this is some good stuff, thanks! I'd be surprised if anyone into diecast and mods would complain about this type of video. It's inspiring, at the least.
I've used both Evergreen and Plastruct for many years. The difference with Plastruct they have a lot more in the architectural shapes and other plastic materials such as ABS. I am not telling people to use Plastruct over Evergreen as I know that Plastruct is hard to find in a retail outlet but they do have a catalog. You can also find some of the more common card thicknesses in bulk on Ebay for a decent price. Styrene and balsa wood are great for scratch building just about anything. Thank you King as this is a very good primer for those that have never done this type of building.
Thank you Richard, I didn't realise Plastruct made products in other plastics so that is useful thank you! It is hard to find in shops in the UK and is the reason I haven't used it much, in fact the only time I've picked any up was from a model show stand. I'll check the catalogue for sure now if there's more shapes. All the very best and as always thanks for watching and commenting :)
Brings back memories of many a day (and plenty of late nights) spent with styrene + MEK in the Senior Industrial Design studio, working on prototype models for class critiques, back in the Uni daze. Various viscosities of CA glue and "zip kicker" were also regular go-tos. Ah, I can smell that "ethyl" now... and the xylene markers, Bondo, laquer, and all the various other things we all inhaled, working in the model shop back then.
The smells do invoke lots of memories you're right. It could be a lot worse than those around the model making scene couldn't it ! Thanks for commenting ;)
Nothing wrong with mixing in a bit of model making or kit bashing as part of your regular line up. I think it sets you apart from other people who work on these cars and best of all you are giving people something they havent seen. Keep up the good work mate, enjoying watching these with my 8 year old son and given me some ideas :)
Thank you very much that's great to hear :) In fact my youngest son is 8 and I was going to give him a little feature spot to inspire others to start out. I appreciate you and your son watching. All the very best :)
Awesome idea! I now need to start investing in styrene for garage fixtures & interiors! I never thought about building my own interior. That could take this in new directions!
I love Evergreen styrene sheets. The material is always of a consistent quality. I have used 'Plastruct' parts in the past, especially their 'I' beams, gantry work, and their domes, cylinders and rods - I used to enjoy making science fiction models and dioramas. Their products are very well produced, but not all components were styrene - some were ABS (the plastic LEGO is made of), Acrylic, or Butyrate. The only thing that would definitely fix all together, was, and is 'Plastic Weld'. Like MEK-pak, I must have used gallons of the stuff. And been made to swear at it too. I had come within a hair of finishing a little diorama based on the classic war movie 'Ice Cold In Alex', and accidentally knocked a not-quite shut bottle of 'Plastic Weld' over, causing it to pour all over the 1/76 Airfix Austin K2 Ambulance, reducing it to a pool of plastic slurry in minutes. Deep joy. I like to use Tamiya Extra Thin poly cement nowadays, and I'm very fond of 'Ratio/Wills' textured styrene - I've used tons of their 'Chequer Plate'. The boxes of styrene offcuts, and 'greeblies' from plastic kits that I stored in the loft, were the bane of my late father's life. "Why do you keep this stuff?" "It's going to be useful one day..." Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, I love stories like this and our common love for the hobby. There's nothing worse than spilling the stuff everywhere, great for whats it for, but spill it and as you say it destroys everything in its path. I too would have been cursing all day and night with that! I didn't realise that Plastruct made products in other plastics too, interesting, I will take a look. Again the Ratio/Wills I haven't heard of so will take a look, thank you :)
@@SidewaysKing75 - Thanks. Ratio/Wills make items for model railways. They sell packs of small styrene sheets to construct scratchbuilt buildings, etc. These sheets are of various kinds - planks, bricks, corrugated iron, etc. They're one of those things you look at, and think: 'Do I actually need this?' And then when you have it, you instantly can think of several uses. The 'Chequerplate' type most definitely.
Thank you, that's great you liked it. I didn't want to go too off channel but as a lot of people requested it I did it. I'm glad you and others enjoy the videos. All the best :)
@@SidewaysKing75 Yep, I was one of the people requesting this video. I doubt most of your subscribers are going to complain about seeing these videos. I can imagine that most of us enjoy stuff like this. Thanks, again, for posting this, you seriously do some really good detail work!
@@PacManDreaming My pleasure.... I'm glad people enjoy it and wherever I can I will always add or change content to suit what people want. Thanks again :)
Like your Styrene work. I realized while doing a recent edit on my Wesmade channel your video can be seen in the background. Guilty pleasure watching good videos while building.
