BigMetalRobot

Category: Custom Diecast

  • Not All Work Out Well…

    All these design have issues, at least they aren’t some of my favorites. The CRX is a clumsy casting to work with, wasn’t the best choice for decal work. I like the paint job, which is a gold translucent paint over polished metal, but I then covered the paint mostly with decals I’m not thrilled…

  • OSU Cow-Troopers

    I’ll post more from this series later down the road, but this design has been popular. At some point in time, the combination of Cowboys and Storm troopers became a thing for me, seemed like the perfect combination of pop culture imagery.

  • Blue Flame Torino

    Quite a few of the prices I have from the early days are like this one. Painted flames, using vinyl airbrush masks, with livery, usually racing logos and a few made up racing team names. Somewhere at about the time this Torino was made, I started using matte paint in combination with glossy paint. The…

  • The Story Behind Wolfee Donuts and Ariana Grande

    This one sits in Wolfee Donuts, Lake Elsinore California to this day. Andrew and I got free donuts for a month for this one! and “no” those aren’t Cheerios on top. They are carefully hand-crafted replica donuts In an odd coincidence, Wolfee Donuts became internationally known for a second in time with Ariana Grande “licked”…

  • Unique Decals Collection Recap

    A lot of collections ended up overlapping at the end of the year. I collage of some of the ones I haven’t yet covered here in the blog. The Nightwish Van in the top right is one of the more complicated decals I’ve made. It is hard to see in the pics, but the base…

  • Blue Skull Torino, The Start of Something Different.

    I’ve done full car body water slide wraps before, I’ve posted many in the Heavy Metal Series on different sites, but this particular piece changed a lot for me. The water slide wrap is designed in four parts, I lined the templates up differently than I used to do, making the seams much easier to…