Diecast customizing-My story...

[MythosGR]

Well I've done a lot of diecast customizing being seriously involved in the hobby the last two years...I customize diecast models in any scale from 1:64 to 1:18 going to every style possible from lowrider to tuner and from sleds to drifters...The only reason I post this info is because I'd like to share some infos about me(and my wrok) and to point out that many methods in Diecast customizing can easily be used to modeling and vice-versa....

I wish I had pictures of my best models but since I sell(or give or trade) most ofthem I have only pictures of cars I work on them right now and some failures or items going to my personal collection...

In this post I'll give you only pics of 1:43 Bburago models with some goodexamples.Enthousiast(F40),Tuner(Citoren Xsara,Renault Clio) and rally(Fiat Bravo,Renault Clio Cup) plus the wild Golf...
Most body techniques and painting techniques are the same and I really want to try my hand at puttying a plastic model(maybe doing a 1:24 version of the gold is a good start).Opening doors and vents might be tricky
The reason for the 1:43 scale is the smaller cost but with enought detail(most custom 1:43 goes around 50 to 100 for the most wild ones) the opener ferrari is a different story since it was too chalenging and proppably not for sale/trade...

Now enough for the words pics will speak for themselves...


Here is a pic of the Ferrari with the opened rear hatch and opened most of the vents.It's primmed and ready for paint and hinges...



Here is how I will curve in the plastic the wheels transforming them from the left to the right...



Here is the wild bodykited Xsara with one off bodykit,front predator kit,removed rear door handles,new bonnet with big scoop,new wing smoothed in the body and awesome metal flake paint(rainbow colors).THe bad thing is that it fall from the shelf and the paint on the big scoop chiped... The interior is in the works still rough but you get the main idea...







Here is a pic with the modified Xsara next to the original...Wow!I think it's different enough!



Here is one of the most simple but beatifull ones on the bench...Two tone paintjob and hand curved wheels in the plastic...The enigne and interior still to be detailed...



Here is the pic of my Golf(IV) I really love the bodykit on this one it took many patience to shape it the right way and I'm still working on the rear bumper...(It's gonna be a beast painted black and with a good interior!)



Here is two cars the are left overs.The quality is poor(not up to the standard)and they stayed home!



Well the Clio looks good and the engine is clor coded together with other small details(may not be up to the par but I'm pretty happy to have it around...I like the race look)





The Bravo is my first srious model.The paintjob was difficult and everything is handpainted,custom decals,most parts scratchbuild(Autometer style gauge,fire extinguisher roollbar and tire in the rear not in this pic)





WEll sorry for the big post but I think that some of you might be intrested since most techniques are the some and after all they might be source of inspiration...SOrry for my bad english and If anyone interested I'll post other scales and more pics...

Hope I helped someone and some of you like my work...It's pretty hard to show the quality through a cheap webcam...

[OPM]

awesome work,i know how poor quality those mini bburagos are,and youve done simply a brilliant job!would love to see more if you have more for us!

[street_racer1]

nice cars im into diecast customizing too i like it because they are big and detailed but i still like 1:24 and others. do you think you can post some pics of your 1:18 cars pleassssssssse

[Blowncivic1320]

Those are pretty nice, i like the golf the most tho

[tamiyarevell]

good job man

[-Pille-]

Thats some nice stuff you have there 1/43 cars are not easy to work with.

I've customized one 1/43 scale model too - a russian road going truck into a fullblooded rally truck. New interior, scratch built bed and rollcage etc. Weird little thing...

-Pille-

[fullbloodchop01]

nice job there