Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

[AOS-]

Managed to take some better photos of the 3 Series Wagon...

...some cars were harmed in the making of this post.

 

[Avalonbug]

@Cano I just realized that... anyway on how I can fix it?

@AOS- Only a few

 

[Cano]

@Cano I just realized that... anyway on how I can fix it?

Yes, but you'll have to strip the entire car. Want to?

 

[DUBer]

Windows tinted but should i mess with the wheels?

 

[BryCivicSi]

Posts about the Torino Talladega got me all worked up about mine. I found a pair of these regular treasure hunts for $11 on eBay and had to have them. Stole the wheels from one car and the tires from another. The original glass was a rose color so I stole one from a newer version.

 

[AOS-]

GY black RRs? What car did it come from?

 

[BryCivicSi]

Goodyear tires were from a set of white 5 spoke wheels. The really tiny 5 spokes that look like they would be for low riders. I had to stretch them over the set. The pictured wheels were painted black. I buy all my rr sets loose so I have no clue what they originally came off of.

 

[Emmcee]

Goodyear tires were from a set of white 5 spoke wheels. The really tiny 5 spokes that look like they would be for low riders. I had to stretch them over the set. The pictured wheels were painted black. I buy all my rr sets loose so I have no clue what they originally came off of.

Where you buy them from? Here in Australia you'd find gold in your backyard before you would find real riders or individual wheels.

 

[BryCivicSi]

Recently I've found of the Boulevard, Muppets and candy cars that have the metal bases at stores and buy them for just the wheels. But 90% of what I use come from eBay. I've found a few sellers that sell them individually or in sets. I've purchased from sellers pibes-diecast and mopargorrilagarage.

 

[DUBer]

Just finished this 2002 GMC Yukon Denali - detailed roof rack & interior, tinted windows & wheel swap.

 

[BryCivicSi]

A few more I finished up over the weekend. I don't like the tailgate of the Chevelle wagon. I spent a lot of time trying to detail the interior and engine bay of the Fast and Furious GT40. The Torino was a redo of my first attempt.

 

[Emmcee]

Whats the easiest way to make real riders? Anyone know?

 

[Cano]

Whats the easiest way to make real riders? Anyone know?

First, find a set of original Real Riders to make the mold off of. Then head to your local hardware and crafts store and ask around for mold sylicone, clear resin and rubber. Grab an empty Hot Wheels blistercard and use the bubble as an enclosing for your mold, making a clay "floor" in it where you'll put your original wheels and tires so they don't move when you pour in the sylicone. After the sylicone has dried simply pop out your original pieces, then fill the mold you just made to with resin or rubber, depending if it's wheels or tires, and that's it.

That's the gist of the story, thou. A lot more stuff to take into consideration when doing it, but first of all is first: check the availability of materials in your area.

 

[AOS-]

Perhaps you can stick the wheel and tire to something thin and narrow like a toothpick to suspend the pieces in the middle of the container.

Your mold will now include an extra stick attached to the pieces but those can be snapped off/sanded. Manufacturers use this technique for plastic models kits.

 

[Cano]

Perhaps you can stick the wheel and tire to something thin and narrow like a toothpick to suspend the pieces in the middle of the container.

Your mold will now include an extra stick attached to the pieces but those can be snapped off/sanded. Manufacturers use this technique for plastic models kits.

No. You need to insert a needle before the resin dries in order to make room for the axle tube trough the wheel. As I said, lots of stuff to consider, it's not exactly simple.

 

[AOS-]

That has little to do with what I said about suspending the piece off the container surface, but yes, you'll definitely need something to make the opening.

Won't the axle tube just stick to the resin?

 

[Cano]

Won't the axle tube just stick to the resin?

Yup. That's why

You need to insert a needle before the resin dries

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EDIT: Oh, I see the omision. You insert it and then pull it out, you just need to form the hole, but it has to be while the resin is still soft, but not so soft as to close the hole again.

 

[AOS-]

There must be an easier way manufacturers do it.

Can we not just set up a rig on a drill press and create a hole after the resin has cured?

Perhaps something that isn't as hard as resin may be more suited for this task.

 

[Cano]

There must be an easier way manufacturers do it.

Can we not just set up a rig on a drill press and create a hole after the resin has cured?

Perhaps something that isn't as hard as resin may be more suited for this task.

Yes, plastic on a twin-mold with high-pressure injection os better suited

In all seriousness, setting up a drill rig requires, well, a drill rig ._. it's just so much trouble, not to mention you have to have the tools, or invest in them. This is supposed to be about as easy and attainable a process as posible.

