Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[Emmcee]

Yeah your right, that's what I found with the one I did. Pretty poor casting.

 

[Avalonbug]

I find heaps of cheap brands have models hotwheels and matchbox don't make, use quite a few if them.

Yeah, I like Motormax and Maisto. They have great castings.

 

[cfun]

I think RealToy do some good ones too - they're the ones that are normally branded for the supermarkets - Tesco for sure.

 

[cfun]

That silver looks great - can you tell me what you use on the HW Porsche GT?

some of my customs! View attachment 224874

Can you let me know what is generally used for this sort of extension work?

Little Fiat 500 iam working on ATM.

Thanks all.

 

[Avalonbug]

@cfun You'd have to talk to @Nessy for more about that, but I personally use Milliput for fenders, spoilers, etc.

Here's a custom I just finished, it's a Motormax Toyota Land Cruiser, and a Yatming Caravan. Anything I should work on/change? P.S., sorry about the lighting :/

 

[cfun]

Just thought I'd post this up too... it's a monster truck I painted and decal'd for my son. It lasted less than a day as the decals chipped off as soon as it took a knock. I've since stripped and am getting set for doing it again but in white and with home print decals.

Thanks for the info on Milliput, I will look into it further.

 

[Nessy]

How much of the surface is stock bodywork again?

Not much, i guess would be an understatement. Nah there's still a bit of the original cast showing under the Milliput snowdrift. Most of the bonnet and the lower half of the door and rear lower panel (before and aft the rear arch).

 

[cfun]

@Nessy - can you tell me what silver you used on the Porsche from a few pages back please?

 

[Nessy]

@Nessy - can you tell me what silver you used on the Porsche from a few pages back please?

I think you may be confusing me with @Ustad, if you're talking about that excellent chrome finish on that 993.

I can't remember exactly what paint he used, but i think it was a silver spray paint as opposed to chrome.

Welcome to the thread BTW. 👍

 

[cfun]

You are right lol, I should have looked closer!

Thanks for the welcome... lots to look at and only scratching the surface so far!

 

[Emmcee]

That silver looks great - can you tell me what you use on the HW Porsche GT?


Can you let me know what is generally used for this sort of extension work?



Thanks all.

I just used normal putty from the hardware store, I find it works better for me than modelling putty, dries faster, sets harder.

 

[cfun]

@Emmcee, when you say 'normal putty', can you give me an idea of brand/store? I'm only just getting started on this stuff so any info would be greatly recieved!

 

[Emmcee]

@Emmcee, when you say 'normal putty', can you give me an idea of brand/store? I'm only just getting started on this stuff so any info would be greatly recieved!

Yeah no worries man, iam no pro either I've only started myself. These guys here helped me out alot but after trying a few methods, I found a way I like and works for me. This "selleys knead it" is what I use. A multipurpose putty and it has to be mixed evenly. Once you open it the putty stick will be white and there will be a grey stick mixed into the centre. Each time you have to grab an even amount of white and grey and mix it together with your fingers. Knead it like a baker and his bread. Use plenty of water as putty likes to set. Just be quite quick as its a fast set. Biggest tip I learnt was dont really worry about shape. Put the basic shape on and let set. Most of the shaping comes from the sanding. The biggest thing you must remember as I struggled here and that's giving the putty a rough surface to attach to. On wheel arches I tend to make small snips marks with wire cutters and sand around the area with 80 grit sand paper. Make sure it's extremly clean.

 

[cfun]

Thanks @Emmcee, thats great! I'll have a look around and see what I've got locally.

 

[Emmcee]

Thanks @Emmcee, thats great! I'll have a look around and see what I've got locally.

No worries man, hey try "milliput" to, this is just what I use, you might find something that suits your style and way much better. Hope this helped.

 

[cfun]

Thanks very much, I will have a look into a few bits and see what I can come up with 👍

 

[Emmcee]

The posiblities are endless man. Like I've just figured how to make basically any exhaust I want to scale for less than a packet of chips. You learn to "improvise" makes your more prouder of your work to.

 

[cfun]

Some of the works I've seen have amazed me!! The level of details is something that I am way off at the moment, but I'm keen to practice. The response I get from my son when I give him something customised is priceless!

