Hot Wheels

Merry Christmas everyone. We are celibrating our Covid Christmas at home with no one visiting. NE Ohio is covid central right now. Stay safe everyone!

 

Another pair of those Tonka beetles. These ones have glitter paint and an engine sticking out the back unlike the others. I don’t know if these came on a truck like the others but they do fit.

 

The 59 Anglia was a stock Lucky Charms die cast that was red and white and had gold hubcaps. This was a easy build once I dissembled it. There is now a fuel cell,batteries and nitrous in the trunk, There is a 455 Buick engine where the stock 1 piece 4 banger used to reside. I made the straight axle and the white paint washed off with reducer and was red underneath which I didn't have to touch. Still have the hood which I will try to cut when I get the nerve. The hard body Nissan is available in turquoise now. Im going to collect all the colors on that one from Matchbox. Wish summer wasn't so far off. My parts boxes are getting empty.

 

Green Monster truck for Williams 63 This originally was Coke aCola monster truck kit.

 

Jonny Lightning Land Cruiser and M2 Machinces Bronco, looks like that LC guy spent too much time on this website.

 

Bought a few customs from this guy before. Does a great job and also sends these nice cases for them.

 

The dark blue 59 El Camino Gasser is a stock AMT kit that I built and modified severely. The straight axle was made from rear leaf springs and pen ink tubes. The motor is a 455 Buick engine with tunnel ram. The windows were tinted with a red sharpie and water. The rear wheel wells were radiused and rear end narrowed. The Maroon F100 is a Welly 1/24 die cast that I took apart and swapped the wheels on and added most of the details that were missing like side window vents and most of the chrome you see. These come very generic but come out nice if you add what they are missing. I picked up 3 of these recently. The 67 -72 Ford F100s have always been my favorite truck. Gotta 32 Ford Panel I am working on now.

 

I'm 52 and still have all mine from when I was little. They are not even close to mint. I cant even guess how many I have. Close to 200 probably

 

post some pics! they don't have to be mint, just shows you had fun with them.

 

Hot Wheels 1/64

 

Also came with a custom case

 

The new '87 came in this weekend. In contrast to my other '87 castings, this has nice painted detail of the "Toyota" logo in the grill, versus the plastic chrome on standard castings. It also has similar the detail on the rear and tailgate, with the same rubber tires as my Back to the Future version without the Goodyear logo. I also like how the silver around the windshield adds a nice contrast and makes it pop. They did a nice job with this one.

 

Very nice. I have a couple of the older ones but will have to start looking for these now. Those are to nice to pass on.

 

I almost bought this just for the art work...

 

Coca Cola must be throwing some advertising dollars to AMT and MPC on these model hits. I keep the boxes of the 3 I have built so far from that series. The boxes can be collectable too. I have some boxes that go back into the mid 60s and hold on to any that are related to drag racing. I am buiding the red and white Coca Cola 32 Ford panel right now. Its MPC which are a pain in the ass to build. Poor fit and tiny pieces that often dont fit right. The panel is no exception. Its almost done.

 

Collection of model car boxes. A couple are 55 years old. The white Ranchero and light green Crestliner are Coca Cola box art.
Last picture is my Tacoma waiting for spring trickle charger and all. Driving a 13 Sienna around for now. Makes you feel old.

 

Not a Hot Wheels but a Matchbox.

 

How it started
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/whiskey-cabinet-bs.652118/page-16#post-23248648


The failure
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/whiskey-cabinet-bs.652118/page-18#post-23260700

I could never make myself throw those pieces away and today I finally redeemed myself.


The redemption:

 

not hot wheels but die-cast

 

You can post anything that you like. Its geared to Hot Wheels but a little bit of everything gets posted. I like seeing everything related to collectable cars in all sizes . I see it here and know what to look for out there.