Hot Wheels and Matchbox Customizing Thread

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So. I have been working on a custom (I will show the process and the custom when I am done) and I found the perfect real riders for it but they are on a metal base. Get the wheels out of the prongs? I got the other set out by drilling out the one prong but that resulted in almost cutting the axle in half. What do you guys use to get them out?
 
txcustmtrucks
Nice! I had to completely remove the chassis to drop mine and fit bigger diameter wheels and fatter duals on the rear. Also i had to grind the inner wheel wells to male the wheels fit snugand still roll. (My driver side fender is in prime right now..dremel tool went ape **** in my hands and i gauged it :tdown:Had to re work it and ill paint it when i get some spare time) What color are you painting it?View attachment 502916
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I'm thinking of painting it sky blue and black to match a trailer and super bird it's going to haul :)
 
Found a 2015 silverado. I didnt like the factory wheels and paint scheme so i resprayed it black, color matched the bumpers and grill, detailed it, Lifted it and made some custom wheels for it to give that deep dish look. It def could be a show truck. its too clean.
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That "double post" rule is a joke tbh, iam a member on heaps of forums and this is the first to implement such a ridiculous rule. Never have issues with excessive posting or double posts or people trying to raise there post count ever been an issue. But if it's the rules here then you must follow I guess, still a joke IMO.
 
Emmcee
That "double post" rule is a joke tbh, iam a member on heaps of forums and this is the first to implement such a ridiculous rule. Never have issues with excessive posting or double posts or people trying to raise there post count ever been an issue. But if it's the rules here then you must follow I guess, still a joke IMO.
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This is a discussion for another thread.
 
Alright take your pick:
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All black chevrolets.

The 1997 short bed was probably one of the toughest builds. Every square cm had to be customized in some way in order to fit the huge wheels in there and still roll. It was shaved and re sprayed. Reminds me of the custom trucks you see in Truckin mag. It has a detailed interior with a roll cage.

This 2003 got re sprayed all black including wheels with red interior.
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This is the first time I've been in this thread this year. Anyway, I had a thought. You can get small, cheap 3D printers now. I wonder how hard it would be to use one of them to make near exact replicas of real wheels in 1/64 scale.
 
R1600Turbo
This is the first time I've been in this thread this year. Anyway, I had a thought. You can get small, cheap 3D printers now. I wonder how hard it would be to use one of them to make near exact replicas of real wheels in 1/64 scale.
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Considered this years ago when Replicator Mk2 was around.

Unless printers nowadays can produced smooth finishes, it would be impractical because of all the grooves it would leave behind.

That being said, people have been printing wheels for a couple of years, so I'm sure the technology to overcome said obstacle is available now.
 
AOS-
Considered this years ago when Replicator Mk2 was around.

Unless printers nowadays can produced smooth finishes, it would be impractical because of all the grooves it would leave behind.

That being said, people have been printing wheels for a couple of years, so I'm sure the technology to overcome said obstacle is available now.
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Why would you bother? Be hell of a lot easier just to make a mould of real riders from resin.
 
I bought a 5 gal bucket of old hw for $10.. some would say i got ripped off but with all the gems im finding as i dig in, i think i got a hell of a deal. Theres lots of vintage cars..

For example this datsun 240z. The casting is perfect but it was missing the bumpers and axles bent. Im going with the "street legal dragster" look.. may even cut the hood off and expose an old 350 small block i have laying around.
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R1600Turbo
This is the first time I've been in this thread this year. Anyway, I had a thought. You can get small, cheap 3D printers now. I wonder how hard it would be to use one of them to make near exact replicas of real wheels in 1/64 scale.
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I considered this once when i saw a 3d printer in person. I wanted to 3d print a real functioning 4 link rear end for one of my hw. The inexpensive printers you find readily available online will not produce fine results without heavily modifying the printer and its software/ hardware mumbojumbo. The machines that are used to make small precision plastic pieces are veryyyy expensive.. and even THEY are fine tuned and customized by someone who is probably a math guru/mechanical engineer..both of which i am not.... with that being said... its a pretty far fetched idea, atleast for me. Unless you plan on going into mass production. Wish i knew a geek who could custom build me one for cheap..

update on the nissan:

I went with these drag slicks instead. And went with a big block i pulled out of a land speed record car. It looks mean AF!

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