Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[Nessy]

I think the Evora looks good with the newish 5-spoke wheels that Matchbox has. In fact those wheels look good on a lot of cars. My custom R34 is a great example.

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I agree, they do look good with the Matchbox 5-spoke wheels, ( i ended up buying a bunch of MB's with those wheels, after seeing your excellent Skyline), but i just think the ever-so slightly smaller diameter HW wheels, suit it better.

Though it's all helped by the lowering too.

 

[Emmcee]

Once again, beutiful work mate, the chev, wouldn't go any lower anyway, the height is bang on. Lotus looks at home with those wheels aswell. Top job bud.

 

[AOS-]

My first goal was to get the front bumper as low as possible, but like always, I overlooked one little thing. I certainly could've cut out the front and rear bumper and fabricated an entirely new one, but this wasn't a project I had planned to go the extra mile with. Call it an excuse, but I wanted to keep the hobby a lazy one.

I think the Evora looks good with the newish 5-spoke wheels that Matchbox has. In fact those wheels look good on a lot of cars. My custom R34 is a great example.

It does. I agree the 5-spoke is neutral enough to fit on a lot of cars, and it certainly doesn't clash with what the real car has, but when I put it beside the other releases with 10-spokes, I can't help but feel they lack a sharpness and aggressive aesthetic in comparison. Granted one of the Evora's original wheels was a 2-split 5 spoke design, I fitted PR5s in there.

Thanks again for the compliments, everyone!

Also, I found that pipe cutter. Time to level up! But first, gotta show this Ferrari.

Four 333SPs.
Four Tampo Removal Jobs.
Three Wheelswaps.
Three Detailing.
Two painted wheels.
Two Weathering Applications.
Two Part Swaps.
One Lowered.

Get it all the nit-grits and pretty pics of that black one here: http://athobbies.blogspot.com/2014/12/customs-redone-race-cars.html

 

[Emmcee]

Man there sick. Red one is my favourite

 

[CodeRedR51]

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I agree, they do look good with the Matchbox 5-spoke wheels, ( i ended up buying a bunch of MB's with those wheels, after seeing your excellent Skyline), but i just think the ever-so slightly smaller diameter HW wheels, suit it better.

Though it's all helped by the lowering too.

There's actually two sizes of those wheels, and the smallest size is the same as a regular hot wheels wheel/tire.

 

[R5]

Four 333SPs.
Four Tampo Removal Jobs.
Three Wheelswaps.
Three Detailing.
Two painted wheels.

AND A PARTRIDGE IN... what a lame joke...

Like the all-black one the most I think, but all are good.

 

[AOS-]

There's actually two sizes of those wheels, and the smallest size is the same as a regular hot wheels wheel/tire.

If we're thinking of the same wheels, then I'd have to say the standard size matchbox wheels are slightly larger than Hot Wheels'.

AND A PARTRIDGE IN... what a lame joke...

Like the all-black one the most I think, but all are good.

I imagine most people would favour the black one for the clean appeal... and because everyone just bandwagons black anyway. The Speed Machines I find is weak as a sissy... probably second to the white one. If I had a good colour printer on me, I would've put a sizable Shell logo on the red one and that would've blown up all 3 of them. I really wanted to do it, but I've no printer at the moment.

 

[R5]

If we're thinking of the same wheels, then I'd have to say the standard size matchbox wheels are slightly larger than Hot Wheels'.



I imagine most people would favour the black one for the clean appeal... and because everyone just bandwagons black anyway. The Speed Machines I find is weak as a sissy... probably second to the white one. If I had a good colour printer on me, I would've put a sizable Shell logo on the red one and that would've blown up all 3 of them. I really wanted to do it, but I've no printer at the moment.

I think the red one does need a few sponsors before it feels complete, and the only reason I'm favouring black right now is I'm imagining bare CFRP which is always good

 

[Avalonbug]

Would anybody know what material might have been used to make this truck? The bars, I mean.

I'd love to do the same thing, but on a Ford Raptor or a GMC Stepside. Any ideas?

 

[crue426]

I'd love to do the same thing, but on a Ford Raptor or a GMC Stepside. Any ideas?

Ahoy Avalon**

Uncertain EXACTLY what was used, it looks like it might be molded plastic. I think I have seen something close to it at a arts and crafts store called Michaels's (?). Like a latch-hook rug frame, but smaller squares and made of plastic.

Have you ever seen the small green plastic bins that strawberries or blueberries are sometimes sold in at supermarkets? I think one of those bins would work out nice for something like this.