 

[BryCivicSi]

Could you just use a stock plastic wheel, grind off some plastic and get rubber tubing from the hardware store and cut it to length and stretch it over?

 

[Cano]

Could you just use a stock plastic wheel, grind off some plastic and get rubber tubing from the hardware store and cut it to length and stretch it over?

Yes, that works too, but you need a lip to put your wheel into. Several people have tried this with good results, but it's kinda difficult to find the correct sizes of everything you need.

 

[Emmcee]

Thanks for all the help and advice guys, much appreciated but to touch on everything mentioned. Do I have to put just the real rider rim in for the mould or the entire rim and tire and will it damage the actual rim used for the mould? I've also seen the way some grind away the plastic and insert it into two different size tubing to create the dish effect. I tried this but it's extremly difficult to make it to the desired scale, not to mention its like a needle in a haystack to find the required diameter of tubing.

 

[Cano]

Thanks for all the help and advice guys, much appreciated but to touch on everything mentioned. Do I have to put just the real rider rim in for the mould or the entire rim and tire and will it damage the actual rim used for the mould?

It depends. If you want a solid wheel combo, put in both. If you want the elements separated, do molds for both, but you'll have to make the tire with rubber, if you do it with resin it will be hard as plastic. Also remember that you can color both rubber and resin, they sell pigments to do it.

The sylicone will not harm any of the original elements.

Here is one of the experimental wheels we did when we tried this for the first time a couple years ago. The mold reproduced the detail well, but since we did the wheel with car bondo instead of resin because we already had it mixed up and there was some remaining, the bondo obviously didn't distribute well in the mold and a gigantic bubble formed:

EDIT: This also is an example of how you can make solid wheels from a two-part wheel, the original wheel we got this mold off is the HW _W_atanabe-style wheel, which is a plastic wheel and rubber tire combo. We just made the mold of both of them and this was the result.

I've also seen the way some grind away the plastic and insert it into two different size tubing to create the dish effect. I tried this but it's extremly difficult to make it to the desired scale, not to mention its like a needle in a haystack to find the required diameter of tubing.

I have tried this and foud it surprisingly difficult to pull off as well. Have to put time into it trying to perfect it, but time's about the ONE thing I don't have at the moment, lol. If you do try, let us see the results!

 

[clopez586]

I found one on eBay to do the same thing a month or two ago. But the car was in rough shape and I didn't like the body kit. My personal vehicle is Electron blue so I was hoping to paint it that color too. Where did you get the paint? All I found was the paint stick from the car parts store. Is that what you used?

i used duplicolor oem spray paint from any auto parts store.

 

[Emmcee]

It depends. If you want a solid wheel combo, put in both. If you want the elements separated, do molds for both, but you'll have to make the tire with rubber, if you do it with resin it will be hard as plastic. Also remember that you can color both rubber and resin, they sell pigments to do it.

The sylicone will not harm any of the original elements.

Here is one of the experimental wheels we did when we tried this for the first time a couple years ago. The mold reproduced the detail well, but since we did the wheel with car bondo instead of resin because we already had it mixed up and there was some remaining, the bondo obviously didn't distribute well in the mold and a gigantic bubble formed:

EDIT: This also is an example of how you can make solid wheels from a two-part wheel, the original wheel we got this mold off is the HW _W_atanabe-style wheel, which is a plastic wheel and rubber tire combo. We just made the mold of both of them and this was the result.

I have tried this and foud it surprisingly difficult to pull off as well. Have to put time into it trying to perfect it, but time's about the ONE thing I don't have at the moment, lol. If you do try, let us see the results!

that turned out exactly like I want, you can't even tell its one whole piece, nice job, shame about the bubble.

 

[mustang fanatic]

Some stuff I've worked on while I've been absent:








Nothing new on the T-bird. Just thought I'd take another photo of it


And I'm sure some of you remember this Mustang:

The body is now straightened and in one piece... At least what I have of it anyways.

 

[Emmcee]

Like the red Xb coupe.

 

[mustang fanatic]

A few more

 

[Cano]

Agh, I need to get that Cytclone wheel swap done, too. 👍

that turned out exactly like I want, you can't even tell its one whole piece, nice job, shame about the bubble.

Even tough it looks good, the final result still requires tons of work to make it look right, and of course, it's much easier to make both elements, tire and wheel, separated, because you can do the tire in black-colored rubber and the wheel in whatever color you want, and in the end the final detailing won't be as work-intensive as having to paint the wheel and tire in the same piece.

 

[mustang fanatic]