Category: Custom Diecast

  • Custom Hot Wheels VW Beetle Camper

    Thought it’d be fun to do another custom using the VW Beetle truck. Playing around with different mediums to create this custom VW Beetle camper. After it was finished, I wished that I hadn’t included the piping around the edge of the camper, it was very soft metal and it moved on me while painting.…

  • 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 Hot Wheels ’78 Dodge Pickup

    This will be the last Hot Wheels custom for a while. I’ll be starting on a 1:24 scale VW Beetle model in the near future. I want to do the model to hone my air brushing skills and work with different mediums. This custom truck was more of a filler to try a new rust/weathering…

  • Custom Hot Wheels VW Transport Part II

    Finally got around to finishing the custom Hot Wheels VW Transporter. I had to take a few days to step back and rethink what direction that I wanted to go with it. I’m still not convinced that this is what I had intended to accomplish when I started this custom, but in the end, I…

  • Custom Hot Wheels VW Transport Part I

    This is probably one of the most ambitious customs that I’ve started and it has kicked my butt from step one! First my drill bit slipped off the pillar and I drilled through the base, I broke my drill bit off in the pillar when I was drilling it out to tap it, the first…