Hot Wheels Restomods

[CertifiedMike]

Have you ever tried polishing the bare metal with a dremel after you stripped one? Just wondering how it would look.

If I fnd a couple banged up Hot Wheels, I hsve a buffing wheel set up on my bench. It would be easy enought to try a corner, just to test on.

That's a wrap for the Poison Pinto, Finally! I will secure the body to the chassis tomorrow, but that's just a formality

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That looks AWESOME!!! The redline wheels look great with the paint job! Total win!!!

 

[racerEX]

Hey folks! I've been working on Restomods on a few hot wheels that I have acquired. No idea if anyone is interested in seeing the teardown/rebuild process, but figured I'd start a thread. I know I've seen some cool scale modeling, diarama's and such for hot wheels, so ya never know. I thought this could also be a good time to the Hot wheels collection thread as well.

Post in thread 'Post your HotWheels collections!' https://www.rctalk.com/forum/threads/post-your-hotwheels-collections.140670/post-1493385

My first HW restoration was my '55 Alive Nomad. I kept everything stock, just have it a fresh coat of paint. HW nomads are one of my top 5 cars.

The second is a 70s van that I'm currently finishing up to be a Guinevere van inspired car. The paint work has taken quite a bit of time. The wheels are in real rough shape and had to be replaced; this was the first time I've swapped HW wheels. Next, It'll get a clear coat, new windshield (hopefully), then get reassembled.

Next on the work bench is a Poison Pinto. I'm currently in process of stripping the old paint. This one will also need new wheels. And I picked up some original Poison Pinto decals for it.

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Vintage '55 Alive Nomad
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Added a little more color under the hood.
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Cute taillights
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Vintage 70s Van
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Details, details, details... And I complained that my 1/24 scale RC was small
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And some more...
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Test of new wheel fit
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Installed new wheels and used JB weld to secure them

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More paintwork for taillights and windows

That’s freaking awesome, I didn’t know until recently that restoring HW cars was a thing. Yours turned out great.

 

[OnwardGuinevere]

That’s freaking awesome, I didn’t know until recently that restoring HW cars was a thing. Yours turned out great.

Thanks! I've got a few more sitting in various stages. If I can ever dwindle down my project list, I'll get these finished up. When it gets colder here, they'll be good indoor activities to finish up