Well spotted. The Zakspeed the interior was based on were all LHD. The Corgi version I used for the casting had a generic RHD interior so it had to change :) Thanks for watching.
Yes I think apart from your 'normal service' videos, this was the one many of us have been waiting for! Great explanation and demonstration of the styrene material usage. Your scratch builds like the Capri interior and Kool Kombi trailer bed show what can be achieved with a little bit of planning and understanding of the best styrene sections and profiles to use. I'm sure many of your subscribers would love to simply see your garage of cars with your comments on how they were created (Back to Hazard is a favourite mash up) as well as what you enjoyed or disliked when making them. Do you use polymer clay much? I've seen some of your earlier work such as the F150 modification and it would be super to see some of your more radical body changes in future videos (although I also appreciate how you preserve but uplift the original castings without major changes). As always, you surprise and inspire me each and every time. Keep doing and enjoying what you do! Art Per Day
Thank you very much for the comments I really enjoy reading them. I am planning another 'Time Machine' project so I can show how I did it on here and again with both the Kool Kombi and F150. Of all the original work I did they were the three I never filmed!! Without replicating them livery wise I was going to recreate them on here by alternating the uploads from old car restorations and newer mash-ups such as those three. I appreciate you watching and supporting what I do, it really means a lot.
@@SidewaysKing75Ha ha ha, it's always the case that the camera is never rolling when you realise it should have been! I'd be quite happy just hearing you talk around the finished products as they are interesting already without seeing their development. Definitely do a garage tour if you get a chance. Do you still have the first car you crafted? Have a great Monday!
I hope you continue this series. It was truly one of the most informative instructional vids regarding 1:64 modding. Also Kudos in your Instagram, I really dig they way you have it laid out.
SidewaysKing75 no problem. I know the frustrations of fiddling with 64 then throw a TH-cam channel on top of that.. I applaud you. And you point viewers to other sites like TKDiecast as well as other channels. The custom community is top secret. No one will give any insight on their builds. Cuts into profits I guess. Anyway.. I’m of to work on my rat rod.. you gave me some ideas.
@@colossalbigfoot256 It can be a bit closed doors which baffles me. I'd rather save someone the hassle like I did trying to source parts by sharing them. Enjoy building the rat rod.... that sounds awesome 👍🏻
SidewaysKing75 do you scratchbuild engines? There’s nothing out there in regards to. I know how and all but I find it interesting to see other people’s techniques. Not just finding existing one but using primitives to build.
I think videos like this is a great complement to the resto-mod videos you do. Great to see what actual stuff you use for your builds. Very useful knowledge for my plans of making a race roll-cage for one of my models. Thank you!
Awesome stuff...its getting better and better...and i really appreciate that you share where you get the materials and suppliers. !! Thanks for all the info.
Thanks for showing all of this. I have a HW '70 Camaro that has a race interior and I didn't like that. But I will try what you did, when the time come to detail it, only making a close as possible stock interior.
I have a few HOT WHEELS CAMARO's & MUSTANG's with the "single seat" race car interiors you're talkin' about,which I absolutely HATE. Was gonna do sumpin' else to fix that problem,but now I have a whole other way of going about it. Will also need to make some bull bars & rear bars for some Pick-Up trucks too. (If I can just find the damn things {styrene} locally,so I can see & feel what I'm gettin',unlike buying online).😟
Brilliant to see how you put this together - I'm modding some matchbox cars for a tabletop game and I think styrene might be the best way to form weapons and armour for them.
Thank you Naomi. I keep all kinds of nik naks I find that may come up useful for things. Keeping hold of old electronics is brilliant stuff for this scale. One of which is coming up soon.
Greetings from across the pond mate. This is a truly inspiring how-to video. It has sent me in directions I might not have ever taken my own projects had I never seen it. I have been a subscriber since your first custom and rank your work up there with the best 1:64 scale mod'ers on the 'tube.
Thank you very much Charles I really appreciate that. Would love to see some creations of yours in the future. All the best from a grey, wet and cold UK :)
Thank you. The ones in this I made myself from a Hot Wheels car. When I'm buying I get them from Monoblock Wheels shopmonoblock.com/ from Garage64 facebook.com/Garage64SG/ and for Greenlight ones I get from Modelmatic modelmatic.uk/collections/wheels ...... Hope these help.
