Category: Matchbox

  • Custom Matchbox Barn Find VW Bus

    Imagine walking into an old, forgotten barn and finding a vintage VW Bus just waiting to be restored. That’s the inspiration for this custom. It was a lot of fun and gave me the opportunity to try different weathering techniques. Hope you enjoy the video, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.…

  • Custom Hot Wheels Hudson Hornet

    I’m supposed to be working on a 1:18 scale VW Beetle, but I saw this car on the pegs and thought it’d be a good candidate for a quick custom. I wanted this car to look like it has been sitting out in the elements for many years and even though many people have offered…

  • Custom Matchbox ’35 Ford Truck

    For this custom, we took a Matchbox ’35 Ford Truck and made it look a little rattier and tired. Out of the blister pack, this is a really cool car that looks great just as it is. I just wanted to change it up a bit and give it a little more detail. I’m very…

  • Custom Matchbox VW Fastback Finished

    I was able to finish the custom Matchbox VW Fastback this past weekend. Basically it was just a matter of adding my hydrogen peroxide/fine steel wool mixture to areas that I wanted the rust to remain and let it dry in between applications. I finished by adding details to the exterior such as headlights, tail…

  • Custom Matchbox VW Fastback

    When I was 15 years old, way back in 1983, my brother-in-law gave me my very first car! It was a early VW Fastback. We spent days working on the car to get it to run and it eventually did! However, the body of the car was shot! So much rust that we determined that…