From Our Readers – Some great models from John, Gary and Robin

May 8, 2012
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We get a lot of emails from our readers, some send back greetings or comments – others send us pics of their builds and projects. So my brother and I thought, it would be great to show everybody the cool stuff our readers send us. Of course, we asked for permission first. The title pic is a […]

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My lastest pick, a Grundig TV Super Color 1630 from 1976

May 4, 2012
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A few months ago I started searching for old television sets for a project that I want to make. Finally I’ve found this one which I think will fit perfectly for what I have in mind. I’m not gonna tell you what is going to be! Just stay tuned! (Never a truer word spoken!) The […]

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Torino paintings for Iggy’s birthday

May 2, 2012
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This year I wanted to make something special for Iggy’s birthday, so I decided to make a pair of paintings of one of his favorites cars, the argentine TORINO, built by IKA and Renault in argentina from the 60s to the 80s. The car is based on the american Rambler with a customized body by […]

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Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane

April 27, 2012
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I’ve told you that I started the Black Widow from Revell. Of course, the idea wasn’t to build the car just out of the box. Thanks to the hints and tips given by some of you, I found some really cool insights. So there is some scratch building involved here. But while talking about the […]

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55, 56 & 57 Chevy Bel Air automotive paintings

April 21, 2012
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Last week I just finished this series of Chevy Bel Air paintings. The tri-chevys are among my favorite cars since I was a kid. Unluckily I’m not the only one…  and in the meanwhile the prices of this great Chevys are beyond most people’s reach. As you might notice by now I do not limit […]

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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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57 Chevrolet 150 – Black Widow Project – Building Tips, Facts and Questions

April 15, 2012
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I wrote a kit review about this Revell model some time ago. I really liked the kit right from the start. So, when my brother and discussed about our next project, an instruction DVD tutorial, I suggested to build this car in the racer stock car version. By the way, we will be filming this […]

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Argentina Road Trip – Cool Rides

April 10, 2012
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Sharing these pics with you is like making the road trip once more. Every time I look for pics to add into this post series, all those awesome road trip feelings come back to me. Every mile or kilometer was a discovery. In this post, I want to show you some of the coolest rides […]

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1980 Ford Granada [europe] – customizing, or not?

April 6, 2012
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Around 10 years ago I bought this 1980 Ford Granada. I was studying in Germany and I was looking for a big cool car but had a very low budget. After searching for months I finally found this Ford Granada which was owned by an 90 year old gentleman, an ex-Ford engineer at the Ford […]

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Recycling soup cans for vintage oil can replicas [How to & oil can template for download]

April 3, 2012
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A few weeks ago, we still had freezing weather here in The Netherlands. Following the dutch tradition we were eating tomato soup in the evening. While eating my soup I thought, hey! why not making a vintage oil can replica out of the coup cans? Said, done! I took measurements of the cans, designed the […]

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Making a Picture Frame with an Old Window

March 30, 2012
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I was walking around a flea market some weekends ago. I saw this old window for a couple of bucks and I though: great thing for a picture frame! This is what I started with. An old window, with just one piece of glass. As the window was pretty well built, and the glas looked […]

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Argentina Road Trip – Road, Lanscapes and Road Signs

March 27, 2012
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For those who have not been following this post series, this is the third post about my Road Trip in Argentina. The previous posts where about a very cool Toy Museum and Junkers I’ve found long the way. If you haven’t seen them already, check them out! The title picture was taken on road, getting […]

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The winter is over, it’s time for the car wash!

March 26, 2012
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This is one of my easiest projects, but one of my favorites. It turned out a beautiful piece not only good for a diorama but also great as a decoration piece. I  just love the way it looks on my desk next to my computer and enjoy every day looking at it. Here you see the […]

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3 cool antiques I picked lately – radio, television and typewriter

March 22, 2012
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As might have already realized this blog is not only about model cars but about all stuff we are passionate about, and yes model cars and dioramas are somehow the epicenter of this passion but if have been following us for a while now you must have realized that it does not end there. Well, […]

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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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A few old jewels I found here and there many years ago

March 7, 2012
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Back in the 80’s I used to carry a camera with me all the time always hoping to spot a classic car. Remember there was no internet back the, so if you wanted to have pictures of classic cars there were only few possibilities: buying books and magazines or taking pictures. With my new scanner […]

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Bottrop Kustom Kulture, a few videos

March 6, 2012
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It’s never too late to post cool stuff. Last year I went to Bottrop, in Germany, to see one of the biggest hot rod & custom car events in Europe. I took many pictures and made a few videos. The other day I was organizing my videos and realized that I never posted those videos. […]

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Kit Review – 65 Ford Mustang Fastback by Revell

March 3, 2012
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This is a very cool kit. There are a few Mustang kits around and this is one of the best that I know of – together with the Convertible I’ve shown you in a previous post. The body is pretty good. The body details, such as the emblems, are very well detailed, but pretty thin […]

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Argentina Road Trip – Toy Museum

February 28, 2012
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I took some time off in January and made a road trip through Argentina, including the northern part of Patagonia, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. All in all, it was a 5555.3 km or 3459.1 miles long ride and I don’t regret any little bit (actually, I want more road trips!). It was awesome. The first stop […]

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Ford Taurus, you’re in the army now! – The 24 hs of Le Junk #2 [video]

February 22, 2012
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Turning one of the most boring kits ever into something cool can also be a challenge. The Ford Taurus was released several times by AMT/Ertl during the past 20 years. My brother got this kit as part of a big deal including many kits. Initially he did not know what to with this one. It […]

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Funny road signs across Argentina

February 20, 2012
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I already told you about my trip across the patagonia. Well, on the way I’ve not only met family, friends, junk cars and cows but also a few curious road signs that I want to share with you now. It seems like when you drive off the cliff here, you have to jump out of […]

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Dodge Monaco Dukes of Hazzard Roco`s Police Car by MPC – Kit Review

February 11, 2012
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I bought this kit as a Christmas present for my brother – who always got just shirts, socks and scarfs and was finally hoping for the rest of us to think of something else (hands up if you feel the same). This is one of the kits I always wanted to buy but still passed […]

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Grandpa’s 1942 WWII Chevrolet G506 / GMC Tow Truck – junker

February 7, 2012
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How this 1942 Chevrolet G506 army truck from WWII ended up in our grandpa’s junkyard in Argentina we’ll probably never know. One thing is for sure, it was a cool truck. It was functioning and our grandpa build a tow truck out of it for the junkyard. As I told you before, I used to […]

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