Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[Nessy]

Still baffles me how some castings are proportionately smaller than others.

Indeed, i'm really shocked how small scale the Toyota Celica and Mercury Cougar are.

Yes, lower the Porsche.

 

[AOS-]

If I ever learn to work little motors into mechanisms and solar power into batteries, I'm down to make a lowrider show car that has working front suspensions, so then it can bounce up and down like it has hydraulics. 13 times cooler than a bobble-head.

 

[a6m5]

I was looking at that Kyosho Porsche just the other day! 👍 I also think it would look even nicer lowered.

Not sure about the six-wheel 240Z police car. I'm fan of the stock on that one. Did you catch the 260Z police I posted in the "collector" thread? The beauty......

 

[Nessy]

You must have seen these before.

 

[Nessy]

Not sure about the six-wheel 240Z police car. I'm fan of the stock on that one. Did you catch the 260Z police I posted in the "collector" thread? The beauty......

No, i haven't ventured in that thread for what seems like months. Really want to see it though.

[EDIT]
Oops, sorry for the double post, folks.

 

[AOS-]

I have never. I was thinking of making a pedestal which would have a stick object poking out of the top surface. It would move up and down at a slow rate. All I have to do is put a car on top. Having an extra weight on the front of the car with suspensions would allow compression and rebound. But no further installation is needed and the plus side is that any car can have hydraulics and because it's only at the car being suspended by another object, I can make the bouncing rate slower, which is cooler than fidgety quick hops that hydraulic system gives. Plus, if I work the motor with a computer, I could get it bounce at a rhythm matching the BPM of my music.

 

[Nessy]

That sounds badass! you've got to do it.

 

[a6m5]

I have seen those on youtube before. Very cool.

At1, I'll get you a link to the 260Z pic. Edit: It was Tomica Limited Vintage link

 

[Nessy]

Cheers a6. 👍
[edit] Very nice.

 

[Apok]

Still baffles me how some castings are proportionately smaller than others.

It's because the cars aren't made to be a set scale, but are scaled so that they fit on Hot Wheels tracks. They need to be wide enough for them and they need to have a high enough ride height for loops(in most cases).
That's why the narrower version of the Volkswagen Beach Bomb is so sought after. It was only produced for a limited time before they widened the casting to make it fit on the tracks.

 

[AOS-]

Fair enough. The fact that the '71 Dodge Charger is comparatively larger than the '70 Hemi Challenger is what bugs me the most.

 

[R5]

Hi guys. I was wondering what you thought on the matter. On June the 19th I'm a free man. My first thing I want to do is make a 1:64 X2011 from a HotWheels Le Mans car. Is this feasible with poor skills? How would you recommend I went about it? Any useful tips and tricks?

 

[Chadeux]

Found this thread. Looked through it. Immediately dug a pile of Hot Wheels from my closet. Developing ideas now, some stupid, some even more stupid. Will go get the Dremel out tomorrow.

 

[Cano]

Hi guys. I was wondering what you thought on the matter. On June the 19th I'm a free man. My first thing I want to do is make a 1:64 X2011 from a HotWheels Le Mans car. Is this feasible with poor skills? How would you recommend I went about it? Any useful tips and tricks?

You maaaaybe could start with this:

Found this thread. Looked through it. Immediately dug a pile of Hot Wheels from my closet. Developing ideas now, some stupid, some even more stupid. Will go get the Dremel out tomorrow.

Haha, welcome to doom. Make sure to take pics of the entire process.

 

[Chadeux]

So I just disassembled a Toyota COT and a '74 Charger I had. Plan I think is to put the wheels and interior from the Toyota into the Charger. The dash fits perfectly. the rest of the interior will require some creativity. Will get pics later.

 

[R5]

Cano. That was the plan. Just need to find one now...

 

[AOS-]

DREAM CRUISERS
It's out. Summer's calling. Let's go!

Guys want some 1080p-resolution wallpapers? Come get some.​

BTW. Do you see those flatties with the white-walls? Yeah. I have impeccable taste. And that maroon? Get at my level, folks.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Was that paint brushed on? Or is the casting that bad?

 

[AOS-]

Nail polish.




(cues the "Ohhhhhhhhh")


Was intending to try until I got something satisfying, but I stopped because I read up using a base coat would help polish adhere more evenly. So I started doing it on a Shelby Cobra and little to say that the nail polish I'm using for that drove me nuts.

 

[CodeRedR51]

If you're gonna use nail polish, invest in an air brush.

 

[Cano]

If you're gonna use nail polish, invest in an air brush.

And a lot of thinner.

 

[AOS-]

Why would I still buy nail polish if I got an airbrush?

 

[Cano]

You can thin ( a lot ) and apply nailpolish as paint, and it can come out quite good if you do it well. I've seen a few nailppolish paintjobs with some weirdo colors and they look awesome.

 

[CodeRedR51]

You can thin ( a lot ) and apply nailpolish as paint, and it can come out quite good if you do it well. I've seen a few nailppolish paintjobs with some weirdo colors and they look awesome.

This.

People have been doing that for years.

 

[AOS-]

I don't have access to thinner. There's only remover and that stuff makes polish clump together.

 

[Apok]

Why use nail polish in the first place when you have access to spray cans?

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't have access to thinner. There's only remover and that stuff makes polish clump together.

You have a Walmart or home improvement store near you, you have access to thinner.

Just trying to help you out here man. You want to get professional with these customs, brushing the paint on is not the way to do it.

Why use nail polish in the first place when you have access to spray cans?

Wider range of unique colors. The problem with using Nail Polish is that you have to thin it down so much to use it in an air brush that it takes more layers of paint to get a solid finish. The plus side to this is that even with multiple layers, you get a thinner, better finish that using a rattle can.

This was painted with nail polish: (more here)

 

[Cano]

Specially the range of colors, there are some effects in nail polish that you'd never be able to attain with paint. If you thoroughly clean the airbrush after spraying, there shouldn't be any problems.

 

[Apok]

Well my question was aimed at Andy more than anything since he isn't using an airbrush and I can't really see any positive effects of using nail polish without an airbrush, but thanks for the replies, I had no idea you could get such awesome effects with nail polish.

 

[Cano]

Those rear tires!!!!!

Man that thing is amazing!