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Tag: custom hot wheels

  • Bat Wings! Really They Are There

    After binge listening to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, I came up with a brilliant design, that is still stuck in my head as it didn’t quite make it to realization in this piece. The goal was a horned skull on the top, and bat wings that transitioned from the skull down to the side…

  • Extreme Exhaust.

    I think this is a Chevelle, made many years back. For a while I was infatuated with complicated, or at least overly engineered exhaust systems. Pretty sure this setup with be a danger to anyone bumping up against this ridiculous design. But I like ridiculous things, so I like this one.

  • One Very Large Engine

    I don’t think you’d make it very far down the drag strip with that engine blocking your view. This one still remains in my collection in spite of its goofiness. The paint came out really well and it shows off a pretty complicated masking process.

  • Early AAR Cuda Customs

    This copper AAR Cuda was the first custom I made, or at least the first one that didn’t get immediately remade. It has a lot of odd ball stuff going on, but it remains a favorite for sentimental reasons. The black stripes are made from tape, (not something I would recommend copying) and the decals…

  • Top Five

    This Torino was made a looming time ago, probably 7-8 years ago. It was one of the first successes I had making custom HotWheels. I made the flame masks out of vinyl (one of the first cars I made using masks). The interior was all customized as well, with roll bars and seats scavenged from…

  • Dairy With Flames…And Everything Else

    A pretty obnoxiously decorated dairy. I think I could have fit a few more decals in there if I tried.

  • Pittsburgh Penguins On Ice

    Another Christmas present piece for a co-worker. This one was fun, the blue base is resin made to look like ice, I think it came out looking great! . Through the whole price are names of great Penguin players. Took three attempts to get the names to fit in the roof, my templates weren’t very…

  • Stretched Apocalyptic Dairy

    Not a very good pic. This project started out as a completely different idea. It just kinda grew into what it is now. The entire back 2/3 of this piece is fabricated from scratch. I tried to make an interior for the drivers cabin, but the spaces just got too tight to work with. The…

  • Kit Bashed Power Panel

    I used to use the Power Panel casting a lot, a few years back Mattel tweaked the casting to have a plastic sunroof, probably to lighten the casting and save some Zamac cost. The change made the casting a pain to work with, so I don’t do many Power Panels these days, they also are…

  • We Are The Road Crew…

    If you get the title, you’re a true fan. I grew up on Motörhead, no band was ever the same. If there was a market, I’d just make Motörhead graphics all day long.