Thank you..... I'm from Stoke though sometimes often get Lancashire thrown at me. Hoorah for the UK regional accents, we have some belters don't we LOL! All the best :)
Cheers. As a Yorkshireman myself, I knew you definitely weren't a Lancy. To me, it was just a question of which end of the midlands. It's amazing how much the accents can change in a relatively little amount of distance. :-)
Good day. I watch you from Ukraine and I really like your work. Very useful videos as a beginner modeler for me. Make more videos about building cars and also parts for the garage and other little things that make cars beautiful.
gobsmacking brilliant , amazing work,,,, your scale style is fantastic, great replica of the Capri, im working on Corgi 70s Trucks, and a few Matchbox Superkings from my child hood as a kid in England, great narrating, im too shy to do what you do lol,,, but keep up the good work , look forward to more of you sensational work
Thank you very much Alesis..... I too am shy and if anything this has given me a boost. Thanks for the comments. Just do what you love to do my friend :)
Lovin the styrene videos..thanks a lot..can you also make a video on how you fabricate the alligator jack and other garage equipments..? please..😊 Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas..😁
@@carsnopinion697 Its a cutting mat you can get from most hobby stores/model shops. Here's one on Amazon, but if you search for 'Cutting Mat' they'll pop up..... www.amazon.co.uk/PREMIUM-High-Quality-Healing-Cutting-Green/dp/B01DWM4GHU/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=cutting+mat&qid=1552917733&s=gateway&sr=8-14
Great video....just getting into Styrene work...hard to find around my area. Hobby shops here don't have it. Ordered from Evergreen. Thanks for adding your Styrene Diaries to your channel. I think they will be a great addition.
I'm bingeing on your videos right now Lol 😄 as you can tell LOL Love seeing you work with this stuff. YOU ARE TRULY GIFTED MATE 👌 And have very steady hands might I add 😮 I've been trying my hand at model building for some time, not easy working with shakey hands Lol 😅
Hahaha becareful you'll get a headache LOL! As long as you get enjoyment and the minute something gets too annoying, just put your stuff down and go and do something else. Patience is only challenged if you don't like something..... Or someone, but that's another story 😂
Another great how to Video, I enjoy all you videos and have learned a lot. I am just getting back in to the hobby and trying to get the proper tools. I was hope that you could put a list of what you use. I like the look of the scalpel you are using, looks like it has some weight to it. What brand/Model? Thank you and keep them coming.
Thank you Tom its appreciated. I was working on an Amazon list so people can have n idea of basic tools and advanced tools that I use and recommend. The Scalpel is a surgical scalpel doctors/surgeons use and are often found in Art shops. It does have some weight behind it you're right and is why I like it. It's not flimsy at all and must be at least 20 years old now. Here's something similar www.hobbycraft.co.uk/modelcraft-set-of-4-blades-scalpel-handle/568825-1000
my styrene was obtained from dollar store gag gift cards, for one buck i got 8 gag gift cards that tare effectively credit cars with two thin pieces of styrene glued together so I got 16 credit card sized sheets . that being said id love to have square / cylindrical/ flat pieces and that fancy cutting board
I'd use 2mm if it's a flat base to keep it rigid myself. You could use thinner material if it was just going to be a show piece though and add extra strengthening points and make it part of the features if you want to replicate a replica chassis 😁
These videos are so bizarre. I enjoy watching, I’m learning, find it quite relaxing but have no intent on doing this... but I now know what to do and could give it a go. It’s like going to school and enjoying a subject because you enjoy the teacher
Thank you very much. I was saying the similar thing to my son only a few days back about having a good teacher makes you learn...... Nice you say the same thing :) All the best !
Hi Darren, the best place would now be Ebay or Amazon with this shutdown going on. Search for MEK and it will come up. There is a possibility model shops will still be doing online sales too.
Great video I commented on the old one but it got deleted ha ho ,you should do a little tour of your little sets aka the garage and stuff anyway cant wait for the next one my friend :)
Hi Kyle buddy...... I don't know why that would be I didn't delete for sure. If there was any swearing, even in joke, the filters I have on the channel will block them..... Just in case kids are reading and all that. I did toy with the idea of a Vlog style diaries too with a walk through of my workshop and cars but I thought that would be a step too far for people to be disinterested.
Tremendo custom el que hicistes, esta espectacular, es el primer video que veo, y me ha encantado, yo estoy empezando en esto del custom, y trabajos como estos inspiran bastante, te dejo mi jugoso like, y seguro me suscribo al canal, un saludo desde Guatemala en Centoamérica,
Can you form the styrene to original dicast doors, hoods and decklids to make spares...of so would you use warm or hot water to form them? Inhave a lot.of hot wheels red line cars with hoods that are impossible to find...
