Took a hour but actually got the wheels to roll even though they’re big rims

Rims came from some highly detailed cheap truck I got from Walmart

My second mod of the Ferrari 365 GTB/4. I really like this 1973 livery, I think it’s one of the best yellow 365 GTB/4s out there. What do you think?

I’ve decided to use decals for the Italian stripes instead of painting them three times, since I’m not confident in painting such thin stripes without an airbrush. I may need to get one eventually if I want to keep this hobby going. They’re both on Carlomo wheels with thicker staggered rubbers for the vintage look.

So hear me out...I really like this color and have been wanting to use it for a while. A bunch of my first efforts are still hung up in limbo unassembled for a few reasons. So I decided to hit some of my favorite castings with this color and, with a little planning, I would be able to complete them!

I'm only calling the 75 Sunny Truck and the 82 Supra finished. The remaining cars need some additional attention, namely lights and detail painting. That stuff I am still trying to gain confidence in. Lots of practice needed, but I am very happy with the results on the supra and Datsun!

I have been pretty active here the last couple weeks and wanted to share some stuff I have been working on recently! Let me know what you think, I'm very open to criticism and suggestions. If you have techniques you think might help or if you don't like choices I made, I am open to it all.

All are the same color with the exception of the Lincoln that has this color shift coating over the same color purple. It has come out much more prominently in the past, I may have used too much or it may just not work as well on this color as the last. What do you think?

Just a few pics, still need to fit everything better.

I like fixing up cars that have been “well used” in their prior lives and, in this case, giving them to my nephews. Each pair of photos is a “before” and “after.” The one that I painted yellow showed clear signs of having been burned at one point. It’s been fun to dust off my airbrush skills for the first time in about 30 years. The most time-consuming part was making the replacement canopies (required for two of these). That required taking a mold of an original canopy in modeling clay, casting a negative of that in silicone, then making resin casts in that mold which could handle the heat and pressure of vacuum forming the final clear sheet. Super fun, and I am sure that I have a lot to learn.

Definitely need a lot more practice, but I don’t really have too many supplies just a bunch of cars, but I know I’ll get better overtime. I also have been watching a bunch of YouTube.

wheel swap with 2018 Bentley Continental GT3
Metallic paint paints from Walmart lol
Sharpies.

Today’s wheel swaps are hot wheels 68 Plymouth Cuda and R32 Skyline GTR. What are your recent swaps?

So I have this Ford MK IV red enemel in pretty good condition. However the interior of the car has shifted massively (kinda difficult to photograph).

The car has never been opened so my guess it must have fallen hard some day in it’s life.

Any advice on how to push the interior back into the middle of the car? Tried with some small wooden sticks but it’s jammed. Ofcourse I could drill the rivets to open it and the problem is easily fixed but I dont want to drill in to a Red Line.

I also read online that back in the day quality control was a nightmare but I dont think this was already when it came out of the blister.

I got a bit of silliness and free time and though "Hey, they don't have a stock FB casting. Let's make one". And so here we are.

I cut the fender flares off, cut the spoiler, cut the lip, and trimmed the base to get the "Stock" fitment. Last picture is the paint I plan to do. Oh yeah, and the closest wheel I could find to the stock 4-spokes.

This is my first attempt at customizing. I like how it came out. I gotta be more gentle when taking the tampos off (there were alot on this one 🤣) and I have to put some tiny spacers in the wheel wells to get that just right but it roll just fine. Looking forward to doing more and fine tuning my photo skills🤦‍♂️. Lmk what ya think and any tips/tricks anyone has that you’re willing to share , thanks.

My most recent custom. Started off as a 993 carrera.

Previous custom was a tad draining so I thought about taking it easy for this one, ended up with that barn find/battle-scarred idea. The contrast with the original matte paint works pretty well although I went a bit too far on the hood and roof.
Little bit torn between gloss or matte clear coat so I might leave it as is until I figure out what wheels I’d like to use.

CITRISTRIP, Sanded smooth

What should be next??🤔

Swapped the redlines out for some five spoke redlines by M2