My neighbor had pink Lamborghini from 1980 when I was 16. I couldn't afford it in my dreams but the neighbor was cool enough to give me a ride to school before he sold it
I dont comment a lot, but for months ive been absorbing yours and others techniques, and ive been picking my local thrift shops for grab bags of cars, ive found old lesneys worth 10 to 30 bucks according to ebay, in 5 dollar grab bags, its awesome. THIS Lambo conversion is something ive been wanting to do with a couple of castings, not lambo ones but others like a VW and a truck ive found. but it was especially the paint techniques that grabbed my attention, the clear coat thru the airbrush, i had stripped and re painted a couple of castings with a metallic blue with silver flake, and clear coated them, and they look like they were basically dipped in resin lol, thank you, for all of your how to;s and tips, and in general, just taking the time to share.
I've noticed a jump in your car quality and skills lately. Vids are to the point and straight through and as always we can go back and watch your old vids if we want to know anything.
The Countach really deserves a proper re-release, with correct proportions and all. You've done a wonderful job to what looked like a car beyond saving.
The later models were stylized like this so that Lamborghini could keep selling them while keeping up with the times. It's similar to how the Gallardo was redesigned for the changing trends.
The original Countach shape is my favourite, I love the prototype even more, as I feel that its styling is even cleaner. You've done a fantastic job with this conversion!
It shouldn't really matter for most of your models, as they're display pieces, but you can get superglue (cyanoacrylate) to bond much stronger using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). The latter acts as an activator and increases strength of the adhesive; the combination of both can even be used as a filling cement of sorts! Just sprinkle it over the still wet superglue, and blow off the excess when dry. A little trick I picked up on a while ago, not sure if you're aware of it - just thought I'd share.
Amazing work! How long did it take you? If you don't like this Hot Wheels version of the Countach, how do you feel about their tooned casting? I hate it, and that's an understatement.
Lamborghinis are so striking and powerful, they make a statement other sports cars just don't, most of the time a sports car attracts the eye by being beautiful to look at and alluring, but a Lamborghini gains your attention by instead making itself impossible to ignore. Really beautiful paint job, I especially liked the play between the red of the tail lights and the emerald.
Excellent restoration to bring this gem back to life! What a Huge difference! Wow! Another favorite part of this video is 6:31 I know a lot of customizers that fail on this part. I've noticed my customs have been coming out much better allowing the paint and the clear coat a 'few days' to cure. A know a lot of people are impatient 😄 I like this video a Lot. Thank you for sharing👍🏽
4:48 snipping or crimping the wheel Rod axle assembly in half is a great way to make negative camber there buddy.... or better yet just step on it in the dark on your way to the bathroom. 😂
When hot wheels put it out there it was a great looking, cool toy. When you put it out there it is an exceptional looking, finished product. Never thought about doing anything like this, myself, but I can certainly appreciate your craftsmanship and dedication.
Unfortunately, you wrecked the Countach's signature rear wheel arch shape. And the LP400 predated the low-profile, ultra-wide tyres which did not arrive until years later, with the prodigious 345/35 rear wheels. Also, the LP400 predated the pushed-out wheel look, and the original cars had plenty of space between the wheel arches and the tyres. But you were kind of screwed from the start. Only the LP400 had the periscope roof, which is correct for your car, but wrong for the model they advertised it as. Ah well, it looks good, anyway!
There WAS only a couple of production Lp400s's that still had the periscopa before they canned it. Youre right about the wheels though, they were naturally very skinny on the lp400.
This is a really nice custom. As a kid I loved this car and likely destroyed 5 or more of the toys playing in the driveway. They were really fast on the tracks when new.
Awesome work - my new favourite video of yours! Love how you managed to recapture the clean lines or the original unmolested Gandini design. Really noticed the effect of picking out the panel lines too. As for the lowering job - brilliant. Really pleased you swapped out the nasty flat Renault Fuego style rims for some proper deep dish versions too - in fact would have liked some info on the wheels in the vid.
Green is a brilliant choice for a Lamborghini Countach. I have a Countach Tooned of my childhood and I just painted the back lights with nail polish and a few more details in front. I'm very proud of it, and this video is helping me a lot! Regards from Spain! :)
Even though I was out of my childhood collecting phase when this HW car was released, I do remember it and I laughed in agreement when you commented to the effect of how HW managed to make an iconic car of the 1980's so bland. And while I am not a Lamborghini guy, what you did with your modifications to the original design is simply incredible. I had to do a double take when you show the model with modifications in the primer stage. The final results are impressive, and the tips are, as usual, very, very helpful. THANKS!!!
