers, Tom, sent me some pics of this Studebaker bus from 1937 as a 1/25 scale resin body. As Tom says, the kit includes the body, complete interior with seats and dash plus headlights and frame – but no window glass. The moulding looks pretty good – but that logo on the fron […]

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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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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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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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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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