Interesting, DAMN INTERESTING❗🤔 Only wish I could find the stuff locally. To actually see & feel the different sizes & thicknesses of what I was actually buying,which you can't really get a feel of online.😖
Great video again, I want to do scale models but I’m in school and I have £30 to spend on buying the parts,so how much does styrene cost and how important is it compared to other things?
The best bet when going to a model shop is they often sell a bag of off cuts and they work out rather cheap, approx. £10 and will have a variety of sheets and sections to get you going.
this is some good stuff, thanks! I'd be surprised if anyone into diecast and mods would complain about this type of video. It's inspiring, at the least.
Thank you very much I appreciate that :)
I've used both Evergreen and Plastruct for many years. The difference with Plastruct they have a lot more in the architectural shapes and other plastic materials such as ABS. I am not telling people to use Plastruct over Evergreen as I know that Plastruct is hard to find in a retail outlet but they do have a catalog. You can also find some of the more common card thicknesses in bulk on Ebay for a decent price. Styrene and balsa wood are great for scratch building just about anything. Thank you King as this is a very good primer for those that have never done this type of building.
Thank you Richard, I didn't realise Plastruct made products in other plastics so that is useful thank you! It is hard to find in shops in the UK and is the reason I haven't used it much, in fact the only time I've picked any up was from a model show stand. I'll check the catalogue for sure now if there's more shapes. All the very best and as always thanks for watching and commenting :)
I love that you said "a donkey's years." I had an instructor from the UK that would say "in a donkey's age." You just reminded me of him.
Brings back memories of many a day (and plenty of late nights) spent with styrene + MEK in the Senior Industrial Design studio, working on prototype models for class critiques, back in the Uni daze. Various viscosities of CA glue and "zip kicker" were also regular go-tos. Ah, I can smell that "ethyl" now... and the xylene markers, Bondo, laquer, and all the various other things we all inhaled, working in the model shop back then.
The smells do invoke lots of memories you're right. It could be a lot worse than those around the model making scene couldn't it ! Thanks for commenting ;)
Nothing wrong with mixing in a bit of model making or kit bashing as part of your regular line up. I think it sets you apart from other people who work on these cars and best of all you are giving people something they havent seen. Keep up the good work mate, enjoying watching these with my 8 year old son and given me some ideas :)
Thank you very much that's great to hear :) In fact my youngest son is 8 and I was going to give him a little feature spot to inspire others to start out.
I appreciate you and your son watching. All the very best :)
Easily the best die cast restore channel on here.
WOW Thank you very much for that I really appreciate it :)
Excellent..these will help a few of us in a lot of ways
Thank you very much Leslie I'm glad it can be useful :)
Good Lord that's some detail work, man you've got a study hand. Great tutorial.
Thank you very much..... I've learned to walk away now when things become to fiddly 😂
Awesome idea! I now need to start investing in styrene for garage fixtures & interiors! I never thought about building my own interior. That could take this in new directions!
Thank you very much :)
Very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to cover this process.
Thank you very much Keith :)
I love Evergreen styrene sheets. The material is always of a consistent quality. I have used 'Plastruct' parts in the past, especially their 'I' beams, gantry work, and their domes, cylinders and rods - I used to enjoy making science fiction models and dioramas. Their products are very well produced, but not all components were styrene - some were ABS (the plastic LEGO is made of), Acrylic, or Butyrate. The only thing that would definitely fix all together, was, and is 'Plastic Weld'. Like MEK-pak, I must have used gallons of the stuff. And been made to swear at it too. I had come within a hair of finishing a little diorama based on the classic war movie 'Ice Cold In Alex', and accidentally knocked a not-quite shut bottle of 'Plastic Weld' over, causing it to pour all over the 1/76 Airfix Austin K2 Ambulance, reducing it to a pool of plastic slurry in minutes. Deep joy. I like to use Tamiya Extra Thin poly cement nowadays, and I'm very fond of 'Ratio/Wills' textured styrene - I've used tons of their 'Chequer Plate'. The boxes of styrene offcuts, and 'greeblies' from plastic kits that I stored in the loft, were the bane of my late father's life. "Why do you keep this stuff?" "It's going to be useful one day..." Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, I love stories like this and our common love for the hobby. There's nothing worse than spilling the stuff everywhere, great for whats it for, but spill it and as you say it destroys everything in its path. I too would have been cursing all day and night with that! I didn't realise that Plastruct made products in other plastics too, interesting, I will take a look. Again the Ratio/Wills I haven't heard of so will take a look, thank you :)
@@SidewaysKing75 - Thanks. Ratio/Wills make items for model railways. They sell packs of small styrene sheets to construct scratchbuilt buildings, etc. These sheets are of various kinds - planks, bricks, corrugated iron, etc. They're one of those things you look at, and think: 'Do I actually need this?' And then when you have it, you instantly can think of several uses. The 'Chequerplate' type most definitely.
