KIT REVIEW – 39 Chevy Coupe Street Rod – Monogram 1/24

July 7, 2013
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I would like to share this kit review with you. This maby isn’t the best kit of the history, but it is surely fun to build! This kit a very similar to the 37 Ford Sedan I’ve reviewed some time ago. The kit hasn’t many parts, but the parts are quite well moulded. The issue is, though, […]

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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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KIT REVIEW – 1/25 57 Chevy Bel Air Coupe by AMT

June 16, 2013
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I’ve heard people say that this is one of the best 57 Chevy kits around. I can surely agree on many points! I wonder what you think about that… Anyway, the kit is really good when it comes to details and parts – it has over 150 parts, while some kits barely reach the 100 […]

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Ford Granada, Taunus and Consul parts swap meet (Germany)

June 8, 2013
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Last week, after the Kustom Kulture meeting, I had the opportunity to go to a Ford Granada parts swap meet. I was in search of a few parts and as I’m selling my 1980 Ford Granada MKII I thought this might be  a great place to offer my car. During the swap meet great cars arrived, […]

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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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Road Trip Memories – Tractors, Trucks and Machines

June 1, 2013
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Today, on a rainy saturday morning, while enjoying my coffee, I took some time to go through some road trip pictures of my second trip through Patagonia. I’ve shown you some pics of a Chevy Bus I found in the middle of nowhere (here’s the link) – but I still had more pics of that second […]

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From our Readers – Gerhard and Tom

May 25, 2013
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One of our readers, Gerhard, follows us from South Africa. He sent me a few lines some time ago, along with some pics of this build. It is a Ford 5 Window Coupe by Revell. As Gerhard explains, the car is built mostly out of the box, but with some modifications such as the chopped […]

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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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1940 Ford Delivery Sedan 1/25 AMT

May 10, 2013
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This kit was styled by Gene Winfield for AMT. Gene Winfield, as a car customizer, was well known for movie cars (Blade Runner, Robocop, The Last Starfighter, and some more). He joined AMT during the 60s as a consultant to design kits. This kit is one of those designed by Gene. I really like these […]

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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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Tool Review – Heat Gun

April 24, 2013
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In this post, I want to show you a heat gun and tell you what this tool is good for. I will also tell you about some applications for this tool, in model building but also at home or in the garage. The heat gun works basically the same way as a hair dryer. It just […]

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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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Fribourg Classic Car Market

April 5, 2013
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About two week ago, I decided to visit a Classic Car Market in Switzerland with a friend. Although I don’t live close to Fribourg (and I wasn’t looking to buy any classic car), it was definitely worth the visit! All the “usual suspects” were there, so I would like to dedicate some pics to the rather unusual […]

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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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Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN [PART 4]

March 3, 2013
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Finally, I’ve found some inspiration to continue this project I’ve started last year. From time to time, I tend to do smaller things in between, while working on a larger build. While working on this project, I’ve thought about what brand of gas would it sell. I’m still not quite sure about it, but I […]

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From our Readers – Mark and John

February 26, 2013
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I really like this Model T. It reminds me of that old Model T pickup at my grandpa´s junkyard back in the day when my brother and I were kids. It looks like the AMT kit i recently reviewed. I can’t wait to build this as a junker too!  I like the way Mark made […]

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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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