Documents tagged 'Model'

Buying Your First Model Train Set

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Published: 15/08/2008

Have you been thinking about buying a model train set for yourself or for someone else close to you? If you have never bought a model train set before there are some things that you should know. Do you know the difference between HO scale and N scale? What about the benefits of using plaster for...

Got A Model Truck From Another Country?

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Published: 15/08/2008

Have you ever been cruising the Internet and saw an awesome looking model truck from another country and thought to yourself, "I gotta have it!" So you order the truck, wait the advised two weeks or so for it to arrive and opened it up just to find that all the instructions are written in German,...

How To Whittle Wooden Model Trucks

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Published: 15/08/2008

For as long as can be remembered there have been wooden models. This includes model trucks as well. There have been granddads whittling pieces of wood to make model trucks for as long as trucks have been around. Little did he know that he was helping to carry on a tradition that is age old? It is...

Displaying Your Miniature Model Trucks

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Published: 15/08/2008

Model collecting can be an excellent way to spend your time. It is an interesting hobby and can help you clear your mind. It is also a great way to relieve your stress. It can take up a good deal of your time and can take up a bit of space as well. With miniatures there is no exceptions. There...

Constructively Damaging Your Model Truck

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Published: 15/08/2008

Have you recently been to the monster truck truck show? Did your favorite one happen to go through a jump and find itself rolling over and over and when it finally righted itself there was some body damage and some paint lost as well? Well, now you can copy the damage done to that truck on a...

Tips On Weathering Your Model Truck

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Published: 15/08/2008

Imagine having just finished putting together your newest model truck. A beautiful forties model truck it looks great and was fun assembling but something doesn't feel right about it. With it looking cherry just like it rolled off the assembly line it seems quite out of place. You have thought...

Building Ideas For Model Truck Dioramas

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Published: 15/08/2008

It will always be both rewarding and fun to build model trucks for many people. A hobby that has transcended many generations now it can allow you to show people how much skill you have built. You could just stick them on a shelf somewhere and let them gather dust or you can actually create a...

Model Trucks And Their Rise And Fall

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Published: 15/08/2008

There is a silent epidemic going on and hardly anyone realizes it is happening. Model trucks are slowly disappearing from popularity and the only people to realize it are the modelers who build them. With the rise of oil prices has come a rise in production costs for polystyrene models. It is not...

How To Draw A Model Truck

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Published: 15/08/2008

There have been so many times that you have done it. You buy your model truck, put it together and then you are ready for the next one. It is always fun, you must admit, but what can you do to liven this up. It is so easy and fun the first several times that you do this but eventually it can get...

Making Model Trucks That Have Working Parts

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Published: 15/08/2008

No matter what sort of model trucks that you like to collect you will find that it can be fun and very interesting as well. Die cast ones that come preassembled can be fun but the plastic ones that you can build yourself can make a great hobby. It will be a hobby that you will be able to share...