I am definitely not a die-cast models guy, and I don't even know, how I got here. However, I found this channel extremely addictive and pleasant to watch. Thanks for your work and content!
I got here almost a year ago the same way. TH-cam randomly suggested one the the videos from this channel then I noticed I kept watching all of the videos released on the channel. So in the end I subbed and can't wait for new videos even though I'm not a Hot Wheels collector or anything like that.
When I was a kid in the 70's, we did a lot of custom work on our vehicles, but of course nothing like this. These vids not only take me back to those days with my friends as we gave our parents heart attacks by "ruining" our brand-new vehicles, but these vids also make me want to grab a few cars and up my modding game. Well done and I know I have alluded to this before, but you seriously are like the Bob Ross of die cast. Kudos!
Everytime i watch your customization videos i remember Bob Ross' paintings. Once you begin cutting the parts of the car, i say " oh is he going to ruin or is it possible to make it better? " afterwards you make it perfect just as he does. Congrats as always!
I got here from a thread on Reddit. This is one of the few times I've really been happy with the fact that I clicked on a video there. Your channel is super soothing to watch and I've been addicted for the last 2 hours.
baremetalHW does it run with out chassis underneath look empty without details but look nice you sure making more longer for car that looks great but good job the bed look real
SUPER! I think this one might be my favorite so far of your customs. Surprised you didn't do a little work on the interior, BUT I still love it! Great job and thanks for sharing.
You're very talented. Not to split hairs, but dirtying up the ropes and taking a little bit of the shine off the tires being hauled would add so much more to that project. IMHO.
The '41ford f series that you customized with the wooden bed and weathering powder looks great! I have the same truck. I got it out of a 5 pack but great job i painted headlights n tail lights and never even considered something like this what you did. Your awesome at what you do !!
Looks spot on! I have a model to restore and has a broken plastic bed but wanted the wood look. Wondering what to use but the lolly stick, great idea and will make it more realistic. Was going for the pristine look but I like the weathering. How a working truck should look not showroom fresh. Thanks for posting
I like how the bed looks!! Nice little project and great video as always 👍🏽 My last 4 customs were not planned either. I just randomly picked them out, stripper the paint and started painting away not knowing how they would turn out. So far they look good and will show end of this month.
I love how the truck turned out. You definitely have an eye for cool. I would love to see you make one of these into a box truck, possibly an old U-Haul.
I'd love to see how you'd approach a total repaint and detailing of a Batmobile (like the 86 one, or the animated series one, or an Arkham game one). Get rid of the gloss black and give it a nice satin finish with some battle damage and mud build up.
Wow I had just found your channel this morning and I really loved this one. The idea of customizing a car like this is very cool to me. Would be a great father's day gift to make him a hot wheel replica of his favorite old truck or something. Great job.
Great job on this one, just the right amount of weathering and the bed looked incredible. The only thing I would have done differently is add a duel wheel base at the back to bring the wheels out as wide as the truck bed.
Hello! I have been watching your videos for a while now and enjoy them very much. I have a rope hack you may want to try. Lamp cords are very fine braided wires. Strip a section of old wire and pull out two to three strands, then retwist it. Because it's wire it can be bent into a variety of shapes and makes great small scale ropes and cables. Also, as it is metal, it lacks the fiber that strings may have so it can not "fuzz up".
Idk why TH-cam suggested this video to me but am I damn glad it did. If these videos existed like 9 years ago when I was actually playing around with HW cars I would've probably gotten into putting models together a lot sooner. I also would've saved thw horrible fate some of my cars had when I sharpied them to try and make them look 'cooler' xD Hell, I still have a wall full of HW cars, maybe I might experiment with them again after watching your other videos.