@@brianartillery thank you so much..... I can think immediately what I would do with them xx
Excellent tutorial very very informative!!!!
Thank you very much Lee :)
amazing work
Thank you Eric :)
Excellent work! I'm glad you posted this video. It's fun to watch all the small details being made.
Thank you, that's great you liked it. I didn't want to go too off channel but as a lot of people requested it I did it. I'm glad you and others enjoy the videos. All the best :)
@@SidewaysKing75 Yep, I was one of the people requesting this video. I doubt most of your subscribers are going to complain about seeing these videos. I can imagine that most of us enjoy stuff like this.
Thanks, again, for posting this, you seriously do some really good detail work!
@@PacManDreaming My pleasure.... I'm glad people enjoy it and wherever I can I will always add or change content to suit what people want. Thanks again :)
Thanks for tips and tricks. Will be using these for future projects.
Thank you very much Gera :)
Just Awsome work, thanks for the tips and advice.
Pleasure.... Thank you very much for watching :)
@@SidewaysKing75 I tell you I will be happy to not end up with styrene glued to my fingers
Like your Styrene work. I realized while doing a recent edit on my Wesmade channel your video can be seen in the background. Guilty pleasure watching good videos while building.
Haha..... I'm honoured Wes..... You sir are the king of Styrene for sure!
That's some nice work. You have all tools a builder could imagine...
Many thanks Everett.... I do love to tinker so you can never have enough tools 😁👍🏻
Right hand to left hand drive conversion!
Well spotted. The Zakspeed the interior was based on were all LHD. The Corgi version I used for the casting had a generic RHD interior so it had to change :) Thanks for watching.
@@SidewaysKing75 og yeah no problem. Great vidio bud!!!
Yes I think apart from your 'normal service' videos, this was the one many of us have been waiting for! Great explanation and demonstration of the styrene material usage.
Your scratch builds like the Capri interior and Kool Kombi trailer bed show what can be achieved with a little bit of planning and understanding of the best styrene sections and profiles to use.
I'm sure many of your subscribers would love to simply see your garage of cars with your comments on how they were created (Back to Hazard is a favourite mash up) as well as what you enjoyed or disliked when making them.
Do you use polymer clay much? I've seen some of your earlier work such as the F150 modification and it would be super to see some of your more radical body changes in future videos (although I also appreciate how you preserve but uplift the original castings without major changes).
As always, you surprise and inspire me each and every time. Keep doing and enjoying what you do!
Art Per Day
Thank you very much for the comments I really enjoy reading them. I am planning another 'Time Machine' project so I can show how I did it on here and again with both the Kool Kombi and F150. Of all the original work I did they were the three I never filmed!! Without replicating them livery wise I was going to recreate them on here by alternating the uploads from old car restorations and newer mash-ups such as those three.
I appreciate you watching and supporting what I do, it really means a lot.
@@SidewaysKing75Ha ha ha, it's always the case that the camera is never rolling when you realise it should have been! I'd be quite happy just hearing you talk around the finished products as they are interesting already without seeing their development. Definitely do a garage tour if you get a chance. Do you still have the first car you crafted?
Have a great Monday!
@@younglee5736 I keep everything ;) Thank you have a great day too
What an incredible interior build! Very nice! 🙌
Very informative, thanks.
Thank you Weston :)
Awesome how to video! Keep up the great work
Thank you very much Brett :)
Thanks for a great instructional video. Well done!
Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it 👍🏻
I'm amazed at the amount of detail you put into your cars, I don''t go as far with mine but the paint is important.
Thank you.... I probably go to far at times 👍🏻
Thank you.... I probably go to far at times 👍🏻
Enjoyed it very much!
Thank you David for watching :)
In the states we abbreviate the bonding agent as MEK. It's hard to find, but as you can see, it works REALLY well!
I hope you continue this series. It was truly one of the most informative instructional vids regarding 1:64 modding. Also Kudos in your Instagram, I really dig they way you have it laid out.
