'67 GTX hotwheels replica

[diymirage]

hey guys, a while ago i started a CBP in which we took a 1/25 model kit to replicate a hotwheels car

the only person to enter and finish (or even make decent progress was our very own Jairus Watson

i finally got some time to build and i made sure i finished my entry

the kit i used was revell's 2n1 67 GTX

the engine is the kit supplied 426 HEMI, one of the nicest ones i hav ever seen, it actually has a alternator bracket

the wheels are from the VW streetmachine bug and appear to be early porsche units

exhaust pipe are custom straight pipes painted with model masters gloss black and then had allclad brushed on (couldnt be bothered to fire up the airbrush for just two pipes)

the grapixs are decals i made after 2 attempts at paint and one attempt at modified the kits decals all failed

so, with no further ado, heres the car

(comments are welcome)

[Peter Lombardo]

I really like that, nice replica of the little guy, the side paint marbling looks great.

[Wayne Buck]

REALLY NICE!! Looks just like the hotwheels!

I love the paint scheme and combo of the black, gray and red.

Excellent work!

[surfjunke]

Turn out great! Looks better than the Hot Wheels. Nice paint.

[Flatearthman]

love both of them, you did an excelent job!!!

[diymirage]

thanks alot guys

i am quite pleased with the way it came out

the marble grapix was really not in my origenal plan, the hotwheels only had a red panel line, nothing else so thats what i tried at first

i painted and stripped the body twice because i had bleadthrough in my 3 tone paintscheme and then decided to use the decals from the kit

these decals were yellow panels with a red line so i used a Xacto knife ti cut the yellow out and then tried allying just the red border but as soon as the decal hit the water it fell apart

then i decided to print my own decal (using a scan of the origenal) but becuase the car was black i needed to use white decal paper

instead of trying to cut just the border out and have a repeat of the first try decalling i decided to try and find something to fill in the panel

and thats when the marble came in

but like i said, i like the way it looks, almost seems better this way

[CorvairJim]

Well, you got the one for your CBP finished before I got the one I'm doing for MY CBP done, and mine started first! Great job, Eelco. It looks like it might have been what Mattel based their car on!

[diymirage]

thanks Jim, thats exactly what i was going for

i once build a model for my father in law, it was a 71 challenger that i intended to look like the car his diecast 09 concept chally was based on

[Dr. Cranky]

So you did the marblelizing with a decal? I'm interesting to know how you did it. Nice work.

[crazyjim]

Nice build build, Eelco. I'd also like to hear about the marbleizing.

[diymirage]

So you did the marblelizing with a decal? I'm interesting to know how you did it. Nice work.

its pretty simple Doc.

first i scanned the origenal decal and opened it in photohop

then i started browsing the internet looking for a picture of a nice marble print i wanted to insert (i think i found this on a flooring website)

back to the photoshop

i highlighted the jellow and cut that so i just had the red outline left

then i stretched the marble picture so it would fit within the red outline and dropped it in the outline

thats about all there was too it, then it was just a mather of printing a few quick test prints on regular paper to ensure the size was perfect before i printed it on white decal paper and dropped a few coats of clear over it

from there on it was a mather of cutting the decal out nicely (so i didnt get a halo effect) and aply like and other decal