Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[Ustad]

Now that Daytona looks pretty intimidating. Nice job, @Ustad. 👍

Thanks buddy..

I still love original muscle car stance more, but that looks pretty cool. Just needs a wheelswap now.

I just gave it the movie look. i too like the stance of muscles, but it was like a monster daytona
I don't have real rider wheels. neither those are available in my country

 

[Ustad]

Hakusuka style Galaxie

And another FF Challenger.

 

[mustang fanatic]

I just gave it the movie look. i too like the stance of muscles, but it was like a monster daytona
I don't have real rider wheels. neither those are available in my country

Damn. Nothing at all?

 

[Avalonbug]

How does one create a template for a Hot Wheels car in Photoshop? I have one for the Scion FR-S, but it's very crappy...

 

[CodeRedR51]

How does one create a template for a Hot Wheels car in Photoshop? I have one for the Scion FR-S, but it's very crappy...

Take photos of the car and size them accordingly using a ruler & the ruler in PS.

 

[AOS-]

Enough votes went to MBX 10spoke. My only beef was that the wheel clearance was huge, so I lowered it.

 

[Ustad]

Damn. Nothing at all?

Nope! nothing at all! in fact soetimes i even have to import the regular one!! :3

 

[HWVN]

This is my first wheel-swap that actually looks decent. The 5-spokes sure look good on this Tomica Toyota 86 don't they...

 

[Sonygamer455]

Hey R1600Turbo, no rush of course but do you think you can get the reassembly up sometime? I still need it for my customs, especially now.

Again no rush whatsoever, if you have things going on I understand just fine.

 

[Avalonbug]

I know it's not related but does anyone play Car Town by any chance? Lol.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I know it's not related but does anyone play Car Town by any chance? Lol.

I do.

 

[AOS-]

Everything was going good....

until the end...

It was already going bad when I found out I was rubbing off the polish with my fingers when I was putting down the masking tape. No stripping, no priming once again. This time it actually didn't work out. That's surprising because this C7 isn't losing any paint:

C7's set for a Dream Cruisers addition. C6 was supposedly an Illustrious a year ago, but it became another test model for the anodized paint. I wasn't happy with how the same paint came out on the Wild Thing since it came out more like a satin finish than the ideal chrome finish.

I reckon the cause may have been the silicone protective layer that metal polish leaves behind. So what I did with the C6 was I gave it a rinse in water and wiped it down with a washcloth using moderate pressure. It seemed to help, but I was hoping for a stronger mirror finish. I guess that could be fixed with more stages of polishing.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Ha! Thanks.
I have some more Scions I want to paint, but can't think of a good color. Any ideas?

Your welcome! I was thinking a metallic blue, but that's just me. I have a tendency to paint every custom with that color for some reason.

In other news, been working on this Pontiac GTO I got recently:


Here is my progress so far:

I managed to grind down the hood scoop to where there was practically no trace of it. Since the GTO I am designing does not have one, that's why I grinded this one away. Still have more to do with it though.

Also, took apart this Tall Ryder yesterday and I am about strip it sometime soon:




Thinking about painting this one metallic blue and leaving the wheels the way they are. I have several ideas in mind for the decals.

Like I said before, my goal is to shine some light on some of the most highly underated vehicles Hot Wheels has ever done and to give them the attention I feel they truly deserve. This casting is one of them for me. I can't wait to finish it and post it Lamley!

 

[mustang fanatic]

Speaking of Lamley, I have some I should finish up and post.

Anyways, nice work @Sonygamer455. Can't wait to see them finished.

Oh and kudos for taking apart a $5 GTO.

 

[Cano]

In other news, been working on this Pontiac GTO I got recently:
I managed to turn it into a regular Le Mans

Fixed :/

 

[Sonygamer455]

Anyways, nice work @Sonygamer455. Can't wait to see them finished.

Thanks mustang fanatic! I have more castings that are close to being finished that I will post sometime soon.

Oh and kudos for taking apart a $5 GTO.

Haha I have waited quite a while to customize one of these and since this is the only one I have seen lately, that's why I took it.

Fixed :/

I didn't expect any good reactions to grinding down the hood scoop to be honest. I am not shooting for Le Mans GTO by the way, even though it may look like one.

 

[mustang fanatic]

Thanks mustang fanatic! I have more castings that are close to being finished that I will post sometime soon.

Can't wait!

Haha I have waited quite a while to customize one of these and since this is the only one I have seen lately, that's why I took it.

Yeah. I don't think there's been a mainline out for a few years.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Oh and kudos for taking apart a $5 GTO.

I might have to buy 2 of them and use the front wheels...

 

[mustang fanatic]

I might have to buy 2 of them and use the front wheels...

Eh. I'm guilty of it too.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Eh, you messed up when responding to me. Who knows when a new one is coming out again.

This is the one I am making by the way:


Not going for the ride height but I may try to see if I can find some MC5's to fit it and then those torg thrusts will be used on another car. If I don't than I will just leave them.

Luckly for me I already have the textures:

Now I just have to crop away everything around that hood decal and resize it and it will be ready.

 

[Avalonbug]

@Sonygamer455 I can't seem to find a metallic paint I can happy with sadly. I would like a blue one especially.

I just finished a not-terrible Pagani, I'll post pics later.

 

[Apok]

It's been a while since I've actually contributed anything here, so here's a mediocre tampo removal and detailing job I did.

The original looked like the black/orange one in this lovely picture by the Lamley Group.

 

[AOS-]

Mmmmmmm you're so tidy with your lines!

 

[Cano]

It's been a while since I've actually contributed anything here, so here's a mediocre tampo removal and detailing job I did.

Tidy. Needs chrome trim in the windows (:

 

[Ustad]

it's been a while Lamley last posted their week's fav. is there any rule they follow or just as it is?

 

[Apok]

Tidy. Needs chrome trim in the windows (:

Oh look at you with your... your....
being right all the time!


Expect more Ford with more chrome soon.

 

[Cano]

Expect more Ford with more chrome soon.

Don't forget the door handles!

 

[Avalonbug]

Has anybody ever customized a Mazda RX7? If so, could I see pictures?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Has anybody ever customized a Mazda RX7? If so, could I see pictures?

Like this?

 

[Avalonbug]

Like this?

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Wow, that looks awesome! And yes thank you.