1980 Ford Granada MKII – photo shooting

August 6, 2012
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The other day we had great weather here in The Netherlands, which is not common, so I decided it was a great opportunity for shooting great pictures of my good old 1980 Ford Granada MKII. I took pics at different locations, but the best pictures were taken at a neighborhood that’s being demolished. The whole […]

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Fireball Roberts 56 Fairlane Sunliner

August 5, 2012
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You may know that I had a little accident with the paint of the 57 Chevy Black Widow. So, I decided to move on with the 56 Sunliner driven by Glenn Fireball Roberts. As you can see on the title pic, I painted the body as well as most of the parts. I fitted the […]

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Summer Sun and Old Cars

July 31, 2012
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Some weeks ago, I went to this classic cars meeting close to where I live. It was a nice warm day, perfect to check out some old cars! This Volkswagen Rat Rod is rather unusual in this area and therefore really special. It was one of two rat rods in this meeting.   This was […]

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The Gas Station blueprints and scratch building tutorial are here! [ebook]

July 29, 2012
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Many of you guys have been waiting for this tutorial to emerge. After mayor setbacks and an injured arm, I finally managed to finished this great tutorial, which I consider my best diorama and book ever. This tutorial includes, as all our books, a step by step guide, a parts list, blueprints in 12 different […]

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America in the 50’s and 60’s – original highway and street vintage footage

July 23, 2012
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As you know I love everything vintage. Also videos. Here I want to share a few videos that I’ve found. For this post I selected footage including highway and street views. It’s incredible to see a highway full of great (classic) cars, I watched the videos many times in order to identify the different models. […]

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Gauges for your dashboard

July 22, 2012
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As you know, we are working on two Stock Cars from the 50s – the 1957 Chevrolet Black Widow and the 1955 Ford Fairlane Sunliner driven by Fireball Roberts. While working on the 57 Black Widow, I scratched built a small panel for the auxiliary gauges (as seen on the the Black Widows from that […]

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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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Kit Review – 55 Chrysler 300 Tim Flock’s Stock Car by Moebius Models

July 8, 2012
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I’ve never shown you a kit by Moebious Models before. I’m sure many of you have seen them and even built them already. Still, I wanted to catch up with that this time. I picked the 1955 Chrysler Stock Car driven by Tim Flock. You can also buy this kit as a regular street car. […]

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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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Turkish holidays, american cars

June 29, 2012
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This year we went to Turkey for holidays. We went there for 10 days of relaxing, sun bathing and good food. We’ve found all that and a little more. Besides all the historical and cultural attractions in Turkey (not relevant for this blog) we’ve also found a few cool american cars here and there. The […]

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57 Chevy Black Widow – Fuel Lines, Chasis and Interior

June 23, 2012
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Revell did a great job on this kit, but once you get started, you can see that there is so much more you can do while building the 57 Black Widow Stock Car. On the last post, I’ve shown you some home made details for the Fireball Robert’s Fairlane engine. I used the same details […]

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From our Readers – Robert and Roland

June 19, 2012
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  Robert sent me an email not so long ago, asking if I had a hint on how to make a vinyl top. I wrote back, saying that he should try the good old masking tape trick. So he did, and I must say, he did it great! He first shared this pic with me […]

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Meet two important guys, my son Alex and my friend Theo.

June 15, 2012
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Last weekend we had great weather here in the Netherlands (an exception) and I thought it was a great day for visiting Theo, a good friend of mine who has fuel in his blood. So, we went there, talked about cars -among other things- and went for a few pictures here and there on Theo’s […]

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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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Kit Review – Lindberg Ford Model T Pickup

June 5, 2012
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I bought this kit pretty much blind from a catalogue. There wasn’t much information there other than it was a Model T pickup and in scale 1/24. The reason I wanted a Model T Pickup was because of the one Model T in my Grandpa’s junkyard. I loved that little truck (there is a picture […]

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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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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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From our Readers – Yannick, Vincent and John

May 22, 2012
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On the title pic you can see Yannick’s Ford 32 Rat Rod. As Yannick explained me, he started with a Revell kit, but did a lot of kit bashing and scratch building himself. To make the ride real low, he scratch built the chasis. Note the details in the engine: the cables and the exhaust […]

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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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Argentina Road Trip – Last Batch – Trucks

May 11, 2012
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So, I went through my road trip pictures one last time and came up with a few images I haven’t shown you yet. These are the last ones, though. Now, I will have to make a new road trip before I show you more of this kind of pics. The title pic is some Motorhome […]

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