BigMetalRobot

Category: Custom Diecast

  • A Kombi Combo Happy Day. Not My Best Use Of Time.

    Ahhh, such a cute little abomination. This thing is a mess, but I was in the early days of the hobby and experimenting with every technique at the same time. Is like looking at a fossil from another epoch. This thing was sold, may have been the first custom that ever sold. I doubt it…

  • Cheetah, Fire, Sponsor…Just Add More, More

    Sometimes you just have to add more…more to a project to get it just right. I think this one was a combination of all the leftover tampons, paint and decals form a weeks worth of projects. All that and I didn’t even cover the roof!

  • Apocalyptic Road Burner. Car Washes Are Not Part Of The Future.

    Has this one made an appearance on the site yet? Probably, but I think these are better pics, so a few things I can share about this one: Nylon screen door fabric makes for great faux steel mesh windows. Get yourself a set of specialized wire bending pliers to make metal exhaust, other wise you’ll…

  • OctoPanel: Handpainted, By What One Would Guess Was An Octopus.

    There are a few artists out there that can hand paint designs on teeny tiny things like DieCast toy cars. From what I can tell, either being an expert manicurist or pinstripes seem to be the two best ways to have the skills to pull off awesome hand painted graphics on tiny things. I’m neither,…

  • FLAMES!!

    This one is still sitting on my shelf. The flames were really hard to figure out, at least at that point in time, two paint passes. I always like the way this technique looks. The color, especially the white paint is a little weird, it has turned a bit pink over time, which hasn’t happened…

  • Fun Series For The HotWheels YouTubers

    A long time ago, I used to make a series of Custom cars for the hardworking YouTubers that covered the collecting, customizing and hysteria of DieCast cars and toys. It was fun times, most of the channel hosts new each other, and since we rarely appeared on camera, we all knew each other by our…

  • Sunny King Ford, Number 27. At Least I Remember It That Way

    I think this was made for a contest, I think it was based on a real car, but I recognize that flame mask on the side as one of my templates. Well, I like how it turned out whatever its origin. The diorama in the background is made from discarded cars that I ripped the…

  • Harley Quinn Drives An Astrovan

    In case Harley Quinn forget which car she drove to the grocery store, she puts her name all over it. Does anyone remember the Joker when he didn’t have a female sidekick? Harley Quinn seemed to show up in my comic book life around thirty years ago. I don’t really remember when she first appeared.…

  • Who-Dey? Bengals Tribute.

    I’m not a Bengals fan. But I like the team logo. And it turns out more than a few early Hot Wheels YouTubers were Bengals fans. This was a gift to one such YouTuber. One who ran a favorite channel of mine. The decal work is a little rough around the edges, but way back…

  • Hold The Decals, Just The Paint Please.

    Usually I like to use water slide decals for my graphics. But, there was a time I fancied myself a car painter, not a decal artist. I used lot of air brush masks, which I made from Orecal Vinyl, which I cut on a plotter. I sold the decals for a while, sold enough to…