 

[AOS-]

I agree. It looks like a cage that came from another thing. They just trimmed off the excess bars to give it that fenced look.

 

[Nessy]

Yep, looks like the frames (spurs i think they call them) out of plastic car model kits.

@R1600Turbo I had no idea MB did 2 sizes of the 5 spoke wheel design, iv'e only ever seen the 1 size. The wheels i took off my Caterham are ever-so slightly bigger than standard HW wheels.

 

[yabiggoose]

Alrighty! What does everyone on here use, (and how) to remove tampos?

I've used non-acetone nailpolish before, but by the time the tampo comes off the paint has come off too :\

 

[Apok]

I use white spirit. But you have to be pretty careful with the paint with that too.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Alrighty! What does everyone on here use, (and how) to remove tampos?

I've used non-acetone nailpolish before, but by the time the tampo comes off the paint has come off too :\

 

[Cano]

Alrighty! What does everyone on here use, (and how) to remove tampos?

I've used non-acetone nailpolish before, but by the time the tampo comes off the paint has come off too :\

acetone-based nail polish remover.

If you remove the base paint it is because of the type of paint in the car. There are paint jobs that will NOT withstand acetone, and there are several that will hold just fine. I'm right now as I type this erasing all the orange and the side tampos off this 69 Torino:

And the Silver has held up beautifully. A couple days ago I tried to do the same to this:

And the black got destroyed, I'll have to strip off this car.

I'm also right now cleaning this completely:

2011 TH Tucker. You see all the black? Even the roof? It's coming off. And the paint is holding up incredibly well. It all depends on the car you choose to erase the tampos off of. I've lost count of how many I've wasted trying to do the same.

 

[yabiggoose]

Ah, so paint can play a role. Everywhere else I looked said to use non-acetone :s

Acetone it is, if anyone's gonna be right I know you know your stuff.

 

[AOS-]

The wheels i took off my Caterham are ever-so slightly bigger than standard HW wheels.

Telling you guys. Matchbox's size 1s are bigger than Hot Wheels'.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Ah, so paint can play a role. Everywhere else I looked said to use non-acetone :s

Acetone it is, if anyone's gonna be right I know you know your stuff.

Just don't press too hard, and be careful around door seams, etc. That's likely where the paint will come off.

 

[AOS-]

Yeah just don't let acetone sit for too long and it won't dig into the paint.

In case you let that happen, don't touch the paint because at that point it's delicate. Let the acetone evapourate entirely.

 

[Nessy]

Telling you guys. Matchbox's size 1s are bigger than Hot Wheels'.

They are indeed, just over a millimeter. They may not be a huge difference to some, but when we're working in this scale - it's the difference to whether your diecast is wearing 17' or 18' shoes...

(Pic, left = MB, right = HW. Please excuse crappy pic, grabbed nearest camera next to me.. happened to be a crappy one )




Also a bonus crappy pic.. seen as i had to grab the MB wheel off it.

(R34 Z-Tune W.I.P)

 

[CodeRedR51]

Patiently waiting to paint all the Nissan's I'm working on. Temperatures are not cooperating.

 

[AOS-]

Patiently waiting to paint all the Nissan's I'm working on. Temperatures are not cooperating.

You don't get to complain. I'm in the winter season!

 

[Johnny1996]

You don't get to complain. I'm in the winter season!

Exactly this.

 

[CodeRedR51]

You don't get to complain. I'm in the winter season!

You have a basement to paint in. I'm in a studio apartment.

And it was 27*F on my way to work this morning. Quite chilly for this area.

 

[AOS-]

Yeah I have a basement, but I stopped painting in the lower levels now. Paint vapours left a mess everywhere and we got new floor tiles since the flooding last summer so I'd rather not get the new stuff dirty.

 

[Cano]

Just don't press too hard, and be careful around door seams, etc. That's likely where the paint will come off.

To do this, use a toothpick. Let it sit in the acetone for a good 2-3 seconds so the wood can soak in some acetone, then very gently pass it over the paint in the creases -door and hood and trunk shutlines and such- but be very careful. It might be the case that you could get all the flat areas of the car tampo-free just fine, but these tiny borders will lose the paint, even with the toothpick.

 

[Avalonbug]

This is what happens when I don't have school or work to think about for a day; on a scale of amazing to crap, I give it an eh.

 

[Cano]

lol, that looks cool. How did you?

 

[Avalonbug]

It was actually quite simple, just time consuming. I took the Datsun and cut off the back end and then sanded it. Then, I took one of these:

And then I just sanded both parts and hot glued them together.