Post by tatocorvette on Feb 22, 2021 15:11:25 GMT -8
Hello,
This is my all time favorite Hot Wheels: Check at the bottom for a video on the model.
Some history behind this: As many others, I grew up playing with Hot Wheels. I'm not ashamed to admit that to this day, I still buy them as I have been for over 40 years
Back in December 1979, while in fourth grade, we had a Christmas secret friend gift exchange at school: The teacher had our names in a bag and you pulled one. You had to buy a gift for that person but it was a surprise until the last day. I think there was a budget cap of $3 or so.... Anyway, I received 2 Hot Wheels that for some reason became my all time favorites to this day: a Tricar X8 and a Jet Threat II. I played with them a lot. After wearing them down, they were painted (more than once) with brushed nail polish among other abusive things. I still have them both and they are part of my history!
When eBay came along in the late 90's, it became a source of older Hot Wheels. Long story short I now have dozens of Jet Threats, Tricars and many others.
I found this little puppy on eBay. It was left for dead so I had to rescue it. It has seen better days so I thought, why not taking it apart and rebuild it?
Took it apart and seems it did a lot of off road in the past. The raw metal turbine and chassis were pitted.
The body was stripped. The chassis and the turbine were polished. They did not get back to mint condition, but as good as I could.
The body was sanded smooth and primer was applied. Then sanded again and applied more primer and re-sanded until the body was as smooth as it could. Keep in mind this is 1/64.....
Took a year between disassembly and primer.....
Using Corvette Grand sport colors (Arctic white and Admiral blue), it ended up like this:
Added harness and a steering wheel
Made a paper parachute
This was started in 2013 and finished in 2014. Hope you like it.
Thanks,
Ismael
This is my all time favorite Hot Wheels: Check at the bottom for a video on the model.
Some history behind this: As many others, I grew up playing with Hot Wheels. I'm not ashamed to admit that to this day, I still buy them as I have been for over 40 years
Back in December 1979, while in fourth grade, we had a Christmas secret friend gift exchange at school: The teacher had our names in a bag and you pulled one. You had to buy a gift for that person but it was a surprise until the last day. I think there was a budget cap of $3 or so.... Anyway, I received 2 Hot Wheels that for some reason became my all time favorites to this day: a Tricar X8 and a Jet Threat II. I played with them a lot. After wearing them down, they were painted (more than once) with brushed nail polish among other abusive things. I still have them both and they are part of my history!
When eBay came along in the late 90's, it became a source of older Hot Wheels. Long story short I now have dozens of Jet Threats, Tricars and many others.
I found this little puppy on eBay. It was left for dead so I had to rescue it. It has seen better days so I thought, why not taking it apart and rebuild it?
Took it apart and seems it did a lot of off road in the past. The raw metal turbine and chassis were pitted.
The body was stripped. The chassis and the turbine were polished. They did not get back to mint condition, but as good as I could.
The body was sanded smooth and primer was applied. Then sanded again and applied more primer and re-sanded until the body was as smooth as it could. Keep in mind this is 1/64.....
Took a year between disassembly and primer.....
Using Corvette Grand sport colors (Arctic white and Admiral blue), it ended up like this:
Added harness and a steering wheel
Made a paper parachute
This was started in 2013 and finished in 2014. Hope you like it.
Thanks,
Ismael