Junker

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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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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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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The Jeep estanciera in Argentina – Willys Jeep Station Wagon

January 20, 2013
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I actually had totally forgotten the Jeep Estanciera until I was taking pictures at “Desarmadero El Nene” in Urdinarrain, Entre Rios, Argentina. There were lots of them resting there. I remebered also that one of my grandpa’s used to own one. If I recall correctly it was his first brand new car. After that, in […]

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The Ford Falcon in Argentina – Lots of survivors still around.

December 16, 2012
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The Ford Falcon was one of the most successful cars in the argentine car history, and that can be clearly seen on the streets. With 466,796 units made it was one of the most produced cars in Argentina. The car was produced from 1962 to 1991, a total of 19 years.  Six restyling were made […]

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Junkyard “The Child” (Desarmadero El Nene) in Urdinarrain Entre Ríos, Argentina

December 13, 2012
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Last week I went to one of the most unique junkyards in Argentina. A junkyard called “The child” (desarmadero el nene). This junkyard is located in Urdinarrain in the province of Entre Rios, only 280 km away from Buenos Aires. The owner, Oscar, is a very friendly guy with a deep passion for classic cars, […]

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From our Readers Cliff and Joan

November 7, 2012
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Cliff sent me some pics of his Rat Rod Cadillac Town Car. I was really impressed about the look of this ride. I guess what I liked the most were the welding seams on the roof from chopping it. The military details are pretty cool! Check out the shovel. The color of the chasis makes a great […]

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Form our Reades – Victor Ortiz’s pocher 1/8 scale ’32 Alfa Romeo junker and project car

October 31, 2012
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If you like a model kit and can not decide how to build it, then buy a second kit and build both options such as Victor did with Pocher’s 1/8 scale 1932 Alfa Romeo Spyder Touring Gran Sport (Pocher K73) Restoration project diorama 1/8 scale – 1932 Alfa Romeo Spyder This diorama has won the […]

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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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Form our Reades – Victor Ortiz’s pocher 1/8 scale Fiat F2 modifications and ’32 Ford Big Deuce

October 16, 2012
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Last but not least, here you have a few more projects of Victor from Mexico. This time 3 different ways to build the 1907 Fiat F2 racer from Pocher (K77, K88) in 1/8 scale and a pickup version of the ’32 Ford big deuce. Enjoy!   1907 Fiat F2 Racer – Pickup modification – 1/8 […]

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From our readers – Rob and Claudio

October 9, 2012
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This time, I want to show the work of two of our readers. The first one is Rob. He wrote me a while ago, showing me his 70 Dodge Challenger. A real junker! I must say I was totally impressed with his work. On the pic above, you can see that Rob really put attention […]

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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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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#5 weathering] [video]

July 15, 2012
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Hello guys, it is so far. The Hanomag K55 is done! I hope you like the result. I’ve built the hitch from scratch, added a few pipes and cables and -of course- some serious weathering. Check the video for more details on the weathering effects that I’ve used on this one (lots of dry brush […]

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Abandoned T1 Volkswagen flatbed pickup truck

July 10, 2012
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A few weeks ago I posted about the american cars I’ve found during my holidays in Turkey. Well, I have one more find to share with you. This abandoned T1 Volkswagen flatbed pickup truck was next to the resort where we were staying. It was no possible to get closer to the car for making […]

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From our Readers – Kerry’s Racers

July 3, 2012
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You know how we like junkers and rusty scale models! We also like old school race cars, as you may have noticed from our latest combined project: the 56 Sunliner from Fireball Roberts and the 57 Chevy Black Widow. Well, Kerry got both topics into one build with this 57 Ford. As he explained to […]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#4 final details] [video]

June 12, 2012
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I’m back with my tractor project, this time with a few final details here and there to add more realism to the model. First of all you’ll notice that the original tractor has a small side panel located between the hood and the gear box. I made those panels for both sides. I added also […]

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Kit Review – Dodge LT 700 & Ford 40 Coupe

June 10, 2012
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I bought this kit for my brother as a Christmas present last year. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect, but the kit wasn’t really expensive anyway – 23 USD is just a little more than a single car kit and we are talking about a truck, a semi and a car here. […]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#3 fuel tank] [video]

May 30, 2012
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Here you have guys a few more steps of this tractor project. This time I’ll be adding more detail to the fuel tank and firewall. After separating the fuel tank from the hood and the grill I started building the firewall first. As I could not find enough pictures of the Hanomag K55 firewall I […]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#2 front grill] [video]

May 15, 2012
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Here is the second part of Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor in 1/25 scale. This time I’m adding more detail to the front grill. First of all i had to cut the gas tank, hood and front grill in separate pieces as they were molded all together in one piece. Soon after starting cutting and […]

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Wiking’s Hanomag K55 crawler tractor 1/25 scale [#1 crawler tracks] [video]

April 17, 2012
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If your favorite scale is 1/25 and you were looking for a tractor, you might have already noticed that there are not so many options available. Most of the farm and land machinery scale models are available rather in smaller (1/32) or bigger (1/16) scales. Not so long ago I was looking for scale models […]

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62 Ford Ranchero Beater – 1/25 Scale from AMT

March 17, 2012
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I’ve built this one a long time ago. It was just a quick build. I was thinking for a while if this build was worth a blog post – and today I thought: although it isn’t one of the greatest builds around, maybe it can be of some inspiration for some of you. This model […]

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Argentina Road Trip – Junkers

March 14, 2012
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On my last post about my road trip, I’ve shown you some pics of a very cool toy museum in Buenos Aires. The trip towards Patagonia started after that. I had the chance to see and live many things, as it is in road trips like this – 16 days on the road can be […]

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