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Thanks, yes, they started out as 92 cent Hot Wheels.

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It was only a matter of time before I got around to making the required counterpart to the Datsun 510… A very good friend gave me the nudge I needed to get on with it… And the team mates…

I still have my first decoder ring, and it works!

Thanks guys. You know..., I assumed "new" GTR since that was the last one I built, not Skyline GTR. I did build some R33 and R34 cars over the years.

I drew the art to fit the body, it is adapted from the racing version this is a tribute to. The wheels were replaced with Minilites from another car. It is a regular little Hot Wheels.

They say GTR on the inside and I know Tamiya made them. A racing GTR? They came from the parts box and I don't even have a Race GTR kit...

While is IS a work of art, it is not a Diesel, or even an internal combustion engine. It runs on compressed air. No spark (so timing is not an issue), no fuel (except compressed air).

Back to this project… It wasn’t stalled; it was a victim of “priority shift”. The basic engine and part of the rear suspension is installed into the interior. The engine is almost box-stock except for the pulleys and the cam cover inserts. The bodywork is finished and it is starting to get the final paint applied. There is a wing I am working on for the rear roof that goes with the scoop. The wheels are done except for center caps and possible tire lettering.

Holy cow! I used to have that locomotive. I still have the American (4-4-0 I think?) Wonder what it's worth?

Oh yes, the company started long before, I was reffering to the '62 Chevy Panels I recalled growing up in the San Fernando Valley... Candy, toys, oh yeah, donuts!

Thanks guys. It is a modified Studio27 1/24th scale kit.

Yes, Thank you.

If you were a kid growing up in Southern California during the early-mid ‘60s, you might remember these firsthand… They were just begging to be done with this casting, even though it is a GMC, not a Chevy…

Not the more famous dominant Le Mans scheme, but a variant version that ran in IMSA.

This is an old Matchbox sized Tonka toy I found buried away while I was doing some cleaning. The windows were broken but they were black so it didn’t matter too much. Some fresh “vintage” art to go with the retro light cream color, a lowered stance and it is living a better life that it had before.

Just a repainted Hot Wheels with new art/decals…

Academy (Tamiya knock-off) 1/25.

I built this in 1983 or ’84 and was able to make it a fully functioning R/C tank with working suspension and two motors/gearboxes. Once the novelty wore off (and the batteries died) it became a shelf model. It has been sitting on top of my shop T.V. for about 20 years. I dusted it off last week (with a garden hose shower) and this is what was under 1/8 of an inch of dust. It was weathered before, I can’t say if the storage added to the weathering or not. No idea where the antenna is now…

Great stuff!

This started as another Hot Wheels called Brutalistic. I added some bodywork and it started to look like a steer skull to me, so I painted it to look like an old boney desert relic last night. The bodywork was done and primered and ready for paint when I shelved (or buried?) it at least 6 or 7 years ago. I just excavated it while cleaning my shop last week, so it seems especially fitting to finish it as a fossil.

Yes, it is the Hot Wheels (about 1/64th scale). Yes, I still have decal sheets for Hot Wheels in stock, more info here: http://scale-master.blogspot.com/

Now with more bass boat flakes!

That's cool. Did you have to paint the two tone? Looks pretty uniform.

Interpretation of a definition? Hmmm... The correct definition of scratchbuilt is that the builder made the parts from raw materials. Just sourcing parts from other kits and combining them to make something that is not a factory produced kit is actually called kitbashing.