Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[yabiggoose]

Maybe try a 'Uni-Posca' paint pen, they're a bit more pricey than the 'Sharpie', but i think they do a better job. They are water based as opposed to the oil based 'Sharpies', so they really need to be cleared after.

Posca's are pretty runny however.

@Emmcee that's really strange about the Artline.. I've never had bad experiences with that brand.

 

[Nessy]

I used a 'Posca' earlier (exhaust detailing), didn't have any problems with it at all. I guess it's all in the application.

Iv'e never tried the 'Artline' pens, so can't comment on them.

 

[Emmcee]

I've got some posca pens and there great but I need a real fine marker and the two "high quality" ones I purchased are crap.

 

[Nessy]

'Posca' do a 1mm, which is quite small but when dealing in this kind of scale (1/64), it would be cool if they could go even smaller.

 

[Emmcee]

Yea that would be sweet. Does anyone know when the next series of hotwheels is due to be released?

 

[AOS-]

Iam doing one of these as we speak, re sprayed in Ferrari red. Just brought a brand new sharpie to color the hood black and it's run out already like dried up and won't apply the black like it should. My previous marker was a cheapy and worked wonders just boggles my mind how this pen which is raved about as the best marker to get, is absolute crap. How do you guys do it if you don't mind me asking? Is there a trick iam missing?

MMMMMMMM Sounds like it's jammed!

It's a brand new marker, you say? You were scribbling a line or two, missed a spot, or wanted to go over the same spot again because it didn't look smooth and now no ink is coming out, you say?

Sounds like a jam! When you use sharpies or any opaque markers like it, you can easily do layers on paper because it can absorb all the ink and leave a dry surface for you to apply more layers. This does not apply to metal, a surface that has the stuff sitting loosely until it dries on its own. That's why you can smear the ink easily after you draw your car.

You'll find that ink rolls smoothly on a surface that doesn't already have permanent marker on it. Once it's down, you do not want to be pushing your felt tip into drying ink. The wet content inside the tip will loosen it up and get picked up, erasing what you had on the car and getting stuck to the tip. That's why it seems like you could draw for a bit and then ink flow stops.

Solution to fix the marker: dip the tip in acetone (such as nail polish remover) for about 2 seconds, and then roll the tip or gently scribble on a piece of paper to let the stuff transfer off the clogged tip.

Trick to avoiding this problem: don't run your marker over surface that already have marker ink on it. If you must, scribble a bit on a piece of paper beforehand. When ink can transfer easily, the tip becomes more loaded so you won't need to apply much pressure to have any ink flow the next time the tip comes in contact with anything. Marker ink or any alcohol based ink naturally wants to leave the porous tip, so any contact will let that happen. This is also why a marker bleeds when held in place on a paper. Anyway, do this and you're less likely to jam up your felt tip. Don't keep going for a long period of time if you are doing layers. Once you do this long enough, you get the feel when the tip is about to clog up. Scribble on paper periodically to keep the ink flowing prevent a jam from building up.

The same applies with gundam markers.

 

[Emmcee]

Brilliant, thanx heaps mate.

 

[Avalonbug]

Finally back home, can start customizing soon

 

[Nessy]

A quick pic of another car i'm working on:

(The exhaust is my first test with the silver posca pen. I intend on repairing the rivet gouges and re-doing the exhaust at some point.)

WIP, 'J's racing' inspired bodykit on a 'Realtoy' Honda S2000:

 

[Emmcee]

If you don't mind me asking, how you make the flared guards?

 

[AOS-]

Hey I've got a 1:18 S2000 I saved to make a J's S2K body kit too!

 

[Emmcee]

Yea but how you do it?

 

[Cano]

A quick pic of another car i'm working on:

(The exhaust is my first test with the silver posca pen. I intend on repairing the rivet gouges and re-doing the exhaust at some point.)

WIP, 'J's racing' inspired bodykit on a 'Realtoy' Honda S2000:

Oi, that looks awesome. I had never seen the Realtoy S2000, love the Hardtop!

 

[R5]

Yea but how you do it?

Putty

 

[mustang fanatic]

Here's a quick paint job I did on a Toyota MR2

 

[Avalonbug]

Here's a quick paint job I did on a Toyota MR2
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Wow, I love that shade of grey.

 

[mustang fanatic]

Wow, I love that shade of grey.

I agree. And I'm not really a fan of gray at all.

 

[Emmcee]

Looks good, sorta like a gun metal color isn't? Love those wheels, there hard to come accross now I find.

 

[mustang fanatic]

Looks good, sorta like a gun metal color isn't? Love those wheels, there hard to come accross now I find.

Thanks. It was originally meant to be a quick custom to make a little money off of, but I'm liking it a lot more now.

 

[AOS-]

Looks good, sorta like a gun metal color isn't? Love those wheels, there hard to come accross now I find.

Maybe it's the photo, but it comes off as a fairly flat-looking gray. No offense, mustang fanatic.

Gun Metal is more like this:

 

[Emmcee]

Maybe it's the photo, but it comes off as a fairly flat-looking gray. No offense, mustang fanatic.

Gun Metal is more like this:

possibly, but I have had to pick up a touch up paint for my mates Holden sv6 wagon and his is called gun mental grey and it looks alot closer to that mr2 than that fighter jet.

 

[Avalonbug]

@mustang fanatic Your username is mustang, but your picture is a Charger... I'm confused lol.

 

[mustang fanatic]

Maybe it's the photo, but it comes off as a fairly flat-looking gray. No offense, mustang fanatic.

It's not. It's actually one of my nicest paint jobs to date. The photos just make it look crappy.

@mustang fanatic Your username is mustang, but your picture is a Charger... I'm confused lol.

I wondered that myself. But I like them all. Mustangs, Camaros, Chargers, Challengers...

 

[Emmcee]

I like nostalgic Japanese cars.

 

[Avalonbug]

If it's fast, good looking, and fun to drive I'm down. But I'd rather choose an S2000 or 240z rather than a Svt. Just me.

 

[Emmcee]

Love 240zeds, but I have an 89 r31 skyline, love it to bits.

 

[Emmcee]

Here's my Holden ve ss ute so far

Gonna make a custom hard cover aswell for it.

 

[Zychotic1]

so I got a little bored the other night and got my paints out... nothin spectacular but these are what I sat down and did by hand... some came out better than others...






need more black before I can do the trailer and a 35 ford to match the fast bed better and the sweptline will pair with the screamlier.




and a bunch of camo


and ... I'm a lover of all older cars with respectable performance abilities. and have a small collection of Datsun Z cars...

 

[Cano]

Those camos look actually pretty good.

 

[Avalonbug]

The R31 is a beaut. My dream is to have a 240z sometime in my lifetime. But, being in Highschool, that'll be awhile

How might one go about making a car for a junkyard diorama?