Just found your channel today! You're great at this restoration-customization stuff, and I like your narration. Enjoyed this particular video a lot. Keep up the great work!
Great video, I love this stuff. Critique: there seems to be a hum in the audio whenever the talking starts, sometimes a little more noticable than others.
Great build as always......... Just a thought for a gloss finish coat, I've found dollar store clear nail polish through the airbrush works great and cheap per volume purchased.
Damned impressive. I very much liked watching this mod. I'd perhaps have raised it just that little bit extra personally but if it's not rolling it's all about looking gorgeous, which it does. Excellent work!
You should make a "Customizer's Toolbox" video, where you go over all the tools and supplies that someone would need to get into doing this kind of work, with a few sources for them. It would be nice to have a guide for shopping and to have an idea of the cost of materials to get into this hobby for someone who is dying to do it themselves!
Not the colour I'd have done but after seeing it it looks fantastic. You made a great LP400 conversion too. I loved the wildness of the LP500S with its flared wheel arches and wing but the toy's ones were ordinary. Fantastic job, mate. Well done.
Wow that looks awesome. All your filing, scribing and reshaping made a big difference. Very nice detail work with the black and red. Gorgeous green too!
I am a great fan of the wheel arches and wings of the LP5000, along with a gold on black paintjob. I have a 1:18 scale model of it since forever and was a long time my all time favorite car. In recent years this has actually changed to the Muriélago, that thing is just gorgeous! Nice work on the detailing though!
Very fine resto-mod. The color is really nice. The only quip is that you inserted your new axles into tubes, not rods. Rods are solid; tubes have a hole through the middle.
You may want to pick up a set of diamond cut off wheels for a dremel. They would have made this project much easier. They cut just about anything(glass included) and do a narrow cut. A 10pc set(clear box/yellow base) can be had for under $15. I use them on my quads all the time.
looks good but I wish you put a ll more effort into finishing those arches, the rear needed filling to get the exact round shape you wanted and the rear deck has a mold line it in still, I myself would have filled and corrected the door pillars above the glass too as it looks like its cast very open for ease of assembly that you get get around by hand. BUT saying that I would have most likely just bought a better version as even as a kid I knew this version wasn't very good ( I had a colour change one) and always thought my corgi version was better, hell I even recently bought some dollar store versions that are really accurate
The ultra hot wheels were always my favorite wheels and i have fond memories of the 80's & 90's era cars and playing Hot Wheels with my cousin who always kept his set so so nice. He had like the 36 car holder that mounted on your wall and it was full lambos, Ferrari's & Porsches. I was always Jelly of his collection lol
You should look into the preshading techniques model plane builders are using. Might really help with the re-scribed panel lines. Nice job on the Lambo.
I always thought the same thing about hotwheels iteration of the countach, really didn't give the car justice. Seeing this LP400 conversion, I'm seriously considering trying this out. I have a scratched up white countach that always had bent axles. Might be about time for an upgrade lol
Nice piece, it looks so much better than what it started as, excellent work! I think you really captured the distinctive Italian look of the car very well.
That's a really nice custom. You can't really go wrong with retro exotics. While I was here, I wanted to ask you if you were aware that someone reuploaded this video on their channel, muted the audio, and wrote in the description that *the custom you did was theirs.* They gave you no credit, and seeing how hard you worked on this, I'd assume you wanted your work credited. I just wanted to tell you that, if you gave permission to them, or if you want to reach out to them for stealing your work. I'll add the link to the video in reply to this comment. Nice job on the custom, though. Keep up the great work!
Love the green but would have done a black, white or tan interior. Yellow would look awesome with the red interior, that's just me though. Great work bud.
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My neighbor had pink Lamborghini from 1980 when I was 16. I couldn't afford it in my dreams but the neighbor was cool enough to give me a ride to school before he sold it
Bro your lucky af
Very cool
@Zack Smith Who doesn't want a ride in a Lamborghini
@Zack Smith it's not every day you get a ride in a Lamborghini
@Zack Smith what do you mean by that
I dont comment a lot, but for months ive been absorbing yours and others techniques, and ive been picking my local thrift shops for grab bags of cars, ive found old lesneys worth 10 to 30 bucks according to ebay, in 5 dollar grab bags, its awesome. THIS Lambo conversion is something ive been wanting to do with a couple of castings, not lambo ones but others like a VW and a truck ive found. but it was especially the paint techniques that grabbed my attention, the clear coat thru the airbrush, i had stripped and re painted a couple of castings with a metallic blue with silver flake, and clear coated them, and they look like they were basically dipped in resin lol, thank you, for all of your how to;s and tips, and in general, just taking the time to share.
