Beetle Amusement:)
Vdubyajohn recently posted me some VW Beetles. I’m slowly filling in the roofs on them. While a few were drying I took the time to entertain myself (top two photos)
Mad Max: Custom HotWheels Interceptor.
I made one of these before with disappointing results. The Interceptor in Mad Max is actually a simple custom because you don’t have to treat it like a glass ornament. Scratches, scuffs and blemishes are okay. This go around came out better than I expected and I feel good for saving a Hot Wheel that was grabbed out of…
It's a Rod Thing: Custom Hotwheels
In my desperation to get my hands on a split window bug I wound up purchasing the recent VW 5 pack. I didn’t care for any of the others in the set but I was stuck with them so decided I’d mod a few of the undesirable cars.
Mini Support Vehicle
This is what happens when you start customizing a diecasts without any idea as to where you are going with it. I sort of just took inspiration from my last build the Le Car pizza delivery.
Project overload: works in progress
So maybe the propane is leaking or I have too many ideas at once... I have too many customs going at one time. All of them are in various states of completion but none are quite done yet. Thought I’d share them with the LaLD community.
Mad Tracks: Still Trying...
This is my 3rd attempt at a Mad Max style Vehicle. I thought I’d get better results if I stayed truer to the movie...Sadly I gave it a bit too much front overhang which led to more radical wheel design than I was after. I’ve got two more cars that I’ll try again on this week (a Chevelle and a Javelin) and share the…
Custom Writer's Block
First off, I apologize for the bad photos. I’ve been stuck with where to go with a 356 custom. I’ve been messing with a few ideas but nothing is really drawing me to want to finish any. I think hotwheels has made a cast I’m in love with but subconsciously not so much. Sad to say I may walk away from these till…
:Custom Bluebird
Perhaps my last custom before the new year and I wanted to share. Not the prettiest custom but I have a bit of sentimental attachment to this one so I didn’t want to go overboard. Really didn’t want to strip the car of it’s character just attempt to make it more appalling to me. I’ll likely swap out the wheels for…
CamoFrog: Custom Jeep Hurricane
This is on the more idiotic side of customs. Not sure why but I wanted to recreate another of my Dune Duster build. Sadly I had no luck locating a Manx to do so. Matchbox pegs had a few casts with the characteristics I was after so I thought why not. The Jeep Hurricane wound up being my victim out of lack of other…
When in Doubt... Elbows Out.
The custom rods finally got picked up this morning to go to their new forever home. Before they departed I managed to pop out one more to make for a funner set. She began life as a red Tomica Morgan Plus-8 that I’ve had forever. I only had a few hours to throw this together so maybe she’s not as cool as if I took my…
Bluefin: Custom Salt Flat Jag D-type
The customs just keep stacking up. My friend refuses to run by and pick them up. A trip to the Sunday flea market made me the owner of a rather ratty Lesney D-type Jaguar. I decided a Bonneville salt flat Jag would help it fit in with the others as an extra surprise. The wheels sort of found themselves serendipitously…
Superbird for turkey day
Threw a quick custom together and wanted to share. Broke the chassis into three sections and channeled the middle to get the right stance. The stainless appearance kind of goes with today too. Have a good holiday. I’m tankful for stumbling on LaLD.
450 SEL-ectivity
I Picked up this Tomica Mercedes at a flea market a few months back for just a dollar. She’s not in pristine condition but you’d have to look close to see the few nicks on the body and windows. I wanted to give it a rolled fender sort of look and swap out the Tomica button wheels for something more substantial. Took a…
Insomnia build: Mr. Derp
I couldn’t fall to sleep last night so I wound up trying to start another custom... Not sure what I’ve created but my girlfriend likes him and I think he’s just about the goofiest car I’ve made so far. Still he sort of puts off a fun personality.
Volks-Rotten: Custom Split window Bug
It took a while to get around to finishing the other VolksRod but I finally pieced together this little Franken-Bug. I wanted to paint it black but it wound up looking a little like an old German military helmet in that color. So this one is like the other and rusted with some peace sign skulls on the doors. She’s a…
Two more custom 32's
A friend made me an awesome custom Lotus Europa so I’m paying him back with two channeled 32 customs. If you remember MCNR87 got me into the 32’s with his 32-highboy custom... This is sort of a channeled form of his original custom. I sort of went with a rat rod look for these ones. Before they took off to join my…
Baja Bone-Shaker: Custom
This one started off a little strange. I purchased a Hot Wheels bone-Shaker with every intention to get it as low to the ground a possible. Half way through the modification I accidentally dropped her next to a Toyota trophy truck and seeing the two next to each other got my mind spinning with ‘what ifs?’ I know Hot…
Turning a one Eighty.
I may take some flak for doing this to a 180sx but I assure you the rear glass was beyond saving. I’ve been lucky to have some time to play more and more with diecasts but today I learned you can take it too far. Not really happy with this one. I was going for a sort of future apocalypse Mad Max thing and I’m just not…
Fairlady Aglow...Mustang too.
I Broke open a glow stick for the photo opportunity. I think it looks pretty cool.
Dune Deserter.
I was lucky enough to find a Hot Wheels Manx at a flea market just a few days ago. I really wanted to customize one after seeing TinfoilHat’s custom lifted one. I Just wasn’t sure if I could do anything near as cool. After rolling it around for a few hours I decided I’d stick with the hot rod addiction I’ve had lately…
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