michelle Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) this is my second build for this year i built this replica of the hot wheels car dixie challenger from 2 different amt 70 challenger parts cars and a set of 80 volare side window louvers i got from tom geiger and a piece of sprue i moded for the grille spliter i based the paint and decal work on the 2009 hot wheels issue but i swapped the colors of the flames and body for the model the hot wheels car is a dark metallic blue body with black flames and i did the model body in blac with blue flames which came with the current issue of the 66 parklane which i als got this january the roof was a pain to get lined up and glued right the frond edge did not want to line up nicely with the top of the windshield frame the is some changes from the hot wheels car i made like not having the grille split attached to the leading edge of the hood the hot wheels car had 8 exaust pipes on either side of the car but i changed them to 4 on either side the hood is from harts parts resin Edited March 5, 2021 by michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Nice custom Michelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spaulding Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Nice looking Challenger, not usually a fan of flames but those blue ones stand on on that black paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, PappyD340 said: Nice custom Michelle! thank you 1 minute ago, Captain Spaulding said: Nice looking Challenger, not usually a fan of flames but those blue ones stand on on that black paint. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromolly Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Nice job customizing. The interior looks really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 50 minutes ago, Geno said: thanks 42 minutes ago, Kromolly said: Nice job customizing. The interior looks really nice. thank you the hot wheel car is a 2 seater and had a package shelf that almost goes to the back of the front seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1 model citizen Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I like the stance & the louvers really give a whole different look. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 36 minutes ago, #1 model citizen said: I like the stance & the louvers really give a whole different look. Very cool! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Very nice Michelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Quite a creative approach to take on this car. Good call switching the colour combination. I like those wheels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 10 hours ago, slusher said: Very nice Michelle. thank you 3 hours ago, Smitty said: Quite a creative approach to take on this car. Good call switching the colour combination. I like those wheels too. thank you i was trying to look at it as how dodge would have made a real version over the how hot wheels made thiers i have no clue were the wheels came from they were in the box of wheel backs and tires and rims that was with the two big boxes of parts cars and rebuilders and other random pats i got at a fleamart a a couple years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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