mike james Thanks for commenting and watching!
baremetalHW That turned out so good, love everything about it! Hope you'll do more lambo's that need help? Again nice job!
mike james you have better grammar than any other commenter on TH-cam
@@baremetalHW everybody loves a short and sweet reply from a creator after they've written a lengthy, detailed comment. Haha
I found 1960-70's english lesney matchboxs too
I've noticed a jump in your car quality and skills lately. Vids are to the point and straight through and as always we can go back and watch your old vids if we want to know anything.
lol at 2:22 i carefully blew on the screen on my Ipad trying to remove the metal scrapings xD
The Countach really deserves a proper re-release, with correct proportions and all. You've done a wonderful job to what looked like a car beyond saving.
it actually looks better
that is kind of the point
That was the point
Your mom looks better.
Is she single?
I agree the LP400 was a much better looking car.
davebuts I like the wing though
it's cus u probably like starwars "use the force!!" get it? cus u get lots of down force with it
davebuts oh yeah it is
The later models were stylized like this so that Lamborghini could keep selling them while keeping up with the times. It's similar to how the Gallardo was redesigned for the changing trends.
davebuts yeah
I think its a great car but for the next time i would also paint the interior to match the car a little bit better
I thought the same thing. Black or brown. Though the smoked windows might make white even better.
I would have painted the plastic white
The original Countach shape is my favourite, I love the prototype even more, as I feel that its styling is even cleaner.
You've done a fantastic job with this conversion!
Beautiful custom work, and result.
Please do more like this....
This was so good!
It shouldn't really matter for most of your models, as they're display pieces, but you can get superglue (cyanoacrylate) to bond much stronger using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). The latter acts as an activator and increases strength of the adhesive; the combination of both can even be used as a filling cement of sorts! Just sprinkle it over the still wet superglue, and blow off the excess when dry. A little trick I picked up on a while ago, not sure if you're aware of it - just thought I'd share.
You gotta be careful with that though. I've had it make pitting before.
Very nice! I probably would have gone with yellow, but you do great work!
Legion of Weirdos and then you could call it a lemon
AngryPyroBadger lol
i agree the LP400 looks way better
nice job!
They should hire you as a designer. This car looks 1000 times better after you finished it.
I think they were going for that "Wolf of Wall Street" look.. after he drove home from the country club.
Slick machine man. Beautiful!
Loving the fact you chose green for the LP400, mimicking the green "Periscopio" one at the museum, albeit this one is metallic.
Top work!
Man I wished this guy came back he’s the goat of all Diecast channels
That is a huge improvement. This cars models always seem to look off no matter who made them.
Try Kyosho and autoart. They look like the real thing
Tommy Orr Jr
Yes, I have seen those at hobby shops in city's. I have a 1:24 polisti/Tonks version with lots of detail. It still looks off.
Amazing work! How long did it take you? If you don't like this Hot Wheels version of the Countach, how do you feel about their tooned casting? I hate it, and that's an understatement.
this is one of your best redo jobs, blows the original away
Thanks for making it green!!
perfect color
Green corlor ov jelly u tuber
It always cracks me up to see you work on one that I used to have. My inner child just wants to scream "HEY THAT'S MINE GIVE IT BACK!"
Lamborghinis are so striking and powerful, they make a statement other sports cars just don't, most of the time a sports car attracts the eye by being beautiful to look at and alluring, but a Lamborghini gains your attention by instead making itself impossible to ignore. Really beautiful paint job, I especially liked the play between the red of the tail lights and the emerald.
Excellent restoration to bring this gem back to life! What a Huge difference! Wow! Another favorite part of this video is 6:31 I know a lot of customizers that fail on this part. I've noticed my customs have been coming out much better allowing the paint and the clear coat a 'few days' to cure. A know a lot of people are impatient 😄
I like this video a Lot. Thank you for sharing👍🏽
4:48 snipping or crimping the wheel Rod axle assembly in half is a great way to make negative camber there buddy....
or better yet just step on it in the dark on your way to the bathroom. 😂
Wow! That thing looks awesome! You did a bang up job on this one, congrats. :)
I love that you showed the before and after versions next to each other. Thanks.
unbelivable job on this Lambo, great work! I will propabobly do a custom Countach SV with this old casting myself
I honestly prefer the lp-400s just "because race car" but I can see why you like the smoother pines of the lp-400. Anyway, great build as always
When hot wheels put it out there it was a great looking, cool toy. When you put it out there it is an exceptional looking, finished product. Never thought about doing anything like this, myself, but I can certainly appreciate your craftsmanship and dedication.
