Igor Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I had a little thinned paint left over from the Super Bee model in the jar for my airbrush... So I decided that rather than dump it, I would use it up. Here is the subject, this is not a photo of the actual Hot Wheel, I forgot to take a before photo, so I downloaded this from the interweb. I had removed the graphics from it many years ago, so it started out plain yellow, and the paint was probably a little worse than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo7 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Did you strip the paint? I have "restored" a few Hot Wheels myself but strip them to bare metal first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) I started off by, yes, stripping the original paint. Yellow can oven cleaner made short work of it. Then a coat of primer and the paint left over from the jar. I then brush-painted the bumper black. Edited May 19, 2016 by Igor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 I also put a coat of Future on the windows to clean up the scratches and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogfish_7 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Little is right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) So, I finally got around to finishing this up (Well, almost. I still have to find a small screw or something to hold it together). I painted the tail lights a couple weeks ago, and today I put a couple coats of Future on it and touched up the silver on the wheels. Edited June 7, 2016 by Igor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Very Cool.... I remember having this Hot Wheel when I was a Kid. Turned out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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