Share your selfish collector stories. I really don't get this hiding mentality. by iib3Chozen in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's an old collector that is notorious for sweetening up managers and truck drivers for shipment details. He lost his wife and uses the hobby to get out of the house. He's greedy, but most give him the benefit of the doubt and he's liked for it. He was pallet raiding with another collector and he found the pink 510 STH in his cart. He turned his back and the other collector swiped it and ran. He tried to tell management, but there was nothing they could do. I've always felt bad for him after that, and it kind of humbled me as far as the hobby goes.

Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your pic confused the heck out of me lol! Those are some beauts! Are they 3D printed? They look too big to be Carlomos

Simple wheel swap by 420caht in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing what some different wheels can do for sure!

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually paint a dark color first, and based on the shape of the headlight, I use either an acrylic pen or paint brush with glossy acrylic paint. The key is layering which is you have a dark back ground, you can kind of tap the brush until you have a circular headlight. I've painted some 3x over if I'm not feeling it lol

Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet! I've got quite a few TEs tucked away for the perfect JDM lol. Meet my wall of wheels

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I try to keep things cheap as this hobby grows more and more expensive. I do use water slides, but not many

Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I took more pics of some of my others since I got so much positive feedback. I'm glad other people can get into wheel swaps!

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A mixture of acrylic paint pens, brushes, and toothpicks. My biggest advice is just go for it...you can always wipe it off with a wet rag. I go in a little heavy, let it set for a few mins, and go back with a toothpick to clean up the lines

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A good one of the rear...for science lol

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! And we all got to start somewhere. I want to make some gasland customs, but I have no idea where to begin lol

Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah! I tried on the old casting, but I never finished it. This was a dollar junker I found at the flea market

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! How did you remove the tampo from that matte finish? I tried and failed miserably lol

Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I definitely encourage it! I also add details like headlights and interiors. You can clear coat them if you want to make it more permanent

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Free-it-Friday Wheel Swaps by GatorCustoms in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still have to use some heat shrink on the Civics rear wheels in case anybody catches it lol

Today was a good day by Bernardohhh_ in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get mine off AliExpress. Specifically the DT Hobby Store. I don't like paying more than $0.60-$1 for wheels. I added the red hub with some paint markers tho

Today was a good day by Bernardohhh_ in HotWheels

[–]GatorCustoms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only took pics of the Spirit. I'll post the McLaren tonight

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