Thank you very much.... I will be adding more to this series soon. Balancing act but I will get there. Thank you for the kind words. All the best 👍🏻
SidewaysKing75 no problem. I know the frustrations of fiddling with 64 then throw a TH-cam channel on top of that.. I applaud you. And you point viewers to other sites like TKDiecast as well as other channels. The custom community is top secret. No one will give any insight on their builds. Cuts into profits I guess. Anyway.. I’m of to work on my rat rod.. you gave me some ideas.
@@colossalbigfoot256 It can be a bit closed doors which baffles me. I'd rather save someone the hassle like I did trying to source parts by sharing them. Enjoy building the rat rod.... that sounds awesome 👍🏻
SidewaysKing75 do you scratchbuild engines? There’s nothing out there in regards to. I know how and all but I find it interesting to see other people’s techniques. Not just finding existing one but using primitives to build.
@@colossalbigfoot256 that is the exact next Styrene Diary 😉
You can make about anything. Very Cool. You are great at this now! Fun to watch. Thanks!
That was awesome, thanks for sharing that!
Thank you Mateus :)
I think videos like this is a great complement to the resto-mod videos you do. Great to see what actual stuff you use for your builds. Very useful knowledge for my plans of making a race roll-cage for one of my models. Thank you!
Thank you Niklas.... it's great you enjoyed the little detour away from the resto mods. I enjoy doing them too 3👍🏻All the best
great little tutorial, I have a matchbox caravan which needs an interior will give this a try.
Thanks Tony.... would love to see it when its finished 👍🏻
Styrene and MEK ordered :)
Awesome stuff...its getting better and better...and i really appreciate that you share where you get the materials and suppliers. !! Thanks for all the info.
Thank you very much I appreciate it. Sharing is caring :) All the best
Thank you for the insights.
Thanks Dan for watching
Appreciate the new information. Great job
Thank you very much :)
Very interesting
Fantastic, can't wait to see your next one.
Thank you Michael 👍🏻
Thanks for showing all of this. I have a HW '70 Camaro that has a race interior and I didn't like that. But I will try what you did, when the time come to detail it, only making a close as possible stock interior.
No problem my friend I'm glad it may come in useful for a build of yours. All the best :)
I have a few HOT WHEELS CAMARO's & MUSTANG's with the "single seat" race car interiors you're talkin' about,which I absolutely HATE.
Was gonna do sumpin' else to fix that problem,but now I have a whole other way of going about it.
Will also need to make some bull bars & rear bars for some Pick-Up trucks too.
(If I can just find the damn things {styrene} locally,so I can see & feel what I'm gettin',unlike buying online).😟
Tops as usual pal, informative and very well explained! Thanks for the great videos!
Pleasure and thank you very much for watching and commenting. All the best 😁
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!
Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🏻
excellent tutorial really helpful thanks for sharing.
Many thanks Keith for watching, glad it can be of use. All the best
Thats amazing! Very cool!😎👍
Thank you very much 🙏🏻
Thank you, thumbs up!
Thank you Lucas :)
cool custom
Brilliant to see how you put this together - I'm modding some matchbox cars for a tabletop game and I think styrene might be the best way to form weapons and armour for them.
Thank you Naomi. I keep all kinds of nik naks I find that may come up useful for things. Keeping hold of old electronics is brilliant stuff for this scale. One of which is coming up soon.
Great video! Thanks for taking the time and effort to put it up.
Thank as always for watching and commenting :)
Greetings from across the pond mate. This is a truly inspiring how-to video. It has sent me in directions I might not have ever taken my own projects had I never seen it. I have been a subscriber since your first custom and rank your work up there with the best 1:64 scale mod'ers on the 'tube.
Thank you very much Charles I really appreciate that. Would love to see some creations of yours in the future. All the best from a grey, wet and cold UK :)
Nice👌🏾, i enjoyed this as i do the rest of your uploads, i like the way you narrate them and love the craftmanship you put in to it👌🏾
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoy them all. Its great comments like this that keeps me motivated. All the very best :)
Total Awesomeness....
Love these type of videos
Thank’s
Thank you very much :)
Love these work. please do more. you inspire me to do something with my pile of styrene.
Excelente trabajo, las butacas son compradas o las hace usted? Saludos desde Argentina
Brilliant work as ever. Could you put a link to the wheels and tyre sets you use ? Thank you.
Thank you. The ones in this I made myself from a Hot Wheels car. When I'm buying I get them from Monoblock Wheels shopmonoblock.com/ from Garage64 facebook.com/Garage64SG/ and for Greenlight ones I get from Modelmatic modelmatic.uk/collections/wheels ...... Hope these help.
