[Customs] Quick Work pt.5

Could've sworn I had other plans yesterday, but oh well, 4 cars it is. Would've been 7, but the other 3 aren't yet complete.



























Teaser to what's soon to come:

[Customs] Making Quick Work pt.1

There are several WIPs that have found its way on my desk cutting in "line" in front of hundreds other cars that have been waiting patiently in a box for their turn.

However in an attempt to clean up my desk, these will need to make its way out as well, thus completing them is one of the ideal solution.












With the casting already blacklisted, this was not one I could simply throw into the collection. It needed something different. The result was fabricated on the spot. The wheels were taken off a 2013 Retro Entertainment Footloose VW Beetle. I was expecting size-2 wheels in the back since previous models were like that. Since it didn't, I pulled tires off a Greenlight Sarah Fisher Indy race car and stuck them on this. Something other than Firestone would've worked better with the other brands stuck on the body in my opinion, but that's as good as it gets. Skinny tires in front would've been great too, but again, I'm limited on high-end variety.







Shiniest finish yet. Shinier than the Dream Cruisers Porsche Boxster. I got myself a can of acrylic enamel (whatever that implies), and the paint has not given me any trouble. It cured into a hard finish in a few days, lightly sanded with 1000 grit, applied polishing compound, spray detailer and spray wax to finish it. The procedure for a better finish is being worked on and this project helped me develop it even further.

Wheels were done in with the Sharpies because they portray a more accurate finish of the stock alloys found on real cars than the chrome finish of Hot Wheels. The headlights were done in with the Gundam marker after a layer of silver Testors enamel.













As for the diorama photos, I played with the camera's colour balance. Instead of doing shade, I tried tungsten. The tungsten setting gives off a more blue-bias filter, and miraculously enough it countered the strong yellow light from the same lamp I used previously. Tweaking it further on Photoshop turned out to be less of a hassle, though I can still see improvements can be made.

[Customs] '55 Chevy wheelswap.

I like to save these incomplete projects for when I don't feel like doing a paintjob or when it's something I can make real quick while I wait for something else to be done.

It was lowered to the point I needed to shave off the detailing on the chassis. I would've lowered it even more, but the rear tires were already bottomed out.

[Diecast] Look who cheated! Treasure Hunts Galore!

It was a very cute-looking parcel I must say. The box was custom made into a 4" cube. In it was a small pot of gold. Aside from a stash of Treasure hunts I'll never find, a friend went through the trouble of grabbing me some other cars Canada won't hope to ever get. Thanks, Jason! Let's have a look:

chronological order: Chevy Bel-Air (boulevard), Fast Fish (TH), Ferrari 430 Scuderia (TH), Ford Gran Torino Sport (mystery), Lincoln Continental (TH), Plymouth AAR Cuda, Plymouth Fury (TH)

Missed these ones in the past parcels. I almost lit up in flames when I went to leave feedback ratings for two sellers when I saw these two weren't photographed. Turns out these two loose cars were wrapped in a sheet of white tissue and camouflaged itself with the peanut foam:

from left to right: Porsche 935/78 (flying customs), 24 Ours (mystery)