[Customs] Key Organizer, Roll Out! Lamley Contest Submission

It's due! Contest submissions are due, people are frantically trying to finish up. For me, it's just blogging about it now. If you weren't aware of what this project was about, it's a key organizer made with the intentions of protecting my phone from scratches. This contest came around where I identified a possible issue with the new phone I was gifted. Progress was made and shared in a previous post, and contest details are here. The only rule to the contest was to customize a 1992 BMW M3. It left the room open to many interpretations, and hopefully there will be more people who thought of doing something more than just a painted car.

Here's the finished product:

Bare zamac, wite-out used as a base coat for all the detailing, sharpie marker used to fill in any colour and black. Wheels and kidney grill coloured with silver sharpie. Hole drilled through back windshield and chassis plate. The rear wheels had to be offset so the keys would fit inside. I tried not to over do it. It would've been easier if I sculpted a wide body kit and painted over it, but that's only if I painted the body.

 

That's the toy, and here are the keys:

and now finally, what it looks like with the keyring and external attachments.

Top 10, here I come!

Good luck to all contestants.

[Diecast] Cars Owed & Trade Successful

I come home from class and am welcomed with 3 small parcels.

2 of which are items owed from an eBay purchase. One seller forgot to put in one of my cars, and the other gave me the wrong car altogether. Hah. Freebie for me. The last parcel is from a trade with an individual from the forum where this hobby began.

I also finally decided to change the overly-dramatic camera angle. It was cool at first, but it only works on cars with a vertical facade. So I stopped. I decided to work with the plaque this time and settled with a profile shot even though it's the exact same view we see looking at cards. I tried putting the car at a 3/4 view and it just didn't have the artsy flow. In fact, it just looked like a generic cut and paste out of a page from a crappy car ad.

 

 This Land Rover Defender was completely missing from my parcel. Good thing I do feedback ratings on all items on eBay, because I use it as a checklist to see if everything is here.

 

This '70 Dodge HEMI Challenger (Garage series) was mistaken with a Plymouth HEMI Cuda (Garage Series).

These were from a trade established with a6m5 from GTPlanet.

They consist mostly of Garage Series cars and a single Boulevard.

 

Boulevard Ferrari F40

Glad he was willing to trade one up. The one Walmart here had the cases that contained them, but someone keeps hoarding them all.

 Chevy Corvette Stingray Concept

I have the white one as well, but this blue is lovely. 

 Ford GT40

Zamac Finish - Plymouth Hemi Cuda

They're new this year but I had the feeling I would never see one here, just like the Dan Weldon race car. Zamac if you never heard of it is, the type of metal hot wheel castings are made from. Referring to the finish as such simply means that the body never received any paint, so whenever Mattel releases any cars like this, it's generally considered special to collectors.

'10 Shelby GT-500

You know you like a car when you'll accept a paint defect! There's some paint loss on the roof, but lucky for me you guys can't see it in this photo.

Lastly, I was also sent a Garage Series Ferrari Dino 246, but I already have 2 so I didn't need a new photo. Thanks for the cars, Shinji! that's not his real name by the way