@@SidewaysKing75 thank you🖒
I'm saying it since your first video. Great job mate. Keep it up.
I appreciate you being here from the start my friend. Means a lot :)
Excellent feature/tutorial. What would closest describe your accent, Leicester, Derby, Stoke?
Thank you..... I'm from Stoke though sometimes often get Lancashire thrown at me. Hoorah for the UK regional accents, we have some belters don't we LOL! All the best :)
Cheers. As a Yorkshireman myself, I knew you definitely weren't a Lancy. To me, it was just a question of which end of the midlands. It's amazing how much the accents can change in a relatively little amount of distance. :-)
A whole new level!
Inspired a roll cage for a matchbox lotus 7. Styrene rod ordered
You can buy them from your local Bobby lobby😅😅LOL
I mean hobby lobby
Nice. So enjoyable!!!!
Insightful and fascinating - thanks so much for sharing bud - as ever - Top Work Fella! 👍👍👍👍
As always many thanks ..... :)
Good day. I watch you from Ukraine and I really like your work. Very useful videos as a beginner modeler for me. Make more videos about building cars and also parts for the garage and other little things that make cars beautiful.
Thanks, will do! 🚗🚕🚓🏎😁👍
Loved it thanks for posting this video very helpful.
Thank you Billy :)
gobsmacking brilliant , amazing work,,,, your scale style is fantastic, great replica of the Capri, im working on Corgi 70s Trucks, and a few Matchbox Superkings from my child hood as a kid in England, great narrating, im too shy to do what you do lol,,, but keep up the good work , look forward to more of you sensational work
Thank you very much Alesis..... I too am shy and if anything this has given me a boost. Thanks for the comments. Just do what you love to do my friend :)
Lovin the styrene videos..thanks a lot..can you also make a video on how you fabricate the alligator jack and other garage equipments..? please..😊
Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas..😁
Your content is amazing, man. Keep it going!
Thank you very much :)
@@SidewaysKing75 Whats the name of the green, squared plate where you work on?
@@carsnopinion697 Its a cutting mat you can get from most hobby stores/model shops. Here's one on Amazon, but if you search for 'Cutting Mat' they'll pop up..... www.amazon.co.uk/PREMIUM-High-Quality-Healing-Cutting-Green/dp/B01DWM4GHU/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=cutting+mat&qid=1552917733&s=gateway&sr=8-14
@@SidewaysKing75 Thank you! I've been searching it a lot.
interesante video hay unos truquitos para aprender muy buena informacion te felicito por el ingenio a . saludos desde colombia 🖖🧐👍
Wonderful
Thank you Alex
Great information may I wish I could do something like this
You can my friend I know it. All the best buddy :)
Great video....just getting into Styrene work...hard to find around my area. Hobby shops here don't have it. Ordered from Evergreen. Thanks for adding your Styrene Diaries to your channel. I think they will be a great addition.
Thank you very much Joe. I'm glad you liked it. All the best :)
I'm bingeing on your videos right now Lol 😄 as you can tell LOL
Love seeing you work with this stuff.
YOU ARE TRULY GIFTED MATE 👌
And have very steady hands might I add 😮 I've been trying my hand at model building for some time, not easy working with shakey hands Lol 😅
Hahaha becareful you'll get a headache LOL!
As long as you get enjoyment and the minute something gets too annoying, just put your stuff down and go and do something else. Patience is only challenged if you don't like something..... Or someone, but that's another story 😂
Well it’s no wonder I can’t find any at hobby lobby this guy has them all
Another great how to Video, I enjoy all you videos and have learned a lot. I am just getting back in to the hobby and trying to get the proper tools. I was hope that you could put a list of what you use. I like the look of the scalpel you are using, looks like it has some weight to it. What brand/Model? Thank you and keep them coming.
Thank you Tom its appreciated. I was working on an Amazon list so people can have n idea of basic tools and advanced tools that I use and recommend. The Scalpel is a surgical scalpel doctors/surgeons use and are often found in Art shops. It does have some weight behind it you're right and is why I like it. It's not flimsy at all and must be at least 20 years old now. Here's something similar www.hobbycraft.co.uk/modelcraft-set-of-4-blades-scalpel-handle/568825-1000
Thank you@@SidewaysKing75
my styrene was obtained from dollar store gag gift cards, for one buck i got 8 gag gift cards that tare effectively credit cars with two thin pieces of styrene glued together so I got 16 credit card sized sheets . that being said id love to have square / cylindrical/ flat pieces and that fancy cutting board
Brilliant
Thank you
Awesome!
