My first fully scratch built custom 1/18 Hot Wheels (Slingshot), felt like a proof of concept more than anything else – I needed to see that I could actually take these projects to completion first before I really started dreaming bigger (ha, ha…) I was between a couple different Acceleracers for the second car – I really almost went with…
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1:18 Hot Wheels Slingshot (TEKU Custom)
The Acceleracers custom community has really taken off in the last couple of years – with the leaps 3D printing has made in the last decade, we’re getting builders producing life-size accelechargers, Wheels of Power, realm dioramas, even producing their own movie-accurate CM6 wheels for 1/64 Acceleracers customs. This project is that spirit taken up to 11 – what if…
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AutoArt Honda S2000 Legacy Racing Custom [Commission]
Commission work is a bit of a finicky thing – I often enjoy the process of building cars to mirror their real-life 1:1 counterparts and challenging myself to see how accurate I can make a build, but by nature commission work also usually means I’m building something I normally wouldn’t be interested in building for myself or on my own.…
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Hasegawa HKS Skyline (GT-R BNR32) + Pandem Widebody
My first Hasegawa kit! Well, kind of…I’ve actually had experience with the brand before, but not with any of their automotive kits. I actually hadn’t planned to build an R32 again so soon, but this one just happened to land in my lap as a gift from a friend who bought it in Japan.
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1:18 100% Hot Wheels Deora II (Highway 35 Wave Rippers Custom)
In the time since I built my first 1:18 TEKU Deora II custom, I’ve made multiple copies as commissions for customers looking to own one themselves. But there was another version of this car I’ve always wanted to build at this scale – the predecessor to the TEKU livery from the movie prequel to Acceleracers – Hot Wheels Highway 35:…
