Category: How To

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Another Custom Hot Wheels ’49 VW Truck

    I’ve already used this casting on a previous custom, but I enjoyed it so much, I thought I’d use it again, but just change it up a bit. Unlike the previous custom using this casting, I removed the bed rails on this one and made my own bed using card stock. The wheels aren’t the…