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That does look good. Thorrr

Aaahh yes ..... my avatar pic, I remember having that taken.... a long, long time ago, back when I was young, slim and handsome

Firstly I just want to say that I am new to this hobby and in no way an expert at this, what I am posting are some progress photos of my paint experiments, but there may be much better ways of doing this. The car used for this How-To is the Twin Mill III. The "secret" of true Fire is that the fire is painted in white and covered with transparent/candy paints (and since these virtually disappear when sprayed over black, that is why almost every TrueFire paint job is over a black base). Here is my black base First layer of fire is done with a handheld mask, this will be the darkest colour and cover the largest area of all the fire layers Since I am doing a "normal" coloured fire, this will be coverd in a red transparent paint. Use whatever paints you like.... it doesn't have to be top stuff like HOK, use Tamiya clear red and yellow if that's what you are comfortable with..... now, you may laugh, but I am using "Glass Stain" ...why?because I'm cheap and can get it for $2 per spray can because the hardware store are discontinuing the line, and I think my fire is turning out ok. Anyways, red goes on Another layer of white flames Forgot to take the photo of the orange going over the white so here is a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head instead. Another layer of white flames, now over the orange. Each layer of white flames should have less flames than the previous. Clear yellow over the white flames Last white flame layer should just pick up a couple of highlights and then it's time to clearcoat. Thanks for looking. Thorrr

Wow.... Mike Levalle.... Nub..... that's what I call a compliment.... thanks guys. I am using the technique learned from watching some videos of Mike doing True Fire, so I guess I'm not doing too bad a copying him I'll make a tutorial post on how I painted it. Thorrr

Thanks for the nice comments on the paint Yes, it is airbrushed, I have only just started using it and love experimenting with it. On the Twin Mill III, this was the first paintjob I did on it I didn't like it, so it went straight back into the thinners and I started again. With the airbrush it is fun learning, even if it is from mistakes Thorrr

Thought I'd better post what I have so far, since i'm crazy busy at work, and also fixing up the house to sell, so ther in not much time to customize. Pics of the Twin Mill III with the paint job done, hope I can still find time to detail the engine and do a wheel swap before the deadline. Thanks for looking. Thorrr

You are in OZ at the moment? have you bought that extra bag yet?.... there was about another 5 on the rack, got it from "Sams Warehouse" in Rowville, Melbourne.

Ok, I'm not really into the HW Originals, but I thought I'd join in the group build, so I have bought myself a "Twin Mill III" since it has such a cool shape. Will do a kustom paint and a wheel swap. Thorrr

oookeydokey, here you go, 1:1 1972 Buick Riviera

Unfortunately some of us don't live in the USA where it seems that every shop has prenium HW's with Real Riders for a couple of dollars, the cheapest I have seen a Real Rider tired car is $9, and that's just too much for a set of wheels. Today I was playing around to see what I could do to make the Mainline wheels more interesting, and come up with 2 things.... 1. SAND THE GLOSS OFF... I like this so much that I am going to do this to every set of Mainline wheels I use, basically, just use sandpaper to sand the gloss finish off the tread part of the wheel, leaving the sidewall gloss, makes it look like a real slick tire. 2. RUN THEM OVER A HOT FILE. heat up a file with a crosshatch pattern, I used a heatgun and it got the file hot enough to just soften the tire without totally melting it, so it left the file pattern marks on the tire. Take care to not overheat the file. Thorrr

Went away to a country town for the weekend, and went to the sunday Trash abd Treasure market. Scored 3 Boneshakers , 2 '64 Rivieras ( I have a 1:1 1972 Riviera) Cobra and 56 van for their opening hoods, and the Metrorail and GTO because they are interesting. Wreck in front is a 1975 Matchbox Dodge Challenger, got it for free because of it's poor condition... it will be fun fixing it up. Thorrr

The links I posted are not to my work, but some Japanese kustomizers that I find inspirational.

Nothing beats these guys at kustomizing...... Kewo Orange Rod Rip

Here in Oz all the shops start their weekly specials on thursdays, and one of the department store chains called "Myer" has a "buy 2 get one free" special on HW mainlines starting today, so I went hunting. First Myer shop did not have many cars, but I wanted the 70 Cuda as it is one of the cars I want most in real life, the 40 ford I plan to turn into a Rat Rod, and the Midmill is just interesting. Same shopping center also has a Toys R us so I went in there too, and they also had a "buy 2 get 1 free" and I found my first Dairy ever (I only started doing HWs 2 months ago ) a 67 Camaro - old-fashioned casting with opening hood and engine, I will paint this like the old spectraflame finish, and the Mustang I will paint as an Elanor but different colour. Last shop was another Myer, they had a whole rack of cars...all Matchbox with about 10 HW, so I asked if they had any others, and the lady said there was an unopened box out the back and she went and got it, and from that box I pulled a Treasure Hunt Fury, another Dairy and another 67 Camaro. There was only 1 of each of these in the box, but there were 3 or more of almost all the other castings in that box. I'm happy with that haul for a total of AU$ 13.30 (RM 37.50) Thorrr

[quote="jhc7598] wow.. man, maybe u can join us in group customizing sometimes.. [/quote] I might join in the next group build. I am mainly into old american cars, so I think I only have 1 HW original, and I will not have enough spare time before the deadline to join the current group build.

Haven't found an Oz forum for HotWheels, so the main forum I use is Hobbytalk. My interest is in customizing, so I do must of my posts in the Diecast Customizing section on that forum.

Hi... I will be visiting Malaysia in October, going to Langkawi and KL, and was hoping to find some real bargins on Hotwheels there (since the baseplates says they are made in Malaysia) , but I have read that the price is about 6.50..... and at the current exchange rate, that's the same price they sell for here in Australia. Is that the best price, or are there shops I can go to for better prices? Thanks. Thorrr

Hey Gee, I'm in Melbourne, down near Dandenong, and I have been looking for Dairys... where did you find yours? Thorrr