Hot Wheels Project Fordy (Progress)

[nosliw2004]

thats awesome ive never seen a modded 1/64 before

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by ImolaEK

Cool? How do you sandblast? Do you spray something afterwards? What is the difference and the advantage between sandblasting a 1/64 model car than to just drop it in Brake Fluid? Can't wait to see the paint.

At school we've got a sandblasting booth. Its got a gun with an air hose, and another hose to the sand. At 120PSI you spray glass bead and it rips the paint right off.

Advantage....2minutes vs 2 hours. It does rough up the body, and it will move metal. So it does take a bit of finess with small detailed soft metals. Then afterwords sand with 320.

[Rubberband Man]

Thats pretty cool, I might try modding a HotWheel now that I know how to get the thing apart.

[1986Z28]

looks sweet, keep up the good work

[KustmAce]

Updates Mikey!

We need new pixxxx!!!!

[mike@af]

UPDATES:

Layed down the first stage of about five. The base was Tamiya X-1 black. Lightly wetsanded and polished for the next stage. There is some orange peel, but they will all be buffed out after the clear coat so Im not to worried about it.

Primer:








Base:






Enjoy!

[KustmAce]

Looks good mike, what wheels are you to put on? Also, whats the paint gonna look like?

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

Looks good mike, what wheels are you to put on? Also, whats the paint gonna look like?

I'll probably leave the wheels that are on there. On my other Fordy I will use some Torque Thrusts.

The paint is sort of a lets see if my idea works sort of thing. Im trying out a new technique with the airbrush and some old school tricks of the trade. So the result should be a dark marbalized blue with ghost flames.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

I'll probably leave the wheels that are on there. On my other Fordy I will use some Torque Thrusts.

The paint is sort of a lets see if my idea works sort of thing. Im trying out a new technique with the airbrush and some old school tricks of the trade. So the result should be a dark marbalized blue with ghost flames.

Your gonna free hand flames on that with an airbrush? What kind are you using? Even those really nice flames in those pics I showed you from the airbrush site the guy used a template.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

Your gonna free hand flames on that with an airbrush? What kind are you using? Even those really nice flames in those pics I showed you from the airbrush site the guy used a template.

I dont know. If it were bigger, I'd probably freehand them. I'll have to see. Im using an Iwata HP-BC airbrush.

[mike@af]

UPDATES:

Been working away at the paint. Im ony the 4th stage so far. I just color sanded the translucent blue over the marbled titanium gold leaf. Tomorrow I'll lay down another coat of blue, then wetsand and clear.







Sorry it looks a little dirty, I didnt clean it off before taking pics.

[ImolaEK]

Kool! Colorsanded?

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by ImolaEK

Kool! Colorsanded?

Blue sandpaper

[Mustangman25]

I had no idea that you could really do anything to a diecast, but this looks amazing...inspiring me to work on my plastic 57 Chevy hot rod and also to go get a 1/64 Hotwheels to modify...thanks!