junk model cars

Professional use of junk model cars in Pimp My Ride promos [videos]

November 6, 2012
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I was having a look at the portfolio of a friend on behance.net when I suddenly came across this great promotion videos for the world famous series “Pimp My Ride” where they used model cars to make the videos. The result is great, and the usage of the forced perspective shots is just perfect combining […]

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air [6] – Engine details [video]

October 21, 2012
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We are slowly approaching the end of this project. Beeing it a 1/16 scale model I decided to add as much detail to the engine as possible. The first thing you’ll normally do is search for images online. Of course that’s always a great resource. But sometimes I just couldn’t find THE picture I was […]

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air [5] – Weathering [video]

October 5, 2012
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I’ll be very happy when this project is finished and I’ll never aloud it again for a project to delay that much. It’s no fun anymore. As I already told you, I started this project when I was 17 years old. In the meanwhile I’m 35 and I’m still working on this one. 99% of […]

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From our Readers – Denny, Clayton and Kerry

September 27, 2012
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Denny sent us a sample of his racers – all junked. Really cool work! I liked the one covered – it has some kind of “barn find” spirit… if you know what I mean – could be a great theme for an old school stock car.   Clayton sent me an email a while ago […]

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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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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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Why do we love junk cars?

November 1, 2010
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As children we used to play in our grandfather’s junkyard and collect rusty pieces from the greatest classic cars. We used to take them home to restore them, to exhibit them in our bedroom or just to collect them. Living in an apartment in the downtown area of a big city, it was just not […]

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