 

[Emmcee]

Ohh yea, my boys are the same, ther like "woah, how you do that" it's awesome. Iam the same though iam not that good either but I have fun and enjoy it, I hope one day my work is up to the standard of some masterpieces that are on here.

 

[Cano]

And soooo it turns out that Ahmed and I thought we were at least two weeks away from the Convention and it's custom contest... and noup, it's this weekend. Which of course sends to hell a couple projects we wanted to bring. I think we're gonna get wallopped at this year's contest, the only real players we've got are the Brumos and Martini 993 Porsches, and maybe the yellow Toyota.

We need to have a freaking die-cast convention instead of just Hot Wheels, got dammit. We can't enter half of the cars we've completed this year because they're not Hot Wheels -_-

 

[cfun]

Hey again, here I have 2 monster truck castings. Left one painted with humbrol enamel gloss white thinned 2:1 with hammerite thinner, and the right one painted with tamiya acrylic gloss white thinned with 1:1:1 paint/klear/windowlene.

I'm happy to make a switch to acrylic paints due to the decals I've printed, but would like to get a finish that is closer to the enamel painted one. Anyone thoughts on how I can achieve this, or why the acrylic is so dull in comparison?

 

[Nessy]

We need to have a freaking die-cast convention instead of just Hot Wheels, got dammit. We can't enter half of the cars we've completed this year because they're not Hot Wheels -_-

That sucks. I didn't realise these convention comps you guys entered were so specific.

Hey again, here I have 2 monster truck castings. Left one painted with humbrol enamel gloss white thinned 2:1 with hammerite thinner, and the right one painted with tamiya acrylic gloss white thinned with 1:1:1 paint/klear/windowlene.

I'm happy to make a switch to acrylic paints due to the decals I've printed, but would like to get a finish that is closer to the enamel painted one. Anyone thoughts on how I can achieve this, or why the acrylic is so dull in comparison?

I don't think there's a way of replicating the deep gloss of enamel onto acrylic.. I'm sure i read somewhere that even applying an enamel clear coat to acrylic will cause it to turn out speckly. Could be wrong though (may have to try that myself).

 

[Cano]

That sucks. I didn't realise these convention comps you guys entered were so specific.

Yes the casting used HAS to be Hot Wheels. They barely let you use wheels from other manufacturers.

 

[Nessy]

Yes the casting used HAS to be Hot Wheels. They barely let you use wheels from other manufacturers.

That's really strict.

 

[Cano]

That's really strict.

Well, we've participated in contests where even the wheels used have to be Hot Wheels. Those suck

We'll be putting up a post with the cars we're taking to the event saturday morning. I hope.

 

[cfun]

I don't think there's a way of replicating the deep gloss of enamel onto acrylic.. I'm sure i read somewhere that even applying an enamel clear coat to acrylic will cause it to turn out speckly. Could be wrong though (may have to try that myself).

I read that mixing enamel/acrylic gloss/varnish will cause various side effects like crackling etc

 

[Nessy]

I read that mixing enamel/acrylic gloss/varnish will cause various side effects like crackling etc

Yep, acrylic can be funny like that. I remember screen printing sheets of acrylic thinking the ink would be fine (ink i used went on like a dream).. but it started to craze after about 5 minutes drying.

 

[AOS-]

That's really strict.

I don't think it is. It's so there's a more fairer playing ground for people of lesser wealth. Those without access to grab parts internationally would stand very little chance of winning.

 

[Nessy]

I don't think it is. It's so there's a more fairer playing ground for people of lesser wealth. Those without access to grab parts internationally would stand very little chance of winning.

Good point but all that being said, such a thing wouldn't level the playing field in my country (if HW specific contests took place over here in the U.K), as i imagine the more wealthy participants would go for real rider wheels, but those wheels are rare as rocking horse do-do over here..

Infact, HW don't even sell any special lines in the UK. To purchase those kind of wheels, it would have to be internationally.

 

[Emmcee]

Your not alone nessy, I've only managed to find thre sets of real rider wheels. Rare as in Australia to.