I have no idea why this was recommended to me at all, I think I wound up clicking on it out of curiosity. I'm not sorry, and was actually engrossed in it. Now I shall likely open up a few other of your posts. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the lengths you have gone to in order to make this toy look like a miniature vehicle that has seen use, and got me wondering about an old moonshiner I'd seen a documentary on. It would sure be amusing to see his old truck with his still parts on it's tray ready to be set up in the backwoods somewhere ! All said, loved seeing the quality of your craftsmanship, Thank You, Carlos.
Really nice! I was planning to do a wood bed for the new T2 Pickup, but using matches instead. Unfortunately, it seems I wont be able to do it so soon, as bad distribution here in my country.
I love your channel. I've been into doing model vehicles and planes for ages. This gives me so many great ideas. I'd love to see you do an A-team van! Can't wait to see more!
Very cool, nice job. Next time you might wanna try Dutch Oil on the flat bed part, kinda neat look on craft-stick wood like that. Thanks for the video.
Looks very real except for the wheels which make me think of the Sixties when those sort of mods were mandatory for older vehicles. I think the weathering worked especially well. Nice.
I picked up a pretty interesting Hot Wheel the other day. It's called Cruise Bruiser, part of the 2016 HW Daredevils line. It would make an awesome Mad Max build!
I used to have model building contest with a friend / neighbor. The 1st build i built was a 55 f100 i cuth the bed out and replaced it with a popsicle stick wood bed. For the interior i took a piece of vinyl seat from a car that was in the junkyard and thinned it down and covered the seat. Also made a adjustable hydraulic bed. He seen it before the deadline and said im not going to be able to finish the kids or dog got some of my parts i cant find them. 😂
I built my 83 Chevy flat bed using ever green plastics it has a welder spools for the welder a spare tire gooseneck and bumper hitch and side tool boxes I like the strap down idea for the load on the back
I would like to see a series where someone you know personally gives you a random car from a retail store and you use that to customize it. That would be interesting.
Check out potassium permanganate to oxidize the wood. Its commonly used on guitars to match the oxidation of the old body if one has been repaired or patched. Works really well but if you go to dark you can use oxalic acid to remove and lighten the oxidation shade to the one you want. Just an idea. Your method looked good but just figured I’d throw a suggestion out there
When I was a kid for my 6th birthday I asked for some crafting supplies. Hot glue gun, toothpicks, and wooden popsicle sticks. I ran through my old toys and removed parts and made custom toys for myself. Than I moved to DC motors and starting making small robots. I miss the easy days.
You are the best.... I really mean it. Btw Love your voice. I find your video's so relaxing and the detail you give is amazing. As always thanks for the great video.
As always, excellent job. One thing I will note, though, that is present on other videos of yours where you've made a car look dirty and weathered--I think more attention should be payed to where exactly tires sling dirt and mud and such. A rainy day on a dirt road (which this particular truck seems to drive a lot) would make whatever's behind those tires a little more muddy and dirty. This video's made some improvements on it, but in past videos I haven't noticed tire spray at all. Just my two cents.
Utterly fantastic. One slight suggestion: omit the windshield...the plastic is too thick and hazy, has odd, raised relief, and it kind of breaks the scale (to use your expression). Or perhaps fabricate a new one (?). Otherwise, brilliant. Just brilliant.
hey Baremetal! two things i really would love to see from you is a truck hotrod, it can be rusty if you like, and the general lee, not a fan of the show but the car is iconic and i love the style! and it would be nice to add some decals and stuff on a hotwheel
I am definitely not a die-cast models guy, and I don't even know, how I got here. However, I found this channel extremely addictive and pleasant to watch.
Thanks for your work and content!
Дмитрий Суслов thanks for watching!
baremetalHW nice
Same
I got here almost a year ago the same way. TH-cam randomly suggested one the the videos from this channel then I noticed I kept watching all of the videos released on the channel. So in the end I subbed and can't wait for new videos even though I'm not a Hot Wheels collector or anything like that.
Same.