Quick question pal, i need to make a custom base for my bmw 2002 as i destroyed the original, what thickness sheet would yu recommend?
I'd use 2mm if it's a flat base to keep it rigid myself. You could use thinner material if it was just going to be a show piece though and add extra strengthening points and make it part of the features if you want to replicate a replica chassis 😁
SidewaysKing75 thanks for prompt response..... cant wait for your next video to drop.🙌🏽
@@kingludba no worries and thanks hopefully not too long now👍🏻
masterful.
Many thanks 🙏🏻
These videos are so bizarre. I enjoy watching, I’m learning, find it quite relaxing but have no intent on doing this... but I now know what to do and could give it a go. It’s like going to school and enjoying a subject because you enjoy the teacher
Thank you very much. I was saying the similar thing to my son only a few days back about having a good teacher makes you learn...... Nice you say the same thing :) All the best !
Where is a good place in the uk to get ethyl from? If i can get some i can use this isolation time to make stuff for my model cars.
Hi Darren, the best place would now be Ebay or Amazon with this shutdown going on. Search for MEK and it will come up. There is a possibility model shops will still be doing online sales too.
What thickness styrene would you recommend for building a chassis? Thanks. 🙂
Does anyone know the thickness he’s using? I want to make a front splitter and rear diffuser but don’t know what thickness to get
I use mainly 0.5mm and 1mm with the odd 1.5mm on occasions 🚙🚗👍🏻
umm quick question what is the thickness of those sheets mine seem to flop around
Were can i get the M.E.K that you use? I would love to get some
Great info. You should be charging for this! lol
Thanks for sharing .
Haha Thank you Pete..... Sorry 'Holly'. Every time I see the Avatar it makes me smile. Big Red Dwarf fan here :) All the best!
Are you serious??? Amazing, AMAZING job. You do custom decals, custom interiors and custom exteriors. I've an idea, what about custom packaging?
Well.... that's for custom orders only 😉
@@SidewaysKing75 - Custom orders do you say... 🤔
I would blur out your name and address on the bottles of "Ethyl", but other than that, great video! Your precision and patience is incredible!
It's not my name, it's where I buy them from 👍🏻😁
Great work dude! I've one question: do u think that acetone can be used instead of methyl ethyl ketone? Thanks and greetings from Mexico
Thank you.... I really don't know on that im afraid sorry.
kool , thanx
Robert
Make a Miata death kart from only styrene!
Maybe a idea to make a tube frame car complete with Engine/supspension
We're heading that way *Spoiler alert* ;)
Death kart!
What thickness of styrene do you use
Various really but mainly .5mm, 1mm and 1.5mm sheet and rods
It is also known as solvent joining.
Thank you :)
Great video I commented on the old one but it got deleted ha ho ,you should do a little tour of your little sets aka the garage and stuff anyway cant wait for the next one my friend :)
Hi Kyle buddy...... I don't know why that would be I didn't delete for sure. If there was any swearing, even in joke, the filters I have on the channel will block them..... Just in case kids are reading and all that. I did toy with the idea of a Vlog style diaries too with a walk through of my workshop and cars but I thought that would be a step too far for people to be disinterested.
Tremendo custom el que hicistes, esta espectacular, es el primer video que veo, y me ha encantado, yo estoy empezando en esto del custom, y trabajos como estos inspiran bastante, te dejo mi jugoso like, y seguro me suscribo al canal, un saludo desde Guatemala en Centoamérica,
When I hear "Ethyl" I think of Monty Python... some kind of reference there, but not sure... anyway, carry on ! LOL
What material you do use?
Can you form the styrene to original dicast doors, hoods and decklids to make spares...of so would you use warm or hot water to form them? Inhave a lot.of hot wheels red line cars with hoods that are impossible to find...
Interesting, DAMN INTERESTING❗🤔
Only wish I could find the stuff locally.
To actually see & feel the different sizes & thicknesses of what I was actually buying,which you can't really get a feel of online.😖
Great video again, I want to do scale models but I’m in school and I have £30 to spend on buying the parts,so how much does styrene cost and how important is it compared to other things?
The best bet when going to a model shop is they often sell a bag of off cuts and they work out rather cheap, approx. £10 and will have a variety of sheets and sections to get you going.
Thanks!
That's osm i m also a hot wheels lover n i also make different types of hot wheels stuff that u can watch in my playlist
I guess there isn't any local shop that sells different types of polystyrene shapes.
I can finally add a roll bar in the general lee