A hundred times better than the stock version! I wish this was an official release
Unfortunately, you wrecked the Countach's signature rear wheel arch shape. And the LP400 predated the low-profile, ultra-wide tyres which did not arrive until years later, with the prodigious 345/35 rear wheels.
Also, the LP400 predated the pushed-out wheel look, and the original cars had plenty of space between the wheel arches and the tyres.
But you were kind of screwed from the start. Only the LP400 had the periscope roof, which is correct for your car, but wrong for the model they advertised it as.
Ah well, it looks good, anyway!
There WAS only a couple of production Lp400s's that still had the periscopa before they canned it. Youre right about the wheels though, they were naturally very skinny on the lp400.
I think the point was..that the car looked like shit from Matel.And He made this car look so much better.lololol
Huh
This was an amazing job. Loved this car as a kid in the 80s also.
Stunning. Perfect execution
This is a really nice custom. As a kid I loved this car and likely destroyed 5 or more of the toys playing in the driveway. They were really fast on the tracks when new.
Awesome work - my new favourite video of yours! Love how you managed to recapture the clean lines or the original unmolested Gandini design. Really noticed the effect of picking out the panel lines too. As for the lowering job - brilliant. Really pleased you swapped out the nasty flat Renault Fuego style rims for some proper deep dish versions too - in fact would have liked some info on the wheels in the vid.
Smooth transitions, man. I thought at first you had several cars in separate stages. Also very cool custom.
Green is a brilliant choice for a Lamborghini Countach.
I have a Countach Tooned of my childhood and I just painted the back lights with nail polish and a few more details in front. I'm very proud of it, and this video is helping me a lot!
Regards from Spain! :)
This is still the best u made and I'm glad someone did this always hated how disfigured it looked
Even though I was out of my childhood collecting phase when this HW car was released, I do remember it and I laughed in agreement when you commented to the effect of how HW managed to make an iconic car of the 1980's so bland. And while I am not a Lamborghini guy, what you did with your modifications to the original design is simply incredible. I had to do a double take when you show the model with modifications in the primer stage. The final results are impressive, and the tips are, as usual, very, very helpful. THANKS!!!
greatly executed, and thoughly explained. thanks for sharing.
I had that one on my first Christmas some time around 1988-89, along with sheriff patrol, vampyra, and sol aire cx-4. :)
Great episode. I like how you showed how to get the shiny green paint. Nice tip!
nice work. i appreciate your countach history knowledge as well. the fact that you made it have more of a lowbody stance is awesome!
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I love this one!!! Might have to attempt to do one like this. It came out so rad!
Just found your channel today! You're great at this restoration-customization stuff, and I like your narration. Enjoyed this particular video a lot. Keep up the great work!
You've put in love with this custom and that shows. You're amazing
massive improvement, your finished car looks more like a larger scale model kit rather than a "toy car", great job!
Great video, I love this stuff. Critique: there seems to be a hum in the audio whenever the talking starts, sometimes a little more noticable than others.
If the frame were lowered even more and the tires were underneath the finder well this would enhance the look even more. Great job.
Successful custom job, now it looks OEM. Outstanding! Side note - It would have looked more OEM in pearl white.
I've had that car since I was a kid and have always felt the same way about it--the model didn't do the car justice. Great mod!
How I wanted my hot wheels to look like as a kid with all the detail and nice panel lines.
I wish I could give this a million likes
This custom finish is eye catching especially with the green
Great build as always......... Just a thought for a gloss finish coat, I've found dollar store clear nail polish through the airbrush works great and cheap per volume purchased.
I agree 100 % about the fenders, if they just rounded them the car would have a lot timeless look.
Damned impressive. I very much liked watching this mod. I'd perhaps have raised it just that little bit extra personally but if it's not rolling it's all about looking gorgeous, which it does. Excellent work!
You have improved monumentally since this time. I enjoy watching your work.
Nicely done. I am hoping to do the same to the 50th anniversary version of the countach. Thanks for sharing
You should make a "Customizer's Toolbox" video, where you go over all the tools and supplies that someone would need to get into doing this kind of work, with a few sources for them.
It would be nice to have a guide for shopping and to have an idea of the cost of materials to get into this hobby for someone who is dying to do it themselves!
This car end up so amazing man.. Make more custom builds from now on dude, you're amazing.
Not the colour I'd have done but after seeing it it looks fantastic. You made a great LP400 conversion too. I loved the wildness of the LP500S with its flared wheel arches and wing but the toy's ones were ordinary. Fantastic job, mate. Well done.
