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’32 Ford Rat Rod – The 24 hs of Le Junk #1 [video]

January 29, 2012
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Our first Episode of “The 24 hours of Le Junk” is finally here! Iggy has boxes and boxes full of parts, incomplete kits, etc. A real junkyard in scale. We decided to make something out of it and picked a few pieces for this rat rod. Then we thought, why not making it also in [...]

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2012 Calendars – Featuring Gas Station, Old Barn and Junk Model Cars

December 9, 2011
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Las year, we made one calendar featuring our coolest junk model cars. This year was full of projects and new scale models. So this time, we made two calendars more! Besides the Junk Car Road Trip Calendar, we made one featuring the Texaco Gas Station with Tokheim 39 Gas Pumps and the other one, featuring [...]

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ModelJunkyard with the Texaco diorama on MotorManiacs Magazine #12

November 21, 2011
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  [English] As you already know, Motor-Maniacs is our favorite german Magazine. The cool thing about this magazine is that they are really open minded and that they respect all kinds of car related passions. From the hardcore traditional Hot-Rod Scene to the low budget guy driving a european classic car including the perfectionist restorer. This [...]

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AMT 55 Chevy Pickup – Street Machine Beater

November 4, 2011
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The first time I saw this kit was a real long time ago. My brother and I were still teenagers. We had picked the kit in one of our favorites stores back then. At home, we were really amazed about it. My brother built that one pretty much the same as shown on the box. [...]

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Texaco Gas Station photo shooting in Switzerland [3rd location]

September 3, 2011
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One of the best features of this photo shooting is the waterfall you see on the upper left of the title pic. I see that waterfall everyday while driving back from work. My brother Seb was totally amazed about it. Thanks to the rainy days before the photo shooting, there was more than enough water [...]

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Texaco Gas Station photo shooting in Switzerland [2nd location]

August 28, 2011
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If you are an old barn lover you’ll immediately understand why we have chosen this second location for our photo shooting. Switzerland is the paradise of old barns. Unlike in the U.S. the old barns in Switzerland can be up to a few centuries old and you don’t have to drive miles and miles between [...]

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Texaco Gas Station photo shooting in Switzerland [1st location]

August 23, 2011
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As you have already seen in our previous posts, we have been working on a gas station diorama and went out to shoot cool pictures of it surrounded by the great landscapes of Switzerland. Well, here you have a few pictures of our first location. We choose a quite valley with a few houses, various [...]

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Old Texaco Gas Station – 1:25 scale model [1]

July 16, 2011
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A few days ago I started working on a new model project, this time an old Texaco Gas Station in 1:25 scale. I’m a huge fan of old/retro gas stations and everything related to it. I think I have one of the biggest photography collection related to gas stations, gas pumps, oil cans, metal signs, [...]

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