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26th Vintage machine show – Historische Machineclub Kempen, Belgium

August 25, 2014
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Yesterday we went to the 26th edition of Kempen’s vintage machine show. This show takes place every year at the old military airport “Vliegveld Weelde” in Turnhout, Belgium. It’s difficult to estimate how many tractors and vehicles were present, but believe me the show is HUGE. Several hundred vehicles are there every year, most of […]

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Farmer’s Day in The Netherlands (Boerendag Alphen 2013)

August 18, 2013
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I must admit, this summer is a great summer in The Netherlands. We are enjoying great weather, and with this great weather I can really enjoy visiting open air events like the one I went to last saturday: “Farmer’s Day” ( in dutch “Boerendag”) in Alphen. It was actually a double event as there was also […]

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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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Antique Machinery Junkyard by Tom

February 12, 2013
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One of your readers, Tom, sent me a lot of pics of a junkyard close to where he lives. Thanks Tom! I would like to share these pics with you. I personally like the title picture a lot! In Tom’s own words: “These were used to plow fields as well as power other machinery like […]

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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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From our readers – Marco’s 1/16 1917 Fordson Model F tractor

June 1, 2012
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It’s only about us in this blog, but also about you, the readers. Marco, from France, has been working on his 1/16 1917 Fordson Model F diecast tractor (Universal Hobbies) and made a terrific job rusting and weathering the model. He removed the paint with stripper, applied Sophisticated finishes for the rust and a few pigments […]

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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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Hanomag K55 crawler tractor – Info, specifications and a few survivors [video]

May 18, 2012
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While looking for pictures and info about the Hanomag K55 crawler tractor I found lots of cool video and other cool websites that I want to share with you. Hanomag is(was) a german company, and they built almost everything: locomotives, trucks, tractors, cars, military vehicles, etc. For those of you interested in learning more about […]

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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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