The rusty white Countach looks like a Calgary police car because of the red and blue stripes on the side :P
Excellent idea, contagious enthusiasm, articulate explanation, and great skill. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Countach is still my dream car! You did an amazing job, Beautiful.
The rear wheel wells are squarish on the real car. But then you would need smaller wheels to fit.
Wow that looks awesome. All your filing, scribing and reshaping made a big difference. Very nice detail work with the black and red. Gorgeous green too!
I am a great fan of the wheel arches and wings of the LP5000, along with a gold on black paintjob. I have a 1:18 scale model of it since forever and was a long time my all time favorite car. In recent years this has actually changed to the Muriélago, that thing is just gorgeous! Nice work on the detailing though!
This is a excellent job. The Countach looks so much better this way!
You are amazing at your craft I have never seen better
Applause! Marvelous work, Sir, and a HUGE improvement over the original issue.
I liked your version much more than the original. Looks great.
I have one of these and i always wanted to change how it looked. Thanks for the ideas! 😊👍
Looks really great. Wish it rolled.
HamburgerExplosion it rolls... just not very well..lol
baremetalHW can i ask a question how do you open the car? my dad and i wanted to try this but we dont which tool to use to open car
You have to drill out the rivets on the base.
I'm all about detail, looks fantastic 👀🖒
Wow that paint came out Marvelous!!!! Love the detail work & taillights I give it 2 thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼
This is great! Thank you so much! I have to jump into the game one of these days!
Duuuuuude, this is the best car I've seen you do. The metallic green looks awesome.
Very fine resto-mod. The color is really nice.
The only quip is that you inserted your new axles into tubes, not rods. Rods are solid; tubes have a hole through the middle.
You may want to pick up a set of diamond cut off wheels for a dremel. They would have made this project much easier. They cut just about anything(glass included) and do a narrow cut. A 10pc set(clear box/yellow base) can be had for under $15. I use them on my quads all the time.
looks good but I wish you put a ll more effort into finishing those arches, the rear needed filling to get the exact round shape you wanted and the rear deck has a mold line it in still, I myself would have filled and corrected the door pillars above the glass too as it looks like its cast very open for ease of assembly that you get get around by hand. BUT saying that I would have most likely just bought a better version as even as a kid I knew this version wasn't very good ( I had a colour change one) and always thought my corgi version was better, hell I even recently bought some dollar store versions that are really accurate
This is outstanding. Hot Wheels should do one just like it and credit you some royalties.
Super clean. I still prefer it with the wing though.
Great work! Thank you for sharing this, as I now have an idea how to improve mine.
The ultra hot wheels were always my favorite wheels and i have fond memories of the 80's & 90's era cars and playing Hot Wheels with my cousin who always kept his set so so nice. He had like the 36 car holder that mounted on your wall and it was full lambos, Ferrari's & Porsches. I was always Jelly of his collection lol
An amazing transformation! Love it.
Beautiful transformation, looks 1000% improved.
This brings back memories of the good old "Need for speed" games. Countach SV an all.
Turned out way better than the original nice work👍🏼
You should look into the preshading techniques model plane builders are using. Might really help with the re-scribed panel lines. Nice job on the Lambo.
Superb job. Very inventive. End result is quite the transformation from the lacklustre factory example.
Another brilliant video. Very informative and the Lamborghini came out stunning!
I always thought the same thing about hotwheels iteration of the countach, really didn't give the car justice. Seeing this LP400 conversion, I'm seriously considering trying this out. I have a scratched up white countach that always had bent axles. Might be about time for an upgrade lol
Fabulous job on your custom!! As always another great video!
Nice piece, it looks so much better than what it started as, excellent work! I think you really captured the distinctive Italian look of the car very well.
That's a really nice custom. You can't really go wrong with retro exotics. While I was here, I wanted to ask you if you were aware that someone reuploaded this video on their channel, muted the audio, and wrote in the description that *the custom you did was theirs.* They gave you no credit, and seeing how hard you worked on this, I'd assume you wanted your work credited. I just wanted to tell you that, if you gave permission to them, or if you want to reach out to them for stealing your work. I'll add the link to the video in reply to this comment. Nice job on the custom, though. Keep up the great work!
Hey Ryan... yes please add the link so I can file the copyright claim... I have to file about 6-10 a week due to people re-uploading my videos.
+baremetalHW wow really?!? Have you contacted the people who steal your videos and what do they say?
Love the green but would have done a black, white or tan interior. Yellow would look awesome with the red interior, that's just me though. Great work bud.
Wow, while i wont be copying this idea on my colour shifter, (axles are still perfect 😁), i really like the end result, great vid 👍