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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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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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57 Chevy Black Widow Stock Car – Decals on and some weathering tests

October 12, 2012
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I’ve been working again on the Black Widow. It doesn’t seem like much work has been done, but if you see in detail, there is indeed some progress compared to the last post about the Black Widow. I’ve placed all the chromed parts and trims. Not only that, I’ve been working on the decals as […]

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Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane – Engine Details Home Made

May 25, 2012
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As I’ve told you some weeks ago, we started working on this double project to make a DVD out of it. The idea is to show you how to build classic stock cars. We got inspired by Revell’s Black Widow kit – but that wasn’t enough. Although the kit is great, you can still make […]

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57 Chevrolet 150 – Black Widow Project – Building Tips, Facts and Questions

April 15, 2012
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I wrote a kit review about this Revell model some time ago. I really liked the kit right from the start. So, when my brother and discussed about our next project, an instruction DVD tutorial, I suggested to build this car in the racer stock car version. By the way, we will be filming this […]

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1/25 Revell – 1957 Chevy 150 Utility Sedan & BlackWidow Race Car

September 23, 2011
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This kit is labeled “Special Edition Series”. And in comparison with the average scale kit, this one is surely special. I wanted to buy since I first saw it! This kit features a 150 Chevy Utlity Sedan (which you can also build as the Black Widow Stock Car). The 150 Chevy Utility Sedan – also called Handyman […]

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Collector’s Kit: 54, 55 and 57 Chevy Revell HOTROD Series

April 8, 2011
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As the name tells you, you get three classic chevys in one box – now, if that isn’t already a good start!! And wait for the rest to come! Although you may not find this kit very often (it was made in 1985), I thought of making a review anyway – just because this kit […]

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