Pic Thread: Customized Hot Wheels,etc

[special-K]

I had a '67 I had stripped and primed along with the other three, but no good color for it. I just picked up a can of satin burgundy thinking it would look like old vermillion that came on these trucks. I dunno, something about the white tops creates a more realistic vibe. Any Custom 69s or these 67 C10s leave something to be desired...boring I guess. Now that I've painted a negative picture, what do you think?

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks good to me

[flashed]

I like it.

[special-K]

It looks more raspberry than faded burgundy. It has a fawn interior with black floor. There's more detail in the interior than exterior. I'd like to make a tonneau cover for this one, maybe in fawn to look like a Gaylord's cover. They could all use better wheels.
I want to start looking for Real Riders donors. I just bought three Custom 62s someone else did. I like the straight out of the package ones with better wheels, but also want them on custom painted ones. I want some stock looking tires & wheels, too. Greenlights are a bit pricey to be buying as wheel donors.
Here are the three I bought. They sure do look better with better wheels & tires:

[90\87Formula]

Here's some wheelswaps I did; not all pickups. All are re-assembled with screws.

[special-K]

Cool cars, but those Square bodies look so great with those paint jobs on 4wd chassis with aluminum slots!

[special-K]

These aren't mine. I wish they were:

[1badgmc]

I've seen that black panel posted somewhere on Facebook. That firetruck is killer!

[special-K]

Aren't those cool? One day I hope to have nothing better to do than be sitting down to a workbench making creations like that

[1badgmc]

If you want to see some truly amazing and insane customs, check this page out:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99149266@N03/

[flashed]

I only got thru 2 pages so far but those are great .

[Daman]

A couple years ago I started doing wheel swaps after my cousin made a Nova HotWheel for me that looked like my old one from high school.







Yes I even cut up a couple of my original Real riders that had been well played with for the wheels

[special-K]

Those look great. The Real Riders kick these trucks up a notch or two for sure.

[special-K]

i just bought this '52. I want to get some to do my stock paint thing on

[flashed]

Another one to look for ,have not seen any of those .

[special-K]

I think I just added pictures of some '52s to the "Where's The Love?" thread. I'll check and if not I will tonight.

[flashed]

Im going to have to remove some signs from my shop walls to have room to hang up my little trucks Im collecting .

[special-K]

Put the signs on the ceiling...hahaha. The '52 that you might find in the store now is a zamac with red wheels and same graphics as on that baby blue one or the red one as shown on the package the black custom job is in. hey, I know. How about I show a picture??

[flashed]

K ,my shop dont have ceilings ,just open rafters .

[special-K]

I'm sure you could find a way to make that work

[flashed]

I had actually planned on ceilings in it but I ran out of money due to playing with too many cars and trucks .It may still happen someday but Im planning another shop first .

[BigMike]

Not Hot Wheels, but 1:64 Maisto customs I did.

[flashed]

Those are very nice .

[special-K]

Really fine, Mike. I have a thing for those stock looking paint jobs. They seem to give an added level of realism for me. Your two-tone scheme is just how I always felt GM should have done it on the front fenders

[silvereagle07]

Here's a simple wheel swap I did on the 67 custom. I've got one in the paint process now. Just need time to finish it. I have a 62 I'm doing too. I just can't decide on a color for this one. I may try a patina look.