Post Apocalypse project with Hotwheels and Outrider - Last vehicle 1st May

[Centaur_Seducer]

Oh! Really liking this

[Too Bo Coo]

Looks fantastic mate!

[Anna Elizabeth]

This is cool, I'm looking forwards to seeing more.

[6mmfan]

Thank you. I have finished have the first two cars and almost finished a whole lot of chain link fences fences.

[6mmfan]

Righto I found the pictures for the first 2 cars I finished. I cant say that I'm 100% happy with the weathering (the dust and dirt part) but I have spent enough time on them!

A classic "Interceptor" based on a 1970 GTO
I went with a metallic blue colour scheme and lots of rusty armour






Next is a "Gunslinger" used by my outlaw faction
I'm very happy with the weathering on this and the rusty right hand door.









The next 2 are proving difficult and I will need to repaint parts of them where I stuffed up the weathering.

I hope you all enjoy them.

Cheers
Kieran

[Anna Elizabeth]

I think these both look great, very battered and tough.

Did you use pigments for the rust?

[6mmfan]

A mix of pigments and paint daubed on with a piece of sponge. The paint was applied in the opposite order to normal - I started with orange and then went darker finishing with a red-brown

[Anna Elizabeth]

I like the effect you're getting.

I forget - what scale are Hot Wheels?

[dexter]

they are approximatley 20mm but they vary wildly. They are scaled to fit the pack.

[Anna Elizabeth]

they are approximatley 20mm but they vary wildly. They are scaled to fit the pack.

Thanx, that gives me a starter for finding minis to match.

[Too Bo Coo]

There are a bunch of really good companies that do 1/64 cars.  JADA, Johnny Lightning, M2, Greenlight, Matchbox, plus a bunch more.  The 'premium' cars come at the princely sum of maybe $5, so in every way this is a very affordable hobby!  I find the best cars to work on are the ones that come screwed together instead of using rivets.

Really love the rust technique, I plan to incorporate it into my next builds!

[6mmfan]

Yeah I think the scale varies. I have heard they are 1/64 but some are 1/72 and perhaps smaller, as it depends on the blister size. Next to a lot of my 1/72nd stuff they look small and I will try and take a picture next to a diecast.

Cheers
Kieran

[Mason]

Excellent work going on here.
 

It takes me back to the release of Dark Future where our whole group started customising Matchbox cars.
 

[Too Bo Coo]

Yeah I think the scale varies. I have heard they are 1/64 but some are 1/72 and perhaps smaller, as it depends on the blister size. Next to a lot of my 1/72nd stuff they look small and I will try and take a picture next to a diecast.

Cheers
Kieran

I think a good rule of thumb is that HW cars are only 1/64 when you are talking about mid-sized vehicles.  A Mini is more like 1/56 and a full sized truck or fire engine sized vehicle is more like 1/100 or 15mm.  I go to the other vendors for smaller or larger vehicles.   

[WitchfinderGeneral]

With the new Mad Max coming out and pushing the post apoc topic I thought I might dig out the matchbox again.

Thanks for the "naked" modding photos! I always found it difficult to add the "right" parts and your pictures give lots of inspiration.