When I was a kid in the 70's, we did a lot of custom work on our vehicles, but of course nothing like this. These vids not only take me back to those days with my friends as we gave our parents heart attacks by "ruining" our brand-new vehicles, but these vids also make me want to grab a few cars and up my modding game. Well done and I know I have alluded to this before, but you seriously are like the Bob Ross of die cast. Kudos!
Everytime i watch your customization videos i remember Bob Ross' paintings. Once you begin cutting the parts of the car, i say " oh is he going to ruin or is it possible to make it better? " afterwards you make it perfect just as he does. Congrats as always!
I got here from a thread on Reddit. This is one of the few times I've really been happy with the fact that I clicked on a video there.
Your channel is super soothing to watch and I've been addicted for the last 2 hours.
Thanks Chelsea!! Glad you enjoy it!
i did it to from r/hotwheels or r/diecasts
Ikr?
Man, I was seriously skeptical when I saw the wood, both for the chassis and the bed. But as usual, you blew me away. Turned out fantastic!
Mike Evans Thanks Mike!!
baremetalHW does it run with out chassis underneath look empty without details but look nice you sure making more longer for car that looks great but good job the bed look real
I love watching these. I just love the detail he puts in. I'm not even a hotwheels fan. It's just genuine craftsmanship and love put into this.
Not only do I enjoy watching your videos, but I find your voice very soothing
That is one of the best custom jobs I've ever seen!
This is one of my favourite hot Wheels trucks, it's nice to see it customized!
SUPER! I think this one might be my favorite so far of your customs. Surprised you didn't do a little work on the interior, BUT I still love it! Great job and thanks for sharing.
Will see it again in an upcoming video... I fixed the interior.
I don’t own a single Hot Wheel yet I can’t stop watching your videos. It’s amazing to see all the detail you put into these!
your probaly the most talented hotwheels diecast person ive ever seen
This guy deserves a job at Hotwheels making these custom diecasts
It looks great! Maybe some rear lights though.
Yes.. and a bumber
Weston Ward that will all be put on when I do the trailer....
+baremetalHW That makes sense.
baremetalHW your awesome ima try some of this stuff on mine!
when are u going to do the trailer?
Great job on the custom. Loved weathered look on wood bed
Looks fantastic. Pretty awesome job. The weathering work came out nicely.
You're very talented. Not to split hairs, but dirtying up the ropes and taking a little bit of the shine off the tires being hauled would add so much more to that project. IMHO.
An amazing amount of detail, a good use of icecream lolly sticks.
The '41ford f series that you customized with the wooden bed and weathering powder looks great! I have the same truck. I got it out of a 5 pack but great job i painted headlights n tail lights and never even considered something like this what you did. Your awesome at what you do !!
Looks great! Check out Roadkills Stubby Bob, its a old Ford truck with a blown V8 and zoomy headers. I know you could make a great scale model!
Looks spot on! I have a model to restore and has a broken plastic bed but wanted the wood look. Wondering what to use but the lolly stick, great idea and will make it more realistic. Was going for the pristine look but I like the weathering. How a working truck should look not showroom fresh. Thanks for posting
I like how the bed looks!! Nice little project and great video as always 👍🏽
My last 4 customs were not planned either. I just randomly picked them out, stripper the paint and started painting away not knowing how they would turn out. So far they look good and will show end of this month.
Look forward to seeing them!
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Wow, looks absolutely incredible. I'm very impressed.
I love how the truck turned out. You definitely have an eye for cool.
I would love to see you make one of these into a box truck, possibly an old U-Haul.
This channel blew up! But with quality content comes exposure. I love these videos!
You sir are a very knowledgeable and talented person!!!! Love learning from your videos
Good realism. You have got the touch. Well done.
Running boards would be a nice touch. Great job! I love your videos.
I'd love to see how you'd approach a total repaint and detailing of a Batmobile (like the 86 one, or the animated series one, or an Arkham game one). Get rid of the gloss black and give it a nice satin finish with some battle damage and mud build up.
Reddit brought me here - always amazed at the niches within niche hobbies.
Wow I had just found your channel this morning and I really loved this one. The idea of customizing a car like this is very cool to me. Would be a great father's day gift to make him a hot wheel replica of his favorite old truck or something. Great job.
Good job, it looks really awesome. I can never get tired of watching your videos lol, keep 'em coming!
Love the look of model and attention to detail.
i always enjoy seeing a new video from you, it always ends up great!
Fantastic tips ....you are a master ...thanks for showing from a Railway modeller.......fred
probably would add some fuel tanks or just storages to hide the frame...
Great Idea!! will do that.... was trying to come up with something to put there.. your idea will do nicely..
great work. was dreaming about doing this all my childhood.
I was thinking some exterior verticals manifolds on the back of the cab. Kindof like high water exhaust system.
Great job on this one, just the right amount of weathering and the bed looked incredible.
The only thing I would have done differently is add a duel wheel base at the back to bring the wheels out as wide as the truck bed.
I love these. I just wish there were some longer videos with the entire process!
fantastic...👍😉..another awesome how to!
Always great stuff. I really enjoy your videos.
Hello! I have been watching your videos for a while now and enjoy them very much. I have a rope hack you may want to try. Lamp cords are very fine braided wires. Strip a section of old wire and pull out two to three strands, then retwist it. Because it's wire it can be bent into a variety of shapes and makes great small scale ropes and cables. Also, as it is metal, it lacks the fiber that strings may have so it can not "fuzz up".
your videos are amazing. makes me want to get back into building Tamiya Models and dioramas. awesome channel!
Idk why TH-cam suggested this video to me but am I damn glad it did. If these videos existed like 9 years ago when I was actually playing around with HW cars I would've probably gotten into putting models together a lot sooner. I also would've saved thw horrible fate some of my cars had when I sharpied them to try and make them look 'cooler' xD Hell, I still have a wall full of HW cars, maybe I might experiment with them again after watching your other videos.
LOVE IT! It would be cool to see you take like an F550 or some other truck and make a flat tow bed with it, Or something similar!
Love your work!
I have no idea why this was recommended to me at all, I think I wound up clicking on it out of curiosity.
I'm not sorry, and was actually engrossed in it. Now I shall likely open up a few other of your posts.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the lengths you have gone to in order to make this toy look like a miniature vehicle that has seen use, and got me wondering about an old moonshiner I'd seen a documentary on. It would sure be amusing to see his old truck with his still parts on it's tray ready to be set up in the backwoods somewhere !
All said, loved seeing the quality of your craftsmanship, Thank You,
Carlos.
Love it. Great job.
This is the best descriptive vid on customizing most are no talking
Really nice! I was planning to do a wood bed for the new T2 Pickup, but using matches instead. Unfortunately, it seems I wont be able to do it so soon, as bad distribution here in my country.
I love your channel. I've been into doing model vehicles and planes for ages. This gives me so many great ideas. I'd love to see you do an A-team van! Can't wait to see more!
I love everything this guy does and I'm just a music and electronics guy..
Very good custom, and a good tutorial as well.
Looks awesome!
that truck turned out awesome!!!👌👍
this turned out great!
Very cool, nice job. Next time you might wanna try Dutch Oil on the flat bed part, kinda neat look on craft-stick wood like that. Thanks for the video.
Looks very real except for the wheels which make me think of the Sixties when those sort of mods were mandatory for older vehicles. I think the weathering worked especially well. Nice.
another great job. good imagination. thanks for sharing
I picked up a pretty interesting Hot Wheel the other day. It's called Cruise Bruiser, part of the 2016 HW Daredevils line. It would make an awesome Mad Max build!
Dude that one is awesome!
Needs rear lights and wooden side rails on the bed.Awesome job!!
haven't see the video yet but I can already tell it's gonna be a good one❤ love from New Mexico
I used to have model building contest with a friend / neighbor. The 1st build i built was a 55 f100 i cuth the bed out and replaced it with a popsicle stick wood bed. For the interior i took a piece of vinyl seat from a car that was in the junkyard and thinned it down and covered the seat. Also made a adjustable hydraulic bed. He seen it before the deadline and said im not going to be able to finish the kids or dog got some of my parts i cant find them. 😂
Hi there, that looks really good well done. I would love to see a Australian tray back 4x4, Toyota or land rover with snorkel and all the gear.
I built my 83 Chevy flat bed using ever green plastics it has a welder spools for the welder a spare tire gooseneck and bumper hitch and side tool boxes I like the strap down idea for the load on the back
I would like to see a series where someone you know personally gives you a random car from a retail store and you use that to customize it. That would be interesting.
It looks really good! But a little chrome fuel tank under the bed would look nicely.
Check out potassium permanganate to oxidize the wood. Its commonly used on guitars to match the oxidation of the old body if one has been repaired or patched. Works really well but if you go to dark you can use oxalic acid to remove and lighten the oxidation shade to the one you want. Just an idea. Your method looked good but just figured I’d throw a suggestion out there
WOW! love it!
When I was a kid for my 6th birthday I asked for some crafting supplies. Hot glue gun, toothpicks, and wooden popsicle sticks. I ran through my old toys and removed parts and made custom toys for myself. Than I moved to DC motors and starting making small robots. I miss the easy days.
Thank's it's beautiful, good work's, i love ✌️
Great job!
the amount of detail is amazing. would you be able to do a showcase of all the custom cars you have done?
Make a video showing all your Hotwheels colection. Hello from Brazil!
Mad talent
This is dope dude!!🔥🔥👌
Love it!
You are the best.... I really mean it. Btw Love your voice. I find your video's so relaxing and the detail you give is amazing. As always thanks for the great video.
This is great! 😎
If you found a way to buff the windshield plastic back to clear in just an arc where the driver would sit, I feel like it'd be a great addition.
As always, excellent job. One thing I will note, though, that is present on other videos of yours where you've made a car look dirty and weathered--I think more attention should be payed to where exactly tires sling dirt and mud and such. A rainy day on a dirt road (which this particular truck seems to drive a lot) would make whatever's behind those tires a little more muddy and dirty. This video's made some improvements on it, but in past videos I haven't noticed tire spray at all. Just my two cents.
I suggest the older/dusty look for wheels on the buck-board. And the string/rope, maybe a kind of manila rope. Overall it is a superb job. Salute.
Weathering effect looks perfect on this one
love your creations and ideas, hey are so cool!!! could you do a barn find/rusty car series????
Utterly fantastic. One slight suggestion: omit the windshield...the plastic is too thick and hazy, has odd, raised relief, and it kind of breaks the scale (to use your expression). Or perhaps fabricate a new one (?). Otherwise, brilliant. Just brilliant.
Thanks for the tutorial.
Good job, the looks is awesome. from montreal
I REALLY liked this one
That interior looks way too clean for such a hard-working truck, otherwise great job!
This was my favorite. Thanks.
Make a Sanford & Son truck! That would be AWESOME!
real darn nice work
Jimmy Mitchell247 thanks Jimmy!
good work on such a small scale.
Wow! Very nice!
hey Baremetal! two things i really would love to see from you is a truck hotrod, it can be rusty if you like, and the general lee, not a fan of the show but the car is iconic and i love the style! and it would be nice to add some decals and stuff on a hotwheel
wow... just beautiful
looks great
Great video thanks.
It was cool to meet you and see your work in person this weekend! I had no idea you were local.
It was nice to meet you too Duane. You make some awesome customs! That two tone paint job you did was very nice!
Awesome!
Well, another night spent binge watching this channel until 2 a.m. Who needs